Tipsy Pig

Catching up with good friends usually involves some cold drinks at your favorite watering hole. To go with your drinks are usually greasy, fatty bar grub which starts to taste pretty good after couple of bottles down. However, at Tipsy Pig, they have put their own twist on bar chow by elevating them into dishes that doesn't require you to be tipsy just for you to think they taste delicious. 

No drinking session is complete without some sisig. However, Tipsy Pig has made the classic sisig into something that's a bit more sophisticated compared to its usual sizzling platter presentation. The Belly Good Sisig Tacos has crispy pork belly made into sisig, wrapped in tortilla with asian soy garlic sauce. I love the texture contrast of the creamy sisig with the crunchy deep fried pork belly on top. For me, the best part of sisig are the crunchy skin parts and these tacos really highlight that amazing texture. The sweet asian soy garlic sauce (which reminded me of peking duck sauce) surprisingly worked really well with the sisig, and was balanced by the acidity of the kalamansi. If you're going to try one thing in Tipsy Pig, I highly recommend this.

Bar grub is usually finger food, and things can get pretty messy when it comes to The Dirty Mexicana. When you enter the restaurant, the first thing you'll notice is this mountain of yellow and bright pink nachos which seems to be on every table. It's overloaded with 3 kinds of cheese, beef, pulled pork, jalapeno, pico de gallo and sour cream. The serving was so huge that we were already so full from eating and yet we felt like we've barely made a dent in it. Believe it or not, there were already four of us sharing this, and we didn't even get to finish it. It's the perfect thing to munch on while catching up with friends, and is also probably enough to feed your whole barkada.  

We were supposed to go restaurant hopping, and just have appetizers at Tipsy Pig but we got so full that we ended up wrapping up our meal there with some Lava cake. It's molten chocolate cake oozing with warm chocolate ganache topped with vanilla ice cream. I loved how moist tthe cake is and how fudgy the center was without being too sweet. 

Tipsy Pig is definitely worth going to if you're looking for some good food to munch on with friends. However, it's better to make reservations because their tables are usually reserved from 9pm onwards which will force you to have to cut your dinner short if you just walk in before 9pm.