Pampanga: A Taste Of the World (2 of 3)

From unpretentious, in-your-face sisig care of Aling Lucing's, we proceed to have lunch and coffee in cozy C. On a similar food trip to Pampanga, I remember a friend saying that before Yellow Cab's Dear Darla Pizza, there was C's panizza. We got a plate of Stefano Panizza, for a hefty P555.00, but I tell you, it is worth it. First they served bread (which was on the house), which you have to dip in olive oil with basil leaves chopped into tiny, tiny, tiny pieces.







(Ronna and Anie, here goes!)
Then came the Stefano Panizza, with plain cheese, parmesan, garlic and fresh rosemary which you stuff with green things that look a lot like pechay and togue hahaha (they're arugula and alfalfa sprouts). Initially, we didn't know what the greens are for, but of course, Jeremy Bourdain knew how to eat the Panizza properly (:p). It was amazing that Chef Chris Locher who owns the place was there to greet all of the guests.





We also had fun reading the messages written on plates by famous guests, and we were wondering why we did not get one. (Sikat ka, teh? I particularly liked this one, by Ryan Cayabyab.



Then on to Mexico! Kidding!

It would have been nice if our next stop, Zapata's, which boasts of Mexican food was actually in Mexico, Pampanga, but it is not. And we had a bit of a difficulty finding the place. We made a turn somewhere and thought that Zapata's was the place were many parked vehicles were, but it turned out to be just a vulcanizing shop. Kaya naman pala,Zapata's transferred to another location farther away from C.



Their doors seemed to come straight from a cowboy movie. The place was cute and Anie immediately found these cute costumes which we all wore.



We ordered nachos and virgin margarita and daiquiri, if only to keep the waitresses from throwing us out, after our photoshoot with their costumes on.



Virgin Daiquiri.

By now, we were so full we can't bear to think about food anymore, but to keep our integrity intact, we have to go on.

On the the next stop, Razons'.###