Aint'-ie Dainty


May mention ako na "fancy restaurants", actually masarap pakinggan at common naman ginagamit na adjective for restaurant, pero di ko pa natingnan what do we really mean when we say "fancy"? 

Going home, I pass by Balibago  where It is such a sight seeing all those fancy restaurants. Dainty Asian Cuisine is likely to catch your attention. Exterior and exterior design can be viewed at the same time because of the glass walls. More or less the cafe in Nepo area follows the same design.

It was such an intriguing place for us since we moved to Angeles two years ago. The look is intimidating enough that we didn't try to dine for the longest time. Then, my wife told me that they had ordered for take out from dainty - realized that indeed quite expensive. What was interesting is that it does not look like an Asian Restaurant. For me, I thought it could pass for a french or an italian restaurant. From then on, I had an objective to have a dine-in experience.

At the start of year 2013, we finally settled to dine at Dainty for our wedding anniversary. I came all the way from Bataan that night and arrived at around 9PM. My wife by then starving, had quick snack at a tusok-tusok. She could no longer eat on the dinner proper. She got full from tokneneng and isaw from the sidewalk.

The next experience was on Dainty Cafe just this weekend. The car was parked where Dainty is abot-tanaw. The agreement was to order only one dish to avoid a large bill but we ended up ordering almost exactly the same set of dishes from the last time we visited the place. We had lumpiang shanghai, chopseuy and yang chow (minus the zipo egg), for the ultimate reason of having the least prices among those found in the menu.

Taste wise, the dishes taste chinese. I mean we cook spring rolls and chopseuy at home which taste Filipino - they do it the chinese way. So categorically, the food is more than ok. I just have a very little problem with the crew. I think there is enough numbers to serve the customers. It was just quite difficult calling their attention. The Nepo cafe is quite small, the crew must have been more attentive finding out if customers need their services. Anyway, they are generally friendly and polite.

Overall, the experience is fine and our next objective is to try the other dishes - even if it takes one dish per visit. This means we are coming back.


Left: It's not that I found my best angle for this photo, this was the best I can take so as to photograph myself. Selfie shot eto, hindi lang halata. Notice the beautiful background. Right: My wife and Elmo as I try to get an artistic shot with the lamp.
I love the tables and chairs.
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Take two! we ordered them before and ordered once more - spring roll, chopseuy and yang chow.

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