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

    2. My Summer Solstice » Blog Archive » My “Initiation” at Pepper Lunch on May 23rd, 2008 at 7:02 pm

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

    3. fran on May 23rd, 2008 at 7:15 pm

  3. The Molten Milk Chocolate Cake is LURVE! :)

    4. Phoebe on May 23rd, 2008 at 9:08 pm

  4. I love RICE :D

    5. Sophie on May 23rd, 2008 at 10:52 pm

  5. My friend we only live once :)

    6. Juned on May 24th, 2008 at 12:42 am

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

    7. Baklang AJ on May 24th, 2008 at 5:53 am

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

    8. cecile on May 24th, 2008 at 11:46 am

  8. 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!

    9. philippines on May 24th, 2008 at 5:27 pm

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

    10. Pepper Lunch… its the steak | dalanghita.com on May 26th, 2008 at 9:27 am

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

    11. My Pepper Lunch experience on May 28th, 2008 at 10:51 am

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

    12. BrianB on May 29th, 2008 at 6:14 am

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

    13. Ley Laksamana on May 31st, 2008 at 3:30 pm

  13. … 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

    14. Art on June 7th, 2008 at 10:28 am

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

    15. Jayvee on June 7th, 2008 at 10:32 am

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

    kain ka rin sa singapore ng pepper lunch!

    16. calvin on June 10th, 2008 at 6:57 pm

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

    17. rhiz on June 11th, 2008 at 11:18 pm

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