Alone Date: Sentro 1771 Dinner for ONE please?

Ever since I had the Lenten Season Rice fast, I vowed to eat the Garlicky Adobo at Sentro 1771 with a cup of brown rice (O hayan kunwari healthy pa din kc brown rice! Hehehe!) after the grueling ordeal because it is just SOOOOOOO YUMMEEEEEEEHHHHH!

Luckily, yesterday, I attended the Writer's Block Philippines' How to Jumpstart Your Freelance Writing Career workshop at Powerbooks, Greenbelt 4. It was just a stone's throw away from Sentro 1771! Yey! And since I went through a jam-packed, insightful day of learning about myself, the proper mindsets and the vast opportunities on freelance writing; I decided that I MUST reward myself with a nice garlicky adobo dinner at Sentro 1771…

I know it was a Saturday night, one of Dodong and I's date nights (aside from the other weekdays we get to see each other) and, of course, all the other sanmadlang couples' date night. But I am actually one of those people, who could actually eat all alone. It is a joy to eat alone! As I entered the restaurant, I did not have any qualms of cheerfully telling the maitre'd: "Table for one, please."

Wala akong hiya. Because I was just so ready to meet (or rather meat) face to face with this:

Ohhhh I've waited one month (and MORE!) for you, my Garlicky Adobo: tender, juicy pork cubes topped with slivers of green mangoes (to cut the fattiness of the dish…which I do not mind at all!), tomato cubes (?) and toasted garlic bits. Swoon! The only sad part was: there was NO BROWN RICE. Boo. But no matter, I still ordered a cup of white rice.

In times like these, in the presence of good delicious pork, in a situation which I could very well enjoy on my own…I still miss Dodong's presence. The garlicky adobo could have been yummier with you seated across me.

I even took a picture of your empty plate, my love:

Next time, that plate would be brimming with yummy Sentro 1771 Garlicky adobo too…

Love the distance,

Inday I. Nagintay

Love the distance,

Inday I. Nagintay