Peking It

We had a little despedida for my brother, Carlos, at Red Table, a Chinese resto. My other brother, Iggy, chose the place--not surprising since he's a big fan of Chinese food. What we had was different from our usual Chinese orders (of course the salt-and-pepper spare ribs are a mainstay)--shrimp salad (I was surprised to find that it was hot--I expected it to be a cold salad with the fruits and mayo, but it worked), steamed shrimp dumplings on a bed of kangkong, and a bunch of other things H couldn't touch! The highlight was the Peking duck, served three ways: first, the scrumptious skin in lumpia wrappers; second, dipped in salt and pepper and fried; third, minced, on a bed of crsipy white noodles and served with lettuce leaves. For dessert, we had delicious buchi, and mango soup with little bits of sago (liked it! Kinda like mango Zagu sans the ice). Sorry, twas on Mumsy and Iggy so have no idea how much everything was.

Photo shows the salt-and-pepper Peking duck and the minced Peking duck. Red Table is located in El Pueblo, Ortigas Center.