Sadly, the legendary Tommo passed away at the Medical City Clark ICU unit this morning from a heart attack. A few weeks ago Tommo fell from the top deck of his boat and suffered multiple breaks to his body. He had been at Medical City ICU for a while and it was hoped that he would be able to recover in due time. He put up a good fight because he was always strong and determined to enjoy life to its fullest. The injuries were just too much for his heart Whether you liked him or not, he was a fair man and could be a great friend but he could be difficult as well. His great love was his boat and his last memory would have been that last fateful day on that boat. He will be missed by many. His body now lies at Olongapo Memorial Chapel.
JOSIE-HI – This favorite bar of mine has been sold and will soon be under new management. I do not know the details but I am glad that the sale has gone through as, financially, it was close to having to close due to lack of funds. Many customers, including myself, are happy to see it given new life. I think old Deery is smiling from his resting place in the Clark cemetery.
All for now – I want to thank the many new subscribers to this blog. Many of you were with me as Harry the Horse and I always enjoyed hearing from you and loved it when you visited me at “The Stable”. I am still available to greet you and if not here, then you might find me at Envy Sports Bistro and Suites just before the walking street entrance. I want to thank Ray, a visitor from Germany who was a long time reader of my old column and now the new one. I had not seen him for a few years and it was fun to catch up with his adventures.
Hey, my son Jason is now stationed at Schofield Barracks, Oahu, Hawaii. He will be 20 years old on 31 Oct and Mrs Horse will fly there to celebrate with “her baby”. What is it with Moms, , you could be 30 years old, married and still be her “baby”. I will not go with her, too difficult for me to get around. Next year I will go to Las Vegas for a couple of weeks for medical check-ups and then on to Hawaii to celebrate his 21st with him. I will look forward to that.
Remember, be kind to horses.
THAI FOOD – I love Thai food so I was excited to see that the new glass building next to the ABC Hotel housed the “Spice Road” Thai restaurant. I could not get there for the opening but a couple of nights later I talked the wife into joining me for what we hoped would be a great food tasting. The building structure is beautiful, inside and out, with it glass windows and great view. I regret that that I will have to forego eating on the second floor. I bet you are wondering if I thought the food was good and I would have to say what was available was delicious. My regret is that only a limited menu was available. I was told that more will be added as the cooks are further trained and I can understand that. The lady in charge is a Filipina that did not undergo any formal training in Thailand but on each of her numerous trips there spent time observing and picking up tips on how to make various dishes. I like the place and the location is convenient with off street parking. I was pleased to be able to say hello to Gerard (ABC Hotel owner) who was enjoying a meal at a table across from me.
Italian food too, that is why I always call Tony J’s when I get an urge for their great chicken Parmesan. Another reason I like that restaurant is because they are one of the few places on Friendship that is not Korean. Anyway, the place I am raving about today is on Malabanias Road. It is owned by Dom, the very talkative Italian that has the Steakhouse in Hensonville. This guy talks the talk, constantly and always claims he has the best steaks and ribs in town. He is a first rate character and usually I only half listen to him. I passed his little place many times, it is near NT Realty and you can see the cooks doing their thing from the street. I waited a long time before I finally ordered some food from him because there are so many places to get decent pizza and ribs I usually eat at the Envy Bistro near walking street. But, last Mother’s Day, instead of eating out Mrs Horse (Vina) decided we would have the family at the “Stable” and treat everyone. My thoughts were “here we go, pancit, lumpia, spaghetti again, and no way did I want to look forward to that”. With that I thought, let me use this outdated menu that Dom dropped off months ago and order up some pizza and ribs. I called 0915-179-3646 and gave my order to Dom himself and told him what time I wanted delivery. I figured what the hell, they have to be better than what was on Vina’s menu. Holy s–t was I surprised. The pizzas and ribs were GREAT! I was the hero of the day, no leftovers. Advance now to yesterday; I decided to check out the physical location and satisfy my hunger with a pizza. I figured that at 15:30 hours the place would be empty. Wrong! It was packed with Filipinos and some Koreans. I was lucky to get a seat because the place is small. They were ordering plates of ribs and steaks and the wood fired oven was working at full blast. Needless to say I was impressed and also ate too much. Steak, ribs, pasta and a meatball sub are the menu items. I was hoping to get a new take-out menu because mine was outdated but to my surprise he did not have any to give out. Hey Dom, I liked your joint and your full use of the space available to you. Nothing fancy, just down to earth and your food deserves a high five from me and all that check out the Cowboy Italian Restaurant. Another # for take-out is 0915-327-9303, open from 11 AM to 10 PM.
ENVY – Dog darn it, I wanted to put a picture here of one of Envy’s waitresses and screwed it up. I was able to get the picture inserted but could not figure out how to write around it. I really need to get some help on this. Oh well, for now just settle for words only. Envy Bistro Sports Suites is the newest venture from the previous owners of Phillie’s Sports Grill now being run by “Joe”. The owners took the 7 years of experience from Phillie’s and built a Sports Grill that is a big improvement over their last venture. Within a short 3 months after opening Envy has already acquired a reputation of providing complete sports coverage on the many cameras placed throughout the establishment while also providing delicious menu items quickly at a reasonable price. Imagine being able to enjoy a great early morning breakfast menu from 0600 to 1000 hrs for only P99. It is located just in front of the entrance to the Fields Ave walking street. You can enjoy seating inside or even in front to enjoy the natural air. As the weather warms up and becomes a bit uncomfortable you can always enjoy the comfort of air-conditioning that was not possible when the owners were operating Phillie’s. It was one improvement that they were determined to provide at Envy. Oh, one other bit of news is that Envy will also be offering 7 rooms on the 4th and 5th floor at the back end of the Envy building opposite the Orchid Inn.
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