A poker buddy went to Cebu 2 weekends ago.  He teased me about Lechon pasalubong that started a craving.  Good thing that my mom craved for the same and wanted to order Lechon during my Mother’s Day treat for her.  I tried to satisfy the Lechon craving during the lunch at Mesa, but it wasn’t enough to satiate my quench for flavorful Lechon (slow-roasted pork).

 

It was a slow Saturday for Bubba and I starting our day with a 2pm late lunch.  I proposed to just have lunch at home to save some buck but he said he was going to “date” me so I inclined.  I almost forgot that he asked me to block my Saturday lunch because he was bringing me out.

 

I thought he was bringing me to the Persian restaurant next door because I’ve been eating Persian food from Behrouz all week long.  Sabroso’s was really our main stop.  I like Sabroso’s quirky yet tasteful signage.  Sabroso’s is a small lechonan place in Quezon City.  The yellow-tuned interior design and short menu are pretty straightforward.  So far, they only serve here what they do best –Lechon. 

 

 

 

On The Table

 

Lechon Meal PHP 120

The only thing on the menu chalkboard was the Lechon meal at PHP 120, where you get soup, rice and a drink to go with the single serving of Lechon.  Their placemats were made of native material usually used in banigs.  Note also the detail of the plates that can make you feel like you’re eating on banana leaves, one traditional way of Filipino dining.

 

 

The soup was made of sinigang broth, which is a lovely hot sour broth, ideal to start the meal with.

 

The Lechon was so flavorful and surprisingly tasted close to a Cebu lechon!!!  The meat was excellently tasty and aromatic even without the sauce.  The perfect skin was extremely crispy that it crackles when you bite into it.  But the meat, oh, the meat had herbs and spices infused in it.  Sabroso maintains that the distinct flavor is from the herbs and spices unique to Western Visayas.

 

I was in a trance engulfing one bite after the other that Bubba said he felt that I wasn’t there.  The male attendant was nice enough to give us a small serving of binagoongang lechon (roasted pork in salty shrimp paste) for us to taste.  Bubba finished most of this and he really liked it.

 

They only cook free-range native pigs and can do delivery for your order of 1 kilo to 1 whole lechon.  I was looking through their multiply account and saw that they have three dishes available.  The menu online includes Lechonero Meal PHP 120, Chicharon Bulaklak PHP 80, and Sinigang na Lechon PHP 150.  I think I need to revisit soon to try their Chicharon Bulaklak (which is another favorite sinful treat of mine) and the Sinigang Lechon.

 

This Lechon hub is quite the discovery.  If you want a straightforward special Lechon experience with lean and tasty meat, Sabroso is the place to be.  Now I know where to go in Manila for any Lechon cravings.

 

Sabroso Lechon –Incredibly Flavorful Lechon

E. Rodriguez corner T. Morato,

Quezon City, Metro Manila

(632) 515-8259

Operation Hours: 9AM – 9PM

 

Sabroso Album

Sabroso Lechon Multiply Site

 

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