Abe: Purple Soup, Bamboo Rice, and Lengua

Featuring more Filipino food restaurants as we continue with our Buwan ng Wika Special this August. We have started with Barbara's last week. This week we visit Abe. The place was full as it was lunch time. Good thing there was a table left at the corner.

Food has arrived.

Bamboo Rice

The bamboo rice was served with a little show, with the server drumming on the bamboo shell before sliding off the upper half to reveal the rice.

Flavored rice with wood ear mushroom and the bamboo taste. This is good for around 3-4 people.

Sinigang sa Ube

A thicker and purple version of the classic sour soup.

Ube is a purple yam which is commonly used for dessert, may it be cake, ice cream, jam, or others. Surprisingly, it went well in a soup dish. Purple coloring of the soup came from ube. The root crop's starchiness contributed to the thickness. This Sinigang sa Ube is less sour than other common versions.

Pastel de Lengua

Hidden under the pastry are chunks of lengua - ox tongue, stewed together with mushrooms and carrots. The ox tongue was tender enough and made more tasty with the cream.

Branch visited located at: 2nd floor, Entertainment Mall, Mall of Asia, Pasay city