Sangkap Filipino Restaurant

They served Filipino dishes with a twist. Their famous sinigang bagnet was so good. The sinigang soup was full of flavor. The tapa rice, the fried chicken, crispy hito and the tortang talong was equally good as well. Though I think their palabok needs some improvement because it’s a bit salty for my taste. But overall it was a good dining experience here.

Sangkap is a Filipino restaurant that promises to bring the rich flavors of the Philippines closer to our reach.

Sangkap by Chef Raymar Reyes is established in 2015, and is operated by The Menu Group. It currently has three branches in Metro Manila particularly in Portico Alveo Pasig, Vertis North in QC, and Vista Mall Taguig.

I first tried Sangkap during their Vertis North grand opening. I remember liking their Ivatan Kilawin so much. Since then I promised myself to return to try their other dishes. Fortunately last Saturday, I was invited to have a peek on its newest promotion – CEBU LECHON SINIGANG ALL YOU CAN.

For just 350php, one can enjoy unlimited servings of their best seller Cebu Lechon Sinigang which is known for its mango broth base. It also comes with unlimited rice, and bottomless iced tea. WHAT A STEAL!!! I found this deal value for money. Their version of Sinigang is very rich in flavor and has generous veggies. It also has a huge serving of Cebu Lechon with cripsy lechon skin and soft and tender meat. I actually attempted to consume 2 servings!

Their other best sellers were also served that day such as the following.

Ivatan Kilawin

Aside from their Cebu Lechon Sinigang, this dish is a must-try in Sangkap. The perfect blend of tanigue, shrimps, and squid mixed with coconut milk is just bliss in my mouth. It’s sour as expected for a kilawin, but not too much. It’s just right. It’s not overwhelming.

Zamboanga Adobong Baka sa Gata

Remembering Sangkap’s goal to bring the flavors of our country in their restaurant, this dish is their entry for Mindanaoan food. (Ivatan Kilawin – Luzon ; Cebu Lechon Sinigang – Visayas). This dish is surprisingly good. I loved how soft and tender everything was! I actually prefer Adobo as it is without gata, but their version is making me think otherwise.

Bistek

This is not your usual Bistek Tagalog as Sangkap’s version has liver and cow’s tongue with it. It’s kind of new to me, but it actually worked. The liver and tongue combination creates a texture of smooth and rough at the same time. The sauce itself is so tasty that it can be paired with rice already.

Chicken Pastel

This is another unique dish in this restaurant. They tried to be innovative by adding Spam, liver, and basil to the usual Chicken pastel. Think of cream and pesto. Yes? I love it too.

We were also served Stuffed Pusit and Inihaw na Talong during this visit but I was too full to give them a try. However their presentation of Inihaw na Talong is one of the best I’ve seen so far. Lastly, the feast was ended with their Halo-halo. It’s one of the biggest Halo-halo I’ve eaten and it’s only 160php and good for 4 people!

Overall, I truly enjoyed this visit in Sangkap. It’s good for family, friends, and even for big group of people such as officemates, and barkada. Definitely worth trying.

P.S. Their UNLIMITED Cebu Lechon Sinigang promo is available until April 30, 2018 for 350php. Again, it’s with unli rice and iced tea. PLUS PLUS PLUS! They offer additional 10% off the total bill if you use the code BLOGGERTHETRAVELLINGTONGUE. Yay!

Lomi - not that much noodles but a lot of ingredients. I find it tasty.

Tokwa’t baboy - the dip is too spicy! Perhaps they should decrease the heat level.

Sotanghon Miki noodles - this is very delicious, even as a leftover!

Their food is gooood! Serving size is also generous. The staff are very attentive as well. I deducted half a point because of the baby roaches crawling under and on the table!

Update: their chicharon bulaklak is way too salty. Their dinakdakan is kinda funky; not the way ilokanos do their dinakdakan for sure.

I seldom eat at Filipino restaurants unless its my favorite brands which I won't mention here.Because I have a principle of its no other different from other Pinoy themed restaurant.

Went to Pasig after having an appointment there ,we craved for some Filipino latelunch/merienda and as its less than 5 minutes walk we chose Sangkap.The place was predominantly decorated with wooden Pinoy fixtures and illustrations.Very cozy and pleasant ambiance.

We ordered pancit Malabon palabok and Lumpiang hubad,I'm amazed by the size of the servings every item must be consumed by two to four people.

The lumpiang hubad is very good ,nice heap of vegetables ,what impressed me is they used real coconut ubod and not the turnips/jicama unlike in other food houses,nice flavor of shrimp,generous toppings of garlic but if you don't want the garlic toppings just tell the server ahead of time.Special and hefty portion of lumpia for only Php130.

The pancit palabok can feed four,nice al dente rice noodles ,topped with shrimp flavored gravy,with squid ,shrimps ,tofu and instead of regular eggs they used quail eggs.A bounty of ingredients in a dish.

What in really like here is the price to serving ratio,good quality ingredients as in " Hindi Tinipid" a value for money,can be recommended if you want to bring your balikbayan families and friends or even foreigners this restaurant is a good place to represent our native cuisine.Super busog with the two dishes we ordered.

Friendly and welcoming staff,reasonable prices and quality food.Will come back for their Cebu lechon sinigang.

NOTE :OPENING HOURS IS 11am -2pm and 5pm onwards.