The weekend was a whirlwind of errands and activities but all that stopped Saturday night when my friends and I had dinner at 22Prime, the fine dining restaurant of Discovery Suites.  It was a birthday and pre-Valentine’s Day celebration so of course, we wore red!

We arrived at Discovery Suites but was slightly disappointed by the “work in progress” feeling.  Di masyadong sosyal ang scaffolding.  Sayang ang 6-inch platform shoes ko! But sige, deadma na lang.  We headed to the elevator, pressed 22 and made our way to 22 Prime.  Makes sense, 22 Prime is on the 22nd floor.

We were quickly seated at our table, kasi hindi naman sila masyadong busy.  We were given bread and an assortment of spreads-artichoke, tomato something and chicken liver pate.  The breadsticks were a winner and so were the spreads.  So far, so good.

We ordered calamares as a starter,  which came out quickly and was devoured even quicker.  Winner! Soon our main courses and side dishes arrived.  One friend ordered a medium-well steak and grilled asparagus.  She cut into her steak and discovered it was well-done.  Hmmm.  It was tender and juicy so sige, chika na rin.  But when she was working on the second half of the beef, it wasn’t as tender anymore.  She called the waiter to inform him of the mistake.  Not to complain, more of an FYI in a polite tone.  Waiter was deadma and he just smiled. Hmm, parang wrong reaction ata.  The celebrant ordered lamb chops.  There were three pieces of which two were tender the third was slightly not so much.  My chicken was the evening’s winner.  It was juicy, flavorful and cooked perfectly.  So far, so-so.  The truffle mashed potatoes were the definite high point of my meal, though.  It was quite a generous serving and i easily polished off every single bite.

We told them it was our friend’s birthday and they prepared the traditional slice of cake with candle.  The cake was good but, since I prefer warm desserts, could have been better after a few seconds in a microwave.

We again tried to inform the staff of our issues with the steak and finally found someone who was slightly apologetic.  But we’re pretty sure that was the end of that and they didn’t really care, because we weren’t “masungit” about it.  Oh well.

Overall though, dinner was a success and we probably will visit them again.  If only to have another serving of those mashed potatoes.

And of course, Inday couldn’t resist the requisite photo op!