Whistlestop

Last week, we had dinner at Whistlestop along Jupiter St. in Makati, before watching the musical play Sweet Charity.

It's been years since we last ate here. A couple of decades ago, there was one branch in Eastwood, actually, there was no Eastwood City during that time! (It was a field of long stemmed grass shoots.) It was the time when the "blackouts" stretched for as long as 6-8 hours from 9:00pm onwards, and Whistlestop would be filled with residents from the nearby villages. It was like going to a celebrity event since a lot of actors and actresses where actually hanging out there up to the wee hours or once notice was received that the lights went back on.

My favorite was the Morning Heavyweight; Corned Beef Hash, Fried Eggs, Garlic Rice and sliced tomatoes. Nothing fancy really. On other days, it was the the Whistlelitto - beef salpicao in a bun or the Nasi Goreng Fried Rice and an order of Calamares. (But they no longer serve the Calamares). They also used to have the Whistlestop Iced Tea, which was really refreshing.

On this particular night, we ordered the Chili Cheese Sticks for starters, and the Pork Sisig and Hainanese Chicken Rice for the main course. The cheese sticks were really spicy, I had to take out the green peppers later on as it was too much for me. The pork sisig was delicious, it was not the traditional sisig, it had like small bits of chicharon in it. (Yup, cholesterol level surely went up this time) but I'm really having dinner there again one of these days.

Unfortunately, I don't have pictures of these dishes...hmm maybe it's time to get me one of those Nikon cameras.