“What’s your order?” My spouse requested as we sat down on one of many picket benches at Mami Madz in Cabangan. It was nearly night and we’ve simply been to the San Isidro Seashore—our garments nonetheless moist from the ocean.
“Uhm. I’ll have a bowl of mami and goto every, please.” I replied.
“What?! Are you certain?” My spouse incredulously requested.
“Alright, two bowls of mami and one goto, then.”
THE BEACH NEAR MAMI MADZ |
Mami Madz Goto & Mami has all the time been our go-to place after our day by day afternoon visits to the seaside. It’s a minute stroll from the ocean and the seaside it fronts, together with quite a few resorts in Cabangan, really has one of many shallower waters within the space—excellent for our toddler, Akira.
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MAMI MADZ’S SIMPLE SET UP |
We’re often right here after having our Cabangan Seashore sundown, ordering the same old pair of mami and goto. Effectively, these two are all they serve, actually. Uhm, okay, additionally they serve variations of the latter—goto with egg solely (no innards) and goto plain.
AGOHO TREES SURROUNDING MAMI MADZ |
This mamihan is as primary because it will get; DIY picket tables and benches, easy shed sort roof supported by bamboo columns and beams. There aren’t any partitions to separate the eating space with the close by pine-like agoho bushes surrounding the property. That is as rustic legit as it could actually get.
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DOUBLE ORDER OF MAMI FOR ME |
And the meals? Their mami (₱40.00), is fairly good. Swimming alongside its scorching beef broth are chopped onion leeks, cabbage strips, chicharon chunks, extraordinarily tender shredded beef, and two halves of hardboiled egg. You will have the choice of compressing a serving to of calamansi, however I desire mine with out. What I do like to combine it with are a number of drops of chili garlic oil and a touch of pepper. My mouth waters simply writing about this.
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GOTO AND MAMI COMBI |
Their goto (₱35.00) alternatively is crammed with turmeric infused lugaw, crunchy pork innards, onion leeks, the ever-present egg, and a heavy dose of crisply fried garlic toppings. Scrumptious. The one factor lacking, actually, are fried lumpia and tokwa.
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STREET FOOD WEEKENDS AT MAMI MADZ |
However fret not, lumpia and tokwa lovers. If you happen to time you go to throughout Fridays and Saturdays, they do serve these as a part of their avenue meals weekends. And together with it, tukneneng, hotdogs, pork siomai, hen isaw, and hen proben—all of their crisply fried glory.
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GUT-BUSTINGLY FULL AFTER OUR AFTERNOON FEAST AT MAMI MADZ |
To be sincere, I’m extra of a lugaw individual, however surprisingly, I’m digging their mami higher than their goto. I suppose, their joint wouldn’t be named Mami Madz for nothing, yeah? However actually, why select, when you’ll be able to order and have each.
Mami Madz Goto & Mami
Deal with: Coastal Highway, Sitio Agoho, Brgy. San Isidro, Cabangan, Zambales
Opening Hours: 6:30AM to 12:00NN | 4:00PM to eight:30PM, Every day
Contact Quantity: (0909) 460-1392 | Fb
GPS Coordinates Map: 15.169402, 120.035833