Pepeton's Grill

TeamSalim’s Table

3.0

crispy pata is good... kapalmuks not that crunchy..... love their sisig.... chopsuey is nice..... they have booky promo less 500 advance booking.... will be back to try squid ala pobre... service needs improvement

Uğur Helvacı

4.0

Pepeton's on Mother Ignacia is one of the Scout area's best kept secrets, the silent, steadfast friend of the neighborhood for more than two decades. Over the years I used to hear from friends about it, in recent years because of a notorious dish called "Kapalmuks", and I now regret not having come over much sooner. The owners, the Palatto family, are Ilocanos and have business partners and friends in the hospitality industry. This shows in the menu, which is interesting and surprisingly deep. Portions are generous, orders usually for four or more, so ask and order carefully. Their Ultimate Barbecue platter looks good for 4-6 people, by itself enough for a "liquid" lunch or dinner, pulutan-style. It has pork barbecue, roasted pig's ear, and chicken gizzards, chicken liver, and chicken isol laid on banana leaf. The Bandehadong Sarap #1 is an upgrade on this theme, with genuine crispy tawilis from Taal, kangkong fritters, Lumpiang Shanghai, chicken wings, crispy pork's ear, and battered baby shrimp. If you want rice, try their rice with toppings - the Bundok Rice, topped with mango and chicharon, or their Palabok Rice, with Palabok noodle sauce, shrimp, and more chicharon. They do their own play with sisig, with tofu and lechon/chicharron-topped versions, and they make something called Bachichay - deep-fried, salted pork belly - which makes its appearance in a "Chicha-sisig" and their Crispy Kare-Kare, whose sauce is thick and tasty, and garnished with house-made bagoong alamang and pickles. It's hard not to go on and on, because there are so many celebratory dishes to choose from, like the Kapalmuks I've already mentioned - deep fried pork face that dares and dazzles in presentation. They also make their own Porketta Ball or boneless lechon roll, served sliced and ready to eat at table. Thankfully, there are steamed and lean dishes one can order alongside all these, like their pinasingawang gulay (steamed vegetables), or sinuman tyan na bangus, which is steamed filet and belly of bangus in tomato in banana leaf. Even their sinigang na Ulo ng Salmon (salmon head) is good! The restaurant looks in need of a facelift, which they say they will probably do next year. But look at their menu. Items are priced fairly and reasonably.If all goes to plan, they will also be operating a take-out stall in Malingap Central in months to come.The food is legit! Le-git!What I'll eat when I come back: Sinigang na Bulalo Tortang TalongPapaitan#zomatofmu