The original plan by Daisuke and I was to grab lunch over at Little Tokyo to avail of their special lunch sets. But as fate would have it, our meeting at the bank took longer than expected and we got pretty hungry. We walked along Arnaiz Avenue, initially to choose from any of the restaurants along the street. Since we just crossed New World Hotel, I recommended going to Greenbelt as an option, since it had a lot of restaurants nearby. The next thing you know, we ended up at Sugi.
We were served bean sprouts once we sat. Initially, I was expecting it to taste a lot like the bean sprouts served to you at Korean restaurants... how it would be seasoned with salt and sesame oil. Instead, it was more like a pickle... which wasn't bad at all! Well, we were two hungry guys... and this got devoured in no time!
I ordered the Tempura Moriawase set (Php 400), which was practically assorted tempura. It was really enjoyable, and it had a fairly decent batter. It was just the right about... meaning it wasn't overly covered. It had shrimp tempura, mushrooms, sweet potato, and a few other vegetables.
Together with the tempura dipping sauce, it was great! But as how things go, I got really hungry and I decided to eventually order the lunch set!
The lunch set offered a way better value at Php 550. It essentially included miso soup, some spinach, eggplant, some tofu salad, potato salad with tomatoes, carrots, radish, and lettuce. The main dish consisted of fried chicken coated in something that resembled a honey-teriyaki sauce. Beside it, were several sweet-and-sour tasting shrimp popcorn nuggets. The order originally came with rice, but I asked to change it to salad. And oh, before I forget, they served two slices of orange for dessert!
Here's a flat lay view of the meal I got! It does a lot more justice than the previous photo in showing all the items that came with my meal. Overall, the bento was good... but I wasn't a very big fan of the shrimp. Somehow it didn't feel it was that fresh. And the batter / coating around the shrimp seemed really soggy.
But the redeeming factor, of course the chicken. I really, really enjoyed eating that a lot. But net net, for Php 550 for the meal it's pretty good value and variety. Anyway, I've always found food at Sugi pretty reliable, and the fact that some Japanese businessmen eat here is always a good sign for me that the food is acceptably good by their standards!
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