Well, we almost missed having what is probably the best meal we had this vacation. We were passing by Los Banos, Laguna on our way from Lucena to Manila. My wife looked and found that herb Republic was highly rated. The pics in Google also...said the same. We decided to have lunch there.
We turned left on Lopez Ave, we passed Robinson, passed BPI and could not find it. We made a U-turn and saw it on the left (supposed to be just before BPI). Why we missed it, we were looking for an elegant place. Seeing it and how it looked, very old and dilapidated from the outside, we decided to go to Robinson. Thanks be to God, there were no food outlets there.
Something inside me said, "go to Herb Republic", so we did. We were received by two young ladies; one of them had a hearing aid. That was the reason they had a card with some sign language pics. It was good learning even though we did not have to use them.
We had to wait about half an hour for our food to be served, but it was well worth the wait. They cook to order using fresh organic products.
We had soup, Salad, Mushroom Tempura, Chili Cheese Sticks, Crispy Spinach, and Rosemary Chicken with White and Brown Rice. All were delicious, but the Crispy Spinach was my favorite. It looked and tasted out of this world; oh ever so beautiful and delicious!!! By the way, our charge was less that PhP2,000, which was a welcome surprise. Talk about value for money.
The pics will speak for the ambiance, so I will not say much there. I loved the old Volkswagen van as it reminded me of my father's more than 50 years ago.
I promise to return the next time we are in Los Banos.More