Rufo's Famous Tapa

Trish Santos

My wife had been here before and she wanted me to experience this restaurant. We finally had the opportunity to go today.We arrived at 11:15 and we were seated right away. We ordered the Pad Thai of course, and Garlic Prawn and Pork Satay. While waiting for our order to be served we were given a small dish of caramelized peanut which was quite good. After about 15 minutes the Pad Thai was served. I must say it looked different from the Pad Thais in the other Thai restaurants we've been to - and we've been to quite a number of them. This was because it had some scrambled eggs that "surrounded" the noodles. As for the taste - it was the best Pad Thai I had. The Garlic Prawns were delicious and was prepared in such a way that it was easy to remove the skin without having to use our bare hands. The Pork Satay was good, if a bit hard. Thankfully the peanut sauce was not spicy and just the way I wanted it. For dessert we had the Sticky Rice with Mango. There were parts of the mango that weren't that sweet yet.Overall it was a good experience. This place apparently is very popular as it was full by the time we left (a little before noon) considering this was a weekday. My only nit was that they only had two staff members who worked as servers and cashiers. To their credit they both worked diligently and did their best to please the customers.

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Sonny

This early into the review, allow me to say that my Planet Grapes experience was unforgettable (not to mention, informative). The presence of the positively loquacious Executive Chef Chris Leaning from UK added to that worthwhile food event. He was patient with us clueless websites as to pairings of wines to the dishes available in the menu. And to that we are thankful for.Speaking of dishes, the ones served that afternoon were truly exceptional but the Sausage Platter and the English Fish and Chips stood out. The platter was a collection of lip-smacking international sausages served with wholegrain mustard and creamy coleslaw while the fish dish was made of crispy beer-battered fresh Lapu-lapu fillet with special tartar sauce and malt vinegar. Fantastic.Another of Chef Chris’ triumphs were the Fried Fishcakes of lightly-blended creamed potato, poached fish and parsley coated in breadwinner and the Scotch Egg Salad which was soft boiled egg enrobed in homemade pork sausage flavored with sage. Light and perfect starters.At the end of the website meet-up, we were served two desserts: Warm Apple and Cinnamon Crumble served with Vanilla Crème Anglaise and the Mango Souffle Cheesecake, no-bake mango cheesecake topped with papaya and ginger compote. Both are new menu items and both are simply, again, unforgettable. Congratulations.

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