Sosing’s is the real sosyal
Anyone with the budget for it can put on designer clothes and dine at an overpriced restaurant in a five-star hotel. The truly sosyal don’t worry about keeping up appearances or give a fig what other people think. We had lunch with Ren at Sosing’s last Saturday and felt sosyal.
Sosing’s, the roadside carinderia beside a talyer on the corner of Zobel Roxas and Dian in Makati, has been around for ages and still draws crowds. You want ambience? It’s on a sidewalk under a tin roof with an old tree growing through it. You sit at stackable plastic tables and chairs and eat off plastic plates while passing cars belch exhaust in your face. And you love it because the food is good, cheap and unpretentious.
While waiting for our orders we made the acquaintance of this rooster whom we hope is not headed for the kitchen and a pot of tinola.
We had rice, menudo, pork barbecue, adobong pusit and gulay for less than Php100 each. (We had four 7-Ups, bringing the total to Php270 for two.) The hell with gourmet, this is a meal. It’s been quite cool lately, perfect for dining outdoors.
The resident cat came over to nibble on some plants by the table. He is very well-behaved and doesn’t bother the diners for scraps.
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January 22nd, 2013 at 11:28
I miss Sosing’s. Used to eat there a lot when I was working in Vito Cruz. They say sa Sosing’s daw wala kang karapatan mag-saging. Because once you pick up your banana for dessert, people waiting for a table will rush to you already. So you’ll end up just taking your banana home because of the pressure…
January 23rd, 2013 at 19:03
I never heard of this place, which is too bad since I moved from Makati to Eastwood almost a year ago, and I rarely make the trip to Makati these days. I must make sure to try and find it next time I’m in the area.
I do love these unpretentious places with great food. Beachhouse in UP still has the best barbecue ever (more than a decade after I graduated, I visited a couple of years ago, and still the champ!), and we also headed for Mang Jimmy’s in Balara later that day: tapa mix still heavenly.
January 24th, 2013 at 03:09
good to know that you still eat in these kinds of set up with the presence of animals hehe. is it true that sosing’s is famous for it’s bulalo?
January 25th, 2013 at 08:17
looks like you missed out on the bulalo
…..where else can you hear servers shout “pang ilan pa ba yan?”….referring to the servings of bulalo in huge kalderos when a customer comes in asking for a couple of orders