Definitely not your ordinary cafe! 1 March 2007

Photo courtesy of My Davao City.

Maybe not your usual cafe, but you can order some teh tarik (pulled tea) and some rice cakes on the side …

You’ve already heard me regale the wonders if Southeast Asian food through our all-time favorite place The Banana Leaf Curry House. They’ve rebranded and moved around, changed menus, and even expanded. And yet they remain to be the best place for roti canai, pandan chicken, laksa soup and nasi goreng!

Anyway, this entry is a heads up. Maybe you’ve see the familiar banana leaves on another place called the Banana Leaf Asian Café. The difference?

As far as we could figure out, they basically save the same good stuff (for example, what is Banana Leaf without their signature roti canai (P6 with curry sauce (P30)?) on those pieces of banana leaves. The exception is that most orders are “short orders” – rice toppings or meal in a bowl. Makes ordering so much easier and great for a quick lunch or a more filling snack.

Especially good are the soups with a meat or seafood and where you are given a choice of making it a savory-hot laksa or a plain old soup. And you get a choice too of the noodles - thickly sliced rice noodles or the equally filling egg noodles. And their serving was huge (just P128 for beef satay soup), good enough for two hungry people!

Banana Leaf Asian Cafe is the same great place, with great prices, and their service is quick, quick, quick!

Go pay a visit at the newly opened Banana Leaf Asian Cafe at The Block, SM North Edsa. Or enjoy the same great cuisine at the mother restaurant:

Banana Leaf Curry House
Greenbelt, Makati

2nd floor, The Podium
18 ADB Avenue
Ortigas Center, Mandaluyong

Tels: 687.6808, 687.6818
Open for lunch and dinner

Note: sorry no photos for now, but will post some when we go get our fill of that fantastic laksa again …