Delicious Afforda-meals

CEBU, Philippines - If there is one thing we Filipinos have in common, it is our enduring relationship with food. The average Filipino consumes a sizeable fare of breakfast, brunch, lunch, merienda (snack), and dinner on a day-to-day basis. Our passion for food is incontestable, from raw food to cooked or preserved. Our gastronomic adventure does not end with a bowl of rice and three kinds of viands. Our palate is always curious to sample unique tastes and flavors! —the reason why Lai Garden Restaurant has evolved from fine dining restaurant into a more personal and casual setting, in order to bring out the foodie in every Filipino even on the run.

Inspired by the fast-paced life inside a dynamic mall setting, at present, Lai Garden Restaurant is undergoing essential conversion. “Now, it’s all about the bare essentials; quality food and flavorful ingredients without sacrificing the diners’ valuable time,” explained restaurant manager Rocky Felicario.

“‘Lai Garden Restaurant’ is originally developed for fine dining, nestled inside SM City Cebu North wing, where people mostly are in a hurry to go shopping, or watch movies. We decided to convert the fine dining place into a fast-food setting to allow mall-goers to fully satisfy their quest for good food instead of worrying about their every single time wasted in waiting for food orders or tipping servers. With this new dining approach, food and ingredients are ready-made in our newly acquired state-of-the-art commissary with machines to simplify and make food preparations faster.” Felicario further explained.

Get ready to sample “Delicious Afforda-meals” of the brand-new Lai Garden fast-food Restaurant will have to offer in their newly conceptualized fast-food menu, and a lot more!

Enjoy its now affordable offering of gourmet goodies, prepared meals, and heavenly confections in the dining area set in a cool and comfortable setting. Aside from great food, the new Lai Garden fast-food Restaurant will also be designating staff that hops from table to table, making your food-trip fast and worry-free.

Diners can savor complete affordable meal of Spicy Squid in salt and pepper with sweet chili sauce for only 69 pesos and Lai Garden’s signature Kikiam Rice Bowl also for 69 pesos.

But if your palate requires a more refined dinner, try their Beef Broccoli Lauriat served with Chinese soup (139 pesos), or if you go vegetarian, their Chopsuey Rice Bowl is a sure treat for only 79 pesos.

For dessert, head over to their pastries and sweets section and grab a slice of their delectable specialty Leche Flan for 55 pesos.

Diners can also avail unlimited rice feature upon required purchases.

Lai Garden “fast-food” Restaurant is currently in the process of transformation to become a full-fledged fast-food chain of restaurants, starting from the food menu, services and food order-counters, to the dining ambiance and setting, and is now working its way to attract potential franchisers.

Lai Garden fast-food Restaurant is located inside SM City Cebu North Wing, opens daily during mall hours. (FREEMAN)