Last Saturday, I had brunch at Berto's Cuisine (Mississauga, Ontario), a family-run restaurant that serves Filipino food.
The wooden spoon and fork hanging on the wall is a Filipino household tradition that symbolizes health and prosperity. The spoon and fork are usually oversized, but Berto's utensils were about the size of a spatula.
Puto Pao is a steamed rice bun with meat filling.
My Tapisolog consisted of beef, fried rice, egg, tomato and atsara (papaya relish).
The Filipino version of bubble tea: Special Sago at Gulaman.
A refreshing beverage made of tapioca beads, jelly. brown sugar syrup and water.
Berto's reasonably-priced food was delicious, and their service was excellent!
Berto's Cuisine is a wonderful addition to the restaurant scene in the greater Toronto area.
I'm joining the following parties this week:
Happy April, Margie! I never knew about that Filipino tradition. I had an oversized fork and spoon hanging in my kitchen for years. It was very much in vogue here a number of years ago. I still have them somewhere and I had planned to paint them white. I will probably come across them when we're packing up to move, if that ever happens! We've been planning to sell for a couple of years but now another wrench has been thrown into our plan with my surgeries. I guess when it's meant to happen, it will. Your meal looks interesting and those rice buns look good. Actually, everything looks good! Unfortunately, there's not a thing on your plate that I could eat right now but I could have the tea. :-) Glad you enjoyed your lunch!
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Sandi
I love when you share about your special outings, Margie. Your meal looks so tasty and I would love to try everything on your plate. The version of bubble tea would be fun to try, too.
ReplyDeleteIt's lovely to discover a new place, food looked lovely xx
ReplyDeleteHi Margie, I like reasonably priced family run restaurant that serve "down to earth" food. This one seems to fit the bill. I would have loved to try the Puto Pao :-)!
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Christina
I always love to try new cuisine. Looks like it was a fun adventure! xo
ReplyDeleteThe food looks good, and nicely sized portions. I've had the steamed buns before from a Japanese friend who made them herself ... yummy!
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The food looks amazing. I love the collection of wooden spoons on the wall. Have a great week. Blessings, Martha
ReplyDeleteThat looks like a lovely place to visit for food. That is interesting about the display of utensils, didn't know that.
ReplyDeleteHi Margie!Thanks for sharing Filipino food and traditions,very interesting.I am glad for stopping by!Xoxo.
ReplyDeleteThese are all new foods to me but I'd be willing to try them - they looked tasty.
ReplyDeleteMargie, I've never eaten Filipino food.
ReplyDeleteI like the wooden spoon and fork hanging on the wall - beautiful Filipino tradition. You are always doing interesting things. Have a great April! :)
Drooling...this looks so yummy!
ReplyDeleteI've never tried Filipino food, looks so exotic and delicious.
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Margie, that looks delicious. When I was a teenager we had a Filipino neighbor who was a chef, but not in a Filipino restaurant. We would have had to drive to a larger city to find one of those. I must try it soon!
ReplyDeleteYummy food.. I never tried Pilipino bubble tea.. but I like Thai iced tea.. that is so delicious...
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I've never eaten Filipino food, but it does look tasty, especially the steamed buns.
ReplyDeleteGoodness! The fork and spoon and Pluto pay brought back memories from 1967 when I was on an exchange program to Dagupan City in Pangasinan for 8 months! How fun! Thanks so much for jogging the memories and linking to Tuesday Cuppa Tea
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Margie:
ReplyDeleteThese are some food items I am not familiar with so glad to know about. I guess I never have had Filipino food and need to try some! Thanks for sharing.
The food sounds delicious and I supposed Filipino food does have a bit of similarity with what I would have especially where there's rice. Afterall we are on the same continent.
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