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A Greenwich Gustation

28 November, 2007 (14:09) | events, restaurants | Tags: , , | By: Arpee

My Tuesday afternoon lunch out led to a celebration of the various tastes of Greenwich’s latest offerings. At their Ayala Avenue branch, Greenwich formally launched their Pizza de Lechon, Super Meatball Spaghetti and Cheesy Beef Cannelloni. A lot has changed since their earlier fare. If you notice, Greenwich (even Jollibee) now serves food in plates, not in the usual styro containers and clunky plastic cutlery that easily breaks when it hits chicken bones. That, for me, is a major improvement. Just like the way it was back in the 1980s.


First, I tried the Super Meatball Spaghetti. Not as sweet as kiddie spaghetti and they now have real meat sauce, not the usual watery sauce with low-quality cut sausages. They’re going for the real thing this time, and indeed, the improvement is obvious in the first bite. Not bad for fast food. I must admit, consuming the meatball took 60% of my dining time. No, it wasn’t tough or hard to chew. It was big. Really big. The meatball alone can make you full. One order is P79.00 (US$1.84).


Then, my curiosity got the better of me. I asked for the Cheesy Beef Cannelloni. This dish is composed of two tube-shaped pasta filled with ground beef and smothered in meat sauce and topped with creamy cheese and parsley. An order is also P79.00 (US$1.84).


The Pizza de Lechon is P239.00 (US$5.56) per order with six slices. The taste? It’s different from what we’re used to. There is no tomato sauce, but a lechon sarsa base where toppings of lechon and chicharon bits are scattered all over the pizza round. The mozzarella cheese is still staple, of course. If you’re into something kinda sweet and with a strong lechon aroma, then this is the pizza for you.


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The Pizza de Lechon shown here. Looks good doesn’t it?

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Seen here up close. Fresh ingredients for a fresh taste. Stop wondering and try it out now.

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Met this nice fellow at Greenwich. After a few conversations, he introduced himself as Armin Adina of Inquirer Libre.


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Also had photo op with Juda Paolo and Ajay, a famous food blogger. I enjoyed my Greenwich lunchout that day. I hope you enjoy your Greenwich lunchout too!


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Comments

Comment from Prudence
Time: November 28, 2007, 4:53 pm

Looks weird, that lechon pizza. I don’t each lechon anyway. hehe. But good for you that you enjoyed your food trip! :-)

Comment from Prudence
Time: November 28, 2007, 4:55 pm

Oooppsss…typo error there.

what I meant was: “I don’t eat lechon anyway”.

Hehe.

Thanks!

Comment from arpee lazaro
Time: November 28, 2007, 5:20 pm

to prudence: the taste was strange for those who are not familiar with the taste of lechon. those who love lechon will probably love this one.

Comment from ajay
Time: November 29, 2007, 8:09 am

Nice meeting you in person Arpee. And oh, at least you posted the prices coz I forgot!

Comment from VeRTiTO
Time: November 29, 2007, 9:53 am

feel the barrio fiesta from a pizza house?!! cool, lechon, magnifico mucho. though i eat them once or twice a year, but i love the taste of it, having a very crispy hot-cooked lechon dipped from a hot spicy sarsa sauce!

yummy!

well done post, keep the blog chills, and oh, thanks for the exchange link!

have a nice weekend!

Comment from arpee lazaro
Time: November 29, 2007, 1:17 pm

to ajay: it was an honor to have shaken your hand! hope to bump into you again in the next event.

to vertito: tama ka, it’s like barrio fiesta in a pizza place! you will probably enjoy this pizza. thanks for visiting my site bro!

Comment from lagalagnapinoy.com
Time: November 29, 2007, 9:02 pm

tnx for dropping by my site arpee. i like ur site too. it’s sooo bloglicious to read. I’d like to add you to my blogroll if it’s okey. I am a big fan of food too.

Comment from arpee lazaro
Time: November 30, 2007, 11:56 am

to lagalag na pinoy: thanks a lot for the linky love! will reciprocate for sure!

Comment from Toni
Time: December 1, 2007, 4:16 pm

Lechon and pizza?

I still can’t reconcile both!!!

Perhaps I’ll change my mind when I get to taste it. I’m still struggling with the idea though! :/

But great work to Greenwich for such ingenuity!

Comment from arpee lazaro
Time: December 2, 2007, 3:35 am

to toni: thanks for visiting my site! it’s quite a different taste and is really worth a try.

Comment from Sharline
Time: December 4, 2007, 4:09 am

My officemate and I loved the lechon pizza so much, we bought it the next day. Haha!

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