1521 Restaurant Ӫ

So it’s Fifteen Twenty-one. Not One Five Two One.

Whatever.

‘Cause I don’t like the food.

 

Shrimp Popcorns – battered, crunchy shrimps with sweet chili sauce. Too much batter, not crunchy at all, overpowering sweet chili sauce.

 

Swak na Swak Chicharon Bulaklak – deep fried savory pork intestines that is crunchy on the outside, soft on the inside. Deep fried for too long it tastes burnt.

 

No-See Sisig – stuffed crisp empanaditas filled with crunchy minced pork and liver pate. Served with sinamak, cream cheese and sweet chili sauce. Empanaditas are soggy, minced pork not crunchy, and the whole thing is just too oily.

 

Laing ni Popeye – creamy, melt in your mouth spinach in coconut milk, crowned with prawns and palutik. This is all mashed up, like baby food, and I don’t taste no coconut.

 

Grilled Kare-Kare Thai-Keko – your classic stewed tripe and beef but done unusually: grilled together with all the veggie sidings and served with peanut sauce done Thai sate style. This is the only okay dish of the night, but the meat is a bit too dry.

 

Bagoong Rice that comes with the kare-kare. Not really bagoong-y.

 

It’s such a shame, because I love their names.

Bad Banana Chips, Satay Kang Bata Ka!, Fillet the Cat, Bulalost for Words…

So much thought has been put into the names. Sadly though, not much into the food.

 

Where are all the people on a Saturday night?

 

Cool bill box. Finally, something I like.

 

1521 Restaurant: 547 Shaw Boulevard, Barangay Wack-Wack, Mandaluyong, Metro Manila, Philippines. Tel: +632-794-0433