Yes, you heard that right. My girlfriend and I have been together for 3 years now, and it's quite a long time.
We met back in 11th grade when she transferred from a different school. We got together for a school project, she and I talked about school, which led to us talking about more personal stuff, and the rest is history.
The number three is such a big deal for us because it was during July 3 when we started talking to each other, and it was also on January 3 when I asked her to be my girlfriend.
Adding to this, we never really celebrated a "planned celebration" for our previous anniversaries because I got really sick the first one, which means we could not meet each other. And we did not spend a lot of time together for our second anniversary as she was with her cousin, and they had errands to run.
So I wanted to make January 3, 2022, special.
This restaurant was suggested by my mother. She always wanted me to take my girlfriend out here, but just as last time, I did not have lots of money with me. Now, that I have money saved up, I can finally take her out to Maya's Grillhouse.
My family and I often ate here in the past, and so this place has a special place in my heart. And what better way to eat there again than with someone special in my life.
Upon entering, we were greeted with waiters. Again, we were the first customers there.
This was their menu.
Their prices are a bit expensive, and that's why I had to save lots of money before this event. They don't have a great selection of solo meals like other restaurants, because they are more geared towards family meals.
Because my girlfriend's religion prevents her from eating pork, she opted for the Garlic Chicken which cost 270 PHP or 5.26 USD. While I ordered the Sizzling Sisig for 215 PHP or 4.19 USD.
We then ordered a small platter of rice for 60 PHP or 1.17 USD, and because they did not have mangoes to create their mango shake, we opted for plain bottled waters instead.
Upon entering, our attention was attracted to these beautiful paintings on the walls of the restaurant. I'm the type of person who likes to make meaning from subtle things, and so my girlfriend and I talked about what message these paintings might have portrayed.
Being geared towards family and business lunch and dinners, they don't have single tables. But they do have lots of family-sized tables, and even this very long table for business dinner meetings.
These fish also caught our attention, I'm not too familiar with fish, but seeing as how they look so beautiful to look at, I'd reckon these cost a lot of money.
The lighting wasn't too bright inside the restaurant as they have this contraption that makes the light a bit dimmer. I really like it as it is not too dark and not too bright that it would not present lots of problems when we took pictures inside.
Speaking of pictures, we took lots of pictures inside as the food still wasn't ready even after 20 minutes of waiting. But I knew that the food was worth it, so we waited for a bit more.
Sensing that the food was almost ready, we then washed our hands in their sink.
Their mirror wasn't the cleanest one, I reckon they haven't had the time to clean it after being on break for the New Year.
The food finally arrived! The Garlic Chicken was served first, it smelled so good that we forgot to take a picture of it, and immediately took pieces of the chicken and ate them!
The skin was crispy, while the inside was super juicy. The sauce really elevated the meal though, my girlfriend and I love garlic, so we truly enjoyed the slightly sweet garlic chicken sauce.
Then the star of the meal, the Sizzling Pork Sisig. Even from the smell alone you could taste how good this sisig is! It was so creamy especially with the egg, and there were burnt parts of the pork sisig at the bottom of the sizzling plate which was very crunchy.
I don't know what they added in the Sisig, but it had a slightly sweet taste. I would love to know that their recipe is, but I know fore sure they would keep it a secret.
The servings were also a lot that we weren't able to finish everything. So we took the leftovers, and saved them for later.
My girlfriend knows that I love cats, in fact she tells me that I am addicted. So before we met, she bought these notebooks with cats on the cover. How thoughtful of her right?
She's the type of person who doesn't like material things, she would always rather buy food with the money I'd buy her gifts with, but I also wanted to buy something for her. She said she wanted wax, and an expensive toothbrush, and so we bought one from Watson's.
After that, we went home, and we'll probably not see each other for a while again as classes are starting to resume, and we're also busy with our own lives.
And so that concluded our special 3rd Anniversary!!