The first restaurant is Trellis, for its sisig, two or three blocks at the back of the city hall. The other restaurant is nestled amidst the trees of the Quezon City Memorial Circle, just in front of the Quezon City Hall, now conveniently linked by an underground walkway: Serye. I go back to Serye mainly for one reason: the boneless crispy pata.

Don’t get me wrong, Serye is known for other equally delicious and mouth-watering dishes in its menu. Don’t limit yourself with the crispy pata. The boneless chicken barbeque and the sinigang na tiyan ng bangus equally taste great. The cheesecake, while I haven’t tasted it yet, tastes good according to my wife.

There are a few crispy pata that I admire (and eat with tremendous gusto, the reason why my wife often bars me from coming back here). One is in Malabon City and the other is in Navotas (I’ll have separate post for each later). Did I say I seriously dig the crispy pata at Serye?

Don’t be fooled by the short name (which is a play of the owners’ family name, Reyes, the same ones behind the Aristocrat), as well as the simple exterior of the restaurant (the area is now getting a face lift, so bear with the construction going on when you go there at this time). Serye’s dishes are bound to make you take a long, hard look at your calorie and cholesterol levels. Not that it matters. You’ll proceed to eat anyway.

So, the next time you’re in Quezon City Hall, try the underground walkway that connects the City Hall and the QUezon Circle. When you emerge at the other end, you’ll immediately see Serye. You know what to do next . . .