Myth Busted

For quite some time now, I've been hearing and reading a lot of good feedback about the food at Grams Diner. I must admit that I was a bit skeptic to try their food since I found their offerings a bit pricey. But my curiosity to try the famed "World Famous Tapa" was enough for me to choose to dine here over Mercato.

The place wasn't packed, and we were able to get good seats. So we browsed through their menu and got the World Famous Tapa (dinner size - Php 460), Smothered Chicken (Php 350) and an order of their Bottomless Iced Tea (Php 105).

        

Their iced tea was served in a mason jar, and it had a very light and refreshing lemony flavor. We were pleasantly surprised when the tapa was served, because of the generous serving size. An order comes with a serving of rice and 2 eggs done your way.

Their tapa is more into the crunchy style than your usual juicy and "saucy" tapa. Unfortunately, the taste was no where near to being "world famous" in my book. The meat tasted similar to the skin of Jollibee's Chicken Joy (so sad). For the price, it was utterly disappointing and definitely not worth it. In a heartbeat, I would go for Mr. Jone's or Banapple's yummy tapa!

So the Smothered Chicken was served, and I was not impressed with the presentation. I was expecting a dish that was "smothered" with cheese, but what I got was just a slice of cheese (American Cheddar, I think), melted on top of the grilled chicken. On the up side, it was served with a side of home-made mashed potatoes and buttered vegetables.

As to the taste of the chicken, it was also not impressive. The chicken skin had a lot of charred parts, which became the dominant flavor of the dish. Nothing special about it.

The only thing that we both loved about dining here was just the Bottomless Iced Tea. With the amount that we spent, we should have just filled our tummies at Mercato.

GRAMS DINER

Ground Floor, Crossroads Building, 32nd Street, Bonifacio Global City, Taguig City