Pinoy Pansitan — Restaurant in Montreal

I am invited to friend's birthday to Pinoy Pansitan.

I have tons of Filipino friends; and I ate at their places countless times. So I know what is Filipino food is.

So when I received the invite; I was told the place takes only cash or debit. Plus, the type of food that I would eat, will be my hand.

I am intrigued; plus I have experience to eat by hands since we are Indians and Bengali.

When I arrived, a long table was set up for 30 people. It is called a boodle fight, or in Filipino called Kamayan. The table was filled with banana leaves, and food on top of them. There were rice, chicken thighs, oysters, sausages, grilled fish (with bones), Chinese broccoli, eggplants, eggs, pork chops, shrimps, mango, cucumbers, tomatoes and strawberry...

So 30 people sat around the table, were eating with their hands in one big plate... ( banana leaf).

What an experience! The food tasted so good, that there no words to describe.

The service was amazing. People were friendly.

Guess what, it cost only 25$ per person. I highly ask everyone to experience this boodle fight... but go with a big gang......

I ate here when I was pregnant with my son and craving for Kare Kare. It’s kare kare pata I don’t eat the pata fat but I can live with a little bit of meat, vegetables and the sauce. The lady that served me gave me two pcs of pata with all fat and skin I requested for a little bit of meat and she gave me a look. When I finished she looked at my plate I guess to check if I really didn’t eat the fat…lol

Another experience I had also when I was pregnant, I called in advance to order pansit to avoid the waiting when I walked it no pansit ready. I knew who I spoke with on the phone and the other lady asked her. Apparently she forgot to place my order and she looked at me. No apologies no nothing. I ended up waiting for an hour. BTW while waiting they were also preparing for I guess a Boodle fight dinner. The all the food were being reheated in the microwave amd I know they charge a lot of money for a boodle fight dinner.

Since then I...

The food was delicious but cold. No one was asking us how everything is while we’re eating nor ask us if we want any drinks. Some food that was mentioned to be included in the boodle fight was not there especially bangus! For $45 per head it’s not worth it! The rice is just one round portion that’s it! Not enough! Longganisa prepared looks like they opened just one bag to fry and we are seven! not enough! The muscles was amazing! Plus the reason we came there to experience boodle fight that means eating from the banana leaf and there’s not enough banana leaves so we ended up eating on a plate. So far the...