Of all the posts under the “Food” category, this is probably the most difficult to compose. It’s not that I’ve visited the other venues in more instances. It’s not that I’m having a mental block.

It’s because I feel my chest is growing heavy.

I have this suspicion that my blood pressure has gone up and, if so, I believe the culprit is the delicious, juicy, medium-rare steak we consumed at Mamou (A Home Kitchen) at Serendra. (Serendra is sandwiched between Market! Market! and Bonifacio High Street at Fort Bonifacio. Mamou is near Abe and Xocolat, with Fully Booked at across the street. For directions on how to go there, go here.)

Let me say that again: delicious, juicy, medium-rare steak at Mamou. Forget about the high blood pressure; it’s entirely my fault if I can’t control eating the entire steak. I’ve said that the wagyu beef at Massimo (Tagaytay City) tastes great. But I must say the Mamou steak has become my new favorite, hands-down.

“The best” (with the “ok” hand sign). That’s our uniform reply with the owner-chef of Mamou, Malou Fores, went out of the restaurant to ask us, seated at the outside table, how’s the steak. If only the steak didn’t cost P2,800, I would have stood up and given her a hug as an added gesture of appreciation for cooking such a delicious steak. But I must say that the price is a reasonable amount to pay for it.

Now, look at the photo of the steak, to the right. I know the photo doesn’t do justice to how the steak actually tastes. My wife said that the steak in the photo doesn’t look delicious and you may share that opinion. Trust me, however, when I say that the fault is in taking that photo, and not on how it really tastes. If you don’t believe me, go and taste it for yourself. If you tell me I’m wrong, then I’ll have no choice but to go back there and taste the steak. Again. So, go ahead, please tell me I’m wrong.

(We won’t mind if, ahem, Ms. Fores would invite us to re-take that photo. We’ll willingly take a new set of photos and, in order to avoid wastage, consume the subject matter of the photo shoot. =)