DREAMS AND MEMORIES

As I mentioned before in the previous post, we went to some place special to celebrate Mommy’s birthday. The restaurant is called El Cerdo which is located just a door away from my old house. Never expected the place to boom into such a fabulous place for dining back then. I’ve heard of this place from colleagues at work a couple of times before. However, I’ve never actually gotten a chance to try this place out. [and sadly, when I finally get the chance, I left my camera at home and had to make do with my phone camera]

The main specialty of this place is that most dishes, if not all dishes served here is originates from the cutie pie animal known as the PIG. So yeah, technically everything here is ‘non-halal’.

The ambience and decoration of the place was very well done giving customers a very cozy and warm feeling. Regretfully I didn’t even attempt to take any pictures of the surroundings with my measly phone camera as it will not give credit to the place at all. Rather, the opposite instead.

We didn’t order much for fear of not being able to finish it all. Apart from that, I was also advising my family not to overdo it. Else they might be really overwhelmed at the end of the evening. There was also the very tempting prospect of trying out the special desserts available. (^_^) And definitely not forgetting the birthday cake as well.

First up was the complementary pea soup. Don’t be fooled by it’s greenish vegetable coloring. Some might not be so keen because of the color so for the record, the soup does not consist of green peas on it’s own. Instead, there is actually sliced / minced ham within to provide a better taste ad fragrance to the soup.

Next came the plate of mixed home made sausages. There were at least 4 kind of sausages here. One which was rolled with bacon. A German Sausage and two more I’m not too sure what kind of sausages they are exactly. Bottom line is they all taste wonderful. But my personal favorite would be the one wrapped in bacon. Has an extra crunchiness and fragrance to it.

Then there was the ribs. Forget about being petite and keeping your fingers clean when eating this dish. There is no possible way to eat it properly without getting your fingers dirty. Be assured that it is well worth the effort though. And they do provide the lime water for washing your fingers so you won’t be having greasy fingers for the remainder of the evening.

The following dish, the suckling pig was the most interesting one of all. This is both in terms of presentation and also what was required to be done. Basically, someone from the table is required to assist with the chopping of the suckling pig after making a wish. The chopping ‘ceremony’ is done using only a ceramic plate [no knife used for this purpose mind you]. This is actually done to show the crunchiness and tenderness which is served. One chop at each allocated point does the job. that’s how crispy and tender the meat really is.

So the picture of the whole suckling pig does not really do it much credit. Here’s a picture of my plate with a combination of suckling pig along with some pasta, tomatoes and wedges.

Next is dessert along with the birthday cake. The staff improvised the birthday song. Will be spoiling the fun if i share the details here. But for those of you who would like to give your friends or relatives a birthday treat and want something different, this is the place I would suggest you to go. I don’t know what exactly the dessert is called, but it consist of strawberries / raspberries. Mixture of slightly sour and sweet taste topped with cream. Sinfully irresistible.

Owh, and they’ve even got cute a cute little takeaway bag.