Soon the Westover Hills space will likely be invited to Camille and Adrian De Los Reyes’ table of Filipino fare when Sari-Sari Supper Club formally opens. The Far Westside restaurant is the newest opening within the couple’s community of companies that features a Leon Valley restaurant, Stone Oak market, and a meals truck. 

 “Our menu will be focused on globally inspired dishes while highlighting Filipino flavors, components, and techniques. Filipino food was one of the original fusion foods with influence from all over the world — China, India, Malaysia, Mexico, Spain, and the United States,” Camille De Los Reyes says. “Our goal is to bring attention to that and show how versatile Filipino food can be.”

Sari-Sari Supper Club hosted a preview alternative all through the weekend, inviting household, associates, and media into the the growing digs to take a go searching and take a look at the menu. Camille De Los Reyes says a grand opening date has not been set, however anxious foodies can regulate the brand new restaurant’s Instagram web page for the official begin. 

A tender opening continues subsequent week, Tuesday, December 14 by means of Saturday, December 18 from 5 to 10 p.m. Walk-ins are welcome, however reservations are really helpful. Only dinner will likely be served to begin with lunch and brunch service starting in early 2022. 

Bookings for the chef’s table will begin subsequent yr as properly. The first dinner sequence will likely be hosted in January.

I began off my weekend with a 7:30 p.m. reservation final Friday. Here’s what to know. 

Sari-Sari will sit between Hometown Burger and the brand new house of The Jerk Shack. 

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What is a supper membership? 

Always order the lumpia. Trust us.

Always order the lumpia. Trust us.

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I used to be first launched to the idea in August, when the Sari-Sari restaurant in Leon Valley hosted a dinner sequence to preview the idea the homeowners had been engaged on for the Westover Hills enterprise. I did not know what to anticipate, so I turned to Google. Returns described an elevated experience with communal eating, the place separate events are seated subsequent to one another to encourage dialog. As I wrote after that experience, the exploration of Sari-Sari’s menu that evening was elevated, however the arrange supplied an at-house really feel. By the time the desserts had been handed out, I had already exchanged numbers and social media handles with new associates I made across the table. In sum, it was an extroverted foodie’s dream. 

Camille De Los Reyes says the brand new restaurant may have a conventional seating association, with events having their very own tables, however the brand new area gives extra alternative for the homeowners to host month-to-month dinner sequence just like the one I skilled. 

Sari-Sari Supper Club additionally features an space within the kitchen for a chef’s table, the place visitors can reserve a table to look at the preparation that goes into cooking their meals. 

First look at Sari-Sari Supper Club in Westover Hills. 

First take a look at Sari-Sari Supper Club in Westover Hills. 

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The area 

Sari-Sari Supper Club just isn’t searchable on Google or Apple maps but, so you may need to jot this tackle down: 10234 State Highway 151. Eyeballing the eating room, it appears to be like to have the ability to seat about 50 individuals. The restaurant additionally has a small part alongside the entry wall for Filipino grocery objects. 

The meals

As quickly as we sat down, we had been launched to calamansi juice, a lemonade-like drink made with with calamansi fruit. Two sips in, I used to be posting about it on my Instagram story, just like the millennial I’m. Just a few associates who had additionally by no means tried it, responded to my posts saying they thought I used to be consuming calamari juice. I do not need to think about what that might style like, however the calamansi juice was a refreshing however not too tart drink that I ended up having three glasses of. I appreciated it a lot my wine sat on the again burner. 

The opening menu.

The opening menu.

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Based off my eating experiences at Sari-Sari in Leon Valley and Jeepney Street Eats, ordering lumpia for the table was a no-brainer. The De Los Reyes have pivoted to thinner rolls, than what was initially served at Sari-Sari, however the crispy crave-worthiness of the pork-stuffed bites stays the identical. 

We ordered the wok-fired glass noodles and pan-roasted manok. I used to be drawn to the noodles as a result of Sari-Sari makes use of candy potato glass noodles, which I first tried when making japchae. The springy noodles soaked up the sauce and twisted up the squash and zucchini completely. I added hen for an additional $three. Plenty of protein was wrapped up in each twirl of my fork. 

The hen was juicy with a herb-marinated crust that paired properly with the taro mash. I attempted the taro mash for the primary time on the August supper membership preview. I knew we had so as to add a facet order on Friday. How good and beneficiant had been the servings? I used to be nonetheless noshing on the creamy whip by the point dessert was served. 

We ended the evening with turon banana cheesecake, which appeared to be sizzling commodity —my fellow diners and I just about cleared the dessert case by the point we left. The spongy, fluffy dessert was a candy finish to the evening. 

Banana cheesecake, an early favorite. 

Banana cheesecake, an early favourite. 

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More to chew on

Parking is proscribed in entrance of the restaurant, however there are many areas behind the constructing. 

Serving sizes are beneficiant. If the opposite individuals in your get together are the sharing sort, ask for additional plates and make it a feast. 

Sari Sari is positioned subsequent door to the upcoming Jerk Shack.