Pepper Lunch at Rockwell Kills the No Rice Diet

Posted by Jayvee Fernandez at May 23rd, 2008

Met up with Fran, Didi, and Sophie for dinner. We had previously come from an event with Juned and AJ and made our way to Rockwell for dinner. The Pepper Lunch craze has really hit town (I even updated their Wikipedia entry to say they’re already in Manila). When we heard that Chuvaness was opening Pepper Lunch in Manila.

As of this writing, I’ve eaten at Pepper Lunch three times (it only opened last week!). I really try to stay away from rice whenever possible, and if I do eat, I only finish 1/4th to 1/2 cup of rice. But it’s really different. My no-rice diet is now a pseudo-rice diet courtesy of their Beef Pepper Rice. It costs about P140.00 for an extra cup of their special rice with crushed peppercorns and the secret butter they add to the middle.

I’m not much of a food reviewer so you can check out the entries of Phoebe, AJ, Sophie and Fran. I did take photos, but probably brought the wrong lens. I took the macro out to see if I could get the steak in detail but realized how hard it was to shoot with smoke coming from all directions. What’s the best way to shoot food that’s inevitably spewing smoke? Items from grills and hot plates are hard to shoot as is!

All I really have to say is that if you’ve had a really crappy day at work, Pepper Lunch at Rockwell can really save what’s left of it. Congratulations, Chuvaness :)

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  • [...] by the dinnermates : Phoebe Fran AJ Jayvee …and more to [...]

  • fran says:

    i know!!! it ruined my planned no-rice diet but i got to say..it was worth it Ü

  • Phoebe says:

    The Molten Milk Chocolate Cake is LURVE! :)

  • Juned says:

    My friend we only live once :)

  • Baklang AJ says:

    I love Pepper Lunch kase no matter how much I eat, I won’t get fat and I won’t gain weight! Yey!

  • cecile says:

    hi jayvee!
    so glad you enjoyed. thank you for posting!
    :)

  • philippines says:

    I’ve just been there! Pepper Lunch has amazing dishes! its just like comfort food, it makes everything better! they haves dishes with a lot of flavor, which is especially welcomed when a lot of places have very bland dishes. Plus, Pepper Lunch is not expensive, which gives an extra good reason to eat there!

    On another note, lets hope the rice crisis wont make the prices go up here too! Cant live without rice!

  • [...] week by fate and luck led me to be with Phoebe, AJ, Sophie, Fran, Didi and Jayvee at the first Pepper Lunch in the [...]

  • I’m just so happy to be eating rice, now!!
    It was so worth the wait! Hahaha.. :)

  • BrianB says:

    The rice probably came from japan, hence the exorbitant price. I think no Filipino is going to get hungry if you ate their rice.

  • jayvee! God im such a loser I have yet to try pepper lunch!! grabe I’m so excited! :) see you again soon! :)

  • Art says:

    … and it was YOU who inspired me to try the “no rice diet” tsk tsk :) . Do I have to stay away from Rockwell para di ma tempt? hahaha

  • Jayvee says:

    @art: you know what, we’ve eaten there around 5 times already! *sigh* well you only live ONCE! :)

  • calvin says:

    inggit ako. i have to eat at pepper lunch reallllyy soon!!

    kain ka rin sa singapore ng pepper lunch!

  • rhiz says:

    pepper lunch Philippines is very popular right now… thanks to ms. liza for helping me be part of pepper lunch… see you all guys :)

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