Ambers - impromptu party food

Yesterday, my cousins spent time with us to give me an impromptu despedida. Well, it wasn't that much of an impromptu because we were informed that they have plans of dropping by on Saturday morning. But this didn't give us enough time to prepare for 7 people.

Plus, Mom and I didn't want to spend the entire Saturday and Sunday morning in the kitchen chopping ingredients and preparing food. Also, if we do that, we might end up too exhausted to actually entertain our visitors.

So what to do on times like these? I resorted to what we usually do in the office. At the office, we rely on Ambers for our delicious party food. They have a wide variety pansit and pasta. There are also other pica-pica that you can order.

For our bonding time with the cousins, we ordered Ambers Spaghetti (which Lester calls "Happy Spaghetti"). We also had various pica-pica like barbecue, chicken lollipops, lumpiang shanghai and pitsi-pitsi with cheese.

As expected, the spaghetti was really good. It's quite saucy and not dry so one really gets to taste the delicious meat sauce with every bite. The cheese topping makes the spaghetti really creamy. I'd also have to give it to Ambers for laying out the hotdogs in a floral design. As most chefs would say, "we eat with our eyes." So the attractive way Ambers presents their food is already half the battle.



Mom was actually quite impressed with Ambers barbecue (and this is saying something because Mom prides herself of having a really good barbecue marinade). Amber's barbecue is actually mostly meat but despite not having the requisite fat (for flavor) the barbecue is not dry nor is it bland or flavorless.



We also had fried pica-pica like lumpiang shanghai and chicken lollipops. The lumpiang shanghai still had it's crispiness despite not being fresh from the frier. Mom complains that the filling is a bit small though.



The chicken lollipops were big pieces of chicken leg (or wing, am not really sure) that is served with a sweet spicy sauce. The chicken lollipops look big because of the breading. Still, the breading is welcome as it makes the chicken lollipop more attractive and flavorful.

The pitsi pitsi was my nephew's favorite dish from Amber. Being blind, my nephew was quite surprised that what he is eating has cheese toppings. He was also intrigued by the soft, chewy and sweet cassava balls. I guess it is the texture of the pitsi-pitsi that intrigued him.

Ambers saved us time and made our party quite fun because we were able to chat and catch up with each other. We didn't even notice the time making us adjourn close to 10 pm. I guess the cost is very much worth it.