Mann Hann 05292013

Last May 29, my sisters and I had our sisterly date which we do from time to time provided we all are in the mood to dine out and just spend time together away from home without leaving the city. A few days later they would be going on an out-of-town trip with their college friends and both wanted to buy clothes at Landmark, Trinoma.

While they were shopping, I waited for them at Burger King eating onion rings and reading George R. R. Martin's "A Clash of Kings". When the mall was about to close, we went outside and looked for a place to dine in, and fortunately, Mann Hann was still open.

What we love about Mann Hann is its closeness to home-cooked meals, though evidently with MSG. We love their oyster cake best but when we visited this time, it was not available. 

Green Seafood Soup (P275)

For starters, we had an order of Green Seafood Soup. The vegetable used is polunchay and it's got small tofu cubes. An order is good for 6 persons so we had two bowls each of this wonderful soup.

Mapo Tofu (P190) and Garlic rice (P150)

Next we had garlic rice, mapo tofu, and spicy squid. The garlic rice has just the right amount of saltiness. An order is good for 5-6 persons. Considering we all are big-eaters, we still had a serving left and I took it out for lunch the following day. (It was still delicious after reheating.) The spicy squid is not as spicy as I would have preferred and it's a bit overcooked. Also, I was expecting to have squid rings and not flat slices. I would have loved to feast on squid tentacles and heads. The mapo tofu also is disappointingly not spicy, it's a bit salty. Still the dish stands out because of the nice texture of tofu used.

spicy squid (P270)

Will I come back? The answer will be a resounding YES! Honestly whenever we're stumped as to where to eat we always end up dining here.