Nothing beats max's for always reinventing their menu. Even the simple tofu has been given a new spin that's making it the the list of faves next to their chicken "sarap to the bones."
We were late attending this birthday treat of my cousin that almost all the food was gone apart from what I indicated I liked when asked.
The chicken was still the best, the tofu was next. The sinigang was also good.
The staff were all wearing mask in compliance to the government mandate, yet you can still see the smiles behind the masks👌. Prompt service as well.
Oh the only thing that didn't come off well on everybody in the group was their dried cake.
We were on our way to my cousin's wake in Arlington when we thought of having a super late lunch slash early dinner at Max's. Mom knew what she wanted. But it took me forever to decide.
Finally, settled on Chicken Sisig. Problem: I didn't want white rice. Solution: Champorado (go figure). I was enjoying the rice dish when Mom was giving this look. You know, this typical bitchin ' mom look.
Well, she wasn't successful in bothering me. The Champorado was really chocolaty. A real champorado, if you ask me. The Chicken Sisig? I didn't like it. It didn't have that sisig kick (except for the sisig spiciness other than that, it was all too ordinary)
We ducked out for a quick lunch and ordered the usual fried chicken and rice, pancit canton and pancit luglug. I the chicken looked good. Consistently crispy and done well. The canton was also look real nice and tasty lots of toppings and generous servings.
I was a little disappointed with the pancit lulug. I asked for the bigger portion because I was stepping into back back meetings and needed food badly. It came out quite the merienda size :( tasted good though just a little small
Dont forget to try mango cream for dessert. It has crushed caramel biscotti on top. So yummy. Not that sweet. It tastes like mango float. =]
I tried their value meal of shanghai and luglug meal. Wheil the serving was a tad small for me, it was very delicious. The combination of lumpiang shanghai with their pansit was great. It was the first time I visited Max's without eating their chicken. It was a nice change.
We go to this branch usually to have breakfast on Sundays before going to Saint Paul for Sunday Mass. Their branch here is quiet and for the couple of times we went here, there were only a couple of guests during those hours. Serving time is not that fast though tolerable naman. We love having breakfast because their Crispy Adobo strips is delicious kaso the serving is too little for me. Hubby likes their longganisa but as time goes by, it seems their longganisa is also getting smaller too.
Max’s has upped their training of the staff to welcome guests, get your name (for the order), and check if you liked the food, which is rare in these parts. I like it!
Max’s does breakfast as well as lunch and dinner. We like our favorites, so there will always be a spring chicken order, whether half or as a fiesta plate. There are nice, no-fail vegetable sides that go well with this, like their lumpiang ubod, or sizzling tofu “stuffed” with kangkong and mushrooms, and a Chinese-style gravy.
The dessert shake and drinks seems to be expanding, with more fruits and milk shakes on offer, like the ube leche flan shake.
Have some ube here, before it disappears from our menus; I wonder what we’ll do once the supply of ube dries up and great Pinoy restaurants like Max’s stop supporting this wonderful ingredient.
For more than 50 years, they have lay claimed to the throne of the best fried chicken in the land. Now, Max's has a lot of competitors that may give them a run for their money in that throne.
For this day, we ordered fiesta plate and seafood lomi. The lomi is something that is good for a not so heavy lunch. The fiesta plate would showcase that loveable fresh lumpia and the peanut sauce. Their house iced tea is not so bad so it is advisable to have a bottomless iced tea along with your meal.
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