It was an overcast afternoon when our group decided visited the famed La Loma in Calavite street and N.S. Amoranto ( formerly called Retiro street).
Noodle King Pares and Mami House
Rows of lechon restaurants, karinderia and pares houses were located within this street. The restaurants had their own share of loyal clientele tucked to its long and colorful culinary heritage.
Quezon City and Manila boundaryÂ
The area serves as a border between Manila North Cemetery and Manila Chinese Cemetery.
The group decided to have “Pag pagpag” which is a Tagalog word to ” shake off “or “loosen off” or “to remove”. It is a common superstitious belief that one can does not go directly to one’s home after attending a funeral, wake or cemetery unless they have done the pagpag.
It was a superstitious belief probably influenced by the Chinese and Malay, that one must visit a go-in between place after visit attending a wake, funeral or cemetery. ( Usually restaurant, church or convenient store).
This is to confuse any bad spirits or elements which can done harm to the immediate family or friends of the deceased person.
rows of roasted pig on charcoal pits
One must spend time eating or doing something like changing clothes before going home. Just to avoid any mishap or misfortune to one’s family. Another common belief is that without doing the Pagpapagpag, death can come to immediate family or friend who attended the wake or funeral.
The Original Pares
We decided to eat at the Original Pares House, Unfortunately the pares house is full and the group have to wait between 20 to 30 minutes before the group can eat.
Jonas Pares House is another choice, but a little further down the road.
Noodle King Pares and Mami House
Noodle King is known for their noodles, beef pares, siomai, siopao, chicken barbecue, rice topping, pork asado, sizzling meals, fried chicken, arroz caldo, tokwat baboy, chicken, wanton noodles, mami and silog meals.
Noodle King menu board
The restaurant is well lighted, large signage. They also had an air-conditioned room good for 20 people and an area which can accommodate between 30 to 40 people at any given time.
Halo-halo
Most of my friends and participants ordered their halo-halo. The halo-halo had a generous serving of ube halaya.
complimentary soup
My fried ordered their pares meal and it comes with free soup. Their pares is presented in big bowl and with bigger portion compared to Original Pares and Jonas Pares. But taste different compared to the two pares house. Sauce is a little bit on the sweet side.
siopao
Siopao is large, but there are other restaurants which had big portion of siopao and more tasty ones.
Siomai is quite generic, some commercially sold siomai in packs taste more flavorful. The saving grace is the chili oil.
black gulaman
Black gulaman is a bit okey, not too sweet compared to other black gulaman from other restaurants.
mais con yelo
Mais con yelo is not too sweet, however we were quite disappointed that it was serve this way. One was serve with the halo-halo cup while the other one was serve using ordinary plastic cup. It makes us wonder that they must try to have more halo-halo cup.
The restroom is well lighted and clean. Which is a plus point for any restaurant.
Overall, They must try to improve their menus and service. It took us a while before they filled-up our orders.
Noodle King Pares and Mami House
Address: N.S. Amoranto street ( formerly called Retiro street ) corner Dr. Alejo Santos street, La Loma , Quezon City
Operations : Mondays to Sundays from 6:00 am to 6:00 pm
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