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Elar's Lechon

Manila - Another iconic dish - Lechon (roast suckling pig).   Elar's Lechon has a very high ratings on google and so we went to this restaurant - quite a distance of 45 mins through traffic to reach this place.   

Elar's entrance

There were at least 4 stores under this Elar's restaurant and only one in Manila.  They closed early and by 5-6pm - their roasted pork is sold out.   

Lechon and vegetables

When we entered the restaurant we did not know where to order as the waiters were busy tendering to orders and customers.   I asked one of the patron and told that we had to queue and order to this Chinese cashier man sitting at this pigeon hole.  Cash only transaction.   We order 1/4 Lechon, Chinese stir fried vegetable and Lumpia (fresh spring rolls).  Similar to Singapore Popiah - I liked Singapore Popiah better.

The Lechon did not taste like the ones we had in Cebu and also many Filippinos have mentioned Cebu is still the best in whole of Philippines.   The Lechon arrived to our table was warm and the meat is a bit tough, probably sitting out for a while before cutting for us.   When we were in Cebu, we waiting when the pig is roasting so it came to us piping hot and was so tender.

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