A PEPPER LUNCH BIRTHDAY / MARCH 3,2008 =D

I finally convinced Hubby Sweet to eat some place other than Zaifu when we found ourselves in Rockwell for his birthday. He has been on a high-protein, low-carb diet lately in preparation for some wakeboarding thingy and I....well....I told him that is not altogether possible with his usual order at Zaifu. Haha! *Sheepish grin =D*

Having previously decided that I was going to have another go at Pepper Lunch--this time with the Hubby in tow--I, of course, sales-talked him into the high protein (read steak), low-carb (red side-veggies & salad) possibilities @ Pepper Lunch. Game! Yahoo! =D

I had previously eaten there with BFF Apes and ordered the popular Beef Pepper Rice. (Click on the link if you want to read the original blog.) Quite unfortunately for me, I was too overwhelmed by the experience at that time, I actually ended up eating my pepper rice without seasoning it. Haha! Truth be told, it was flavorful enough on its own. Still, I wanted to go back and try exactly how it was supposed to taste like with all the seasonings. =)

We got to Rockwell early enough (I suppose before the mealtime queue started) so we stepped right up to the counter almost as soon as we got there. =) Hubby Sweet struggled with the choices on the menu board (they all looked good to him), so I decided to just go with what Jeroen suggested in one of the comments posted on my original blog: Shimofuri Steak. While the shimofuri came with a bed of vegetable sidings, we also decided to order a Shake! Salad. Hubby Sweet decided he was going to go for the Chicken Sesame. Great choices both! =D


The Shimofuri Steak was not exactly cheap per se @ P600+, but given it's quality, I dare say it provides super great value for money! This isn't one of those "mini-steaks" lathered with cornstarch-heavy gravy. It's a good-sized slab; the meat itself (even with just the butter, without the seasonings) was flavorful. It tasted...for lack of a better word..fresh. =) Since I am no expert with Pepper Lunch meals, we also decided to ask for help from one of the crew. He was only too happy to help us, and thanks to him, we had a properly-seasoned Pepper Lunch meal! Haha. =D


For the record, while we originally went there because Hubby Sweet wanted a high-protein, low-carb meal, he also ended up wolfing down a good portion of my Beef Pepper Rice! Haha. This time, properly seasoned, of course. Haha. ;p He loved the pepper rice as well. =)

Hubby Sweet was soooooooo happy with his birthday dinner that he has since decided to go back and bring Mama E (his mom) when she comes over this month for a seminar.

Hmmmnnnn....wonder what we should try next? =D