Ribs!

We celebrated the Clairvoyant's birthday with her parents last Sunday. After hearing Mass, we decided to eat out and drove to the nearby mall to have an early lunch. It was about 30 minutes before noon but people were just coming in and you could usually get a good table at most restaurants at the time before the noontime/lunchtime rush. When we got to the mall, we quickly decided to go to Racks where we haven't eaten at for quite some time since the Clairvoyant headed to Singapore.

Racks, of course, is well known for their ribs, especially the baby back kind and so we ordered a set that included items that the restaurant specialized in. Like what we usually said, why order seafood in a resto that specialized in ribs? (Or conversely, why order steak at a seafood resto?). I couldn't find their homepage (none?) but was able to get a link to a site showing their menu. Following are a few souvenir photos from yesterday's lunch.

Beef ribs, pork ribs and chicken (the meat was so tender that you didn't need a knife)

Corn on the cob and mashed potatoes (these were the perfect sides to the ribs though the set included a bandehado of rice)

Bolognese with garlic bread (this was supposed to be a substitute to kiddy spaghetti for Angelica)

Souvenir photo for posterity

Racks was quite popular in the 1990's and we even saved some of our allowances during university so we could afford to eat at the restaurant. I remember having my despedida (farewell) dinner at their branch at El Pueblo in Ortigas organized by barkada in 1996 prior to my leaving for Yokohama, Japan for my doctorate studies. Unfortunately, photos from that dinner were lost to Ketsana 2009. Only memories remain of my dinner with blockmates and a special friend. The restaurant's popularity waned in the late 1990's and was almost wiped out before experiencing a renaissance of sort during the latter part of last decade. That was a good thing because Racks certainly provides comfort food and more recent happy memories.

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