TINOMOK ba kamo??

What the heck is tinomok?? Well, I also asked that question
to our waiter in Gerry’s Grill (in Gaisano Mall) and he said it is one of their
special dishes. In fact, in their menu it was proudly written that tinomok was
reviewed by a prestigious food magazine and was given a thumbs-up sign. To quote the menu: "A bit like laing, only better.This is good. it was featured in a magazine." Nice!
=)

Above (at left) is an UNappetizing picture of tinomok which does not do
justice to its
deliciousness! Looks like a mishmash of something green eh? Gakk! I’m
really sorry but that’s what I get for forgetting the 5mp
digicam and just using labsie’s fonecam. To top it off, the interiors
in
Gerry’s Grill are dim, very nice for dates but not good in taking pics,
tsk! But as u can see at right, there’s a GREAT photo of tinomok with
the white gata sauce and silis clearly shown , yum! *drooling
saliva*
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It was our second time in Gerry’s Grill. The first time was
with my family and we ordered most of the house specialties (grilled sizzling
squid, crispy pata, beef casserole [beef, cheese, mashed potato & garlic, yum!] and sizzling sisig)
pictured at left and they didn’t disappoint! All were heavenly and were gone in less than 30min,
no thanks to the 4 guys with me and mama! =) Anyhow, labsie and I decided to
order something different this time, something adventurous. Thus, we ordered tinomok which in their menu looked like green gabi leaves rolled into “balls”
and drizzled with ginataan sauce. Mmm, I love gata! I thought it may be laing
just served exotically. However the waiter refuted this and said that the gabi
leaves were actually a
covering for the meatball mixture inside. Ooh meat! (see the first pics above) That
decided labsie to order it though I was still a bit apprehensive, what if we
won’t like it?? There goes P150 down the drain, tsk! To be sure we still had
viands if we won’t like tinomok, we ordered chopsuey (vegetables, yum!) and
chicken kebabs. We also told the waiter to make our
tinomok not so spicy coz I
hate hot stuff. After 15-30min (we actually finished reading a local daily!)
the food arrived.

Here’s the chopsuey (my dim pix at left and great pix at right, notice how similar they look!) —

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I egged on labsie to take the first bite of tinomok and his
face contorted! My heart sank, it’s not good but labsie suddenly laughed and
spoonfed me a bite. Mmmmmm good! It was truly gabi + meat + unknown veggies
with gata, kinda like laing but not hot. The tinomok was demolished in 15min!
And even up to now, we still have dreams of going back to Gerry’s Grill and
ordering it. The chopsuey was also delicious, the vegetables crispy and there
were lots of seafood and meat mixed in. It was at par with Ahfat’s chopsuey =)
The chicken kebabs, however, were just so-so.  The chicken cubes were tender and
succulent but for the price, it was not worth it. I could probably make a more
savoury one at a cheaper price, tsk! It was interspersed with chunky onions, bell peppers and some button mushrooms. After the eye-opening dinner (or should I
say stomach-opening-to-tinomok dinner?), labsie and I were all big smiles. We
were satiated and very happy to discover a new pinoy foodie find.
Welcome to our hearts tinomok! =)

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