mamou's kitchen

Yesterday on the last day of work for 2007 I found a chance to try the steaks at Mamou's Kitchen. Barbara G. had mentioned that we should try this restaurant at Serendra because of their steaks. I was supposed to fetch Jaime (1/2 of brother #2) and his family from the airport. They had gone to visit Marcos country with my two sisters (Mitay #1 sister and Didi #2 sister, there is a #3 sister Camille) and were arriving at 9pm.
Not wanting to think about eating alone at home I called Cholo (son #2) who was at work in Makati if he could join me for dinner at Serendra and try Mamou's Kitchen.
Since we had no reservations we went early and was met by a friendly waiter who told me that they normally have two sittings one at 630pm and the other at 830pm and had a table for two but we had to get out by 830pm. This suited us because we had to be at the airport before 9pm.
The menu was simple and we quickly zeroed in on two entrees, a soup called Oriental Supreme that was available for sharing and the Angus steak that was available either as a Single (400 gms or 14 ounces) and Twin (800 gms or 28 ounces).We decided to have the soup and the Single steak because 14 oz of steak seemed to be too much for a person.
The steak also came with a choice of two sidings. Cholo and I chose the mashed potato and the creamed spinach. There was a notice in the menu that for the steak would take 20 minutes to be served. And we asked that our steak be medium rare.
The bread basket came in first with a butter dish that had a butter knife with it. I was taught in my younger days that a restaurant that served butter with its own butter knife was usually a notch higher than your average.
The soup came in first and I have never seen Cholo wolf down soup that fast saying it was really good. I agreed with him but I could not determine why it was good. The soup had crab sticks, scallops and shrimps(?) and flat noodles and a thickish consistency that was in between a consomme and a cream. It was so good but I could not say why it was good.
The steak came in earlier than the 20 minutes and was partially sliced in one inch cuts and was bathed in its own jus that had some olive oil on it. It had good marbling which at the end of the meal split our opinion about the meal. I grew up liking fat but Cholo under his mother's training was not too happy with the amount of fat the steak had.
We demolished the steak in no time and I felt the protein rushing to my head necessitating a spot often after dinner to wash of some of the umay.
Verdict about the meal, for Cholo the soup was the outstanding part for the meal the steak being just a tad above average while I thought the whole meal was outstanding.
The place was crowded with what you may call Ayala Alabang citizens and there was a white haierd lady who oversaw the whole of Mamou's Kitchen (she could have been mamou). We did not have a chance to dilly dally to find out who Mamou was because we had to leave for the airport but it was a good meal to celebrate the last day of work of 2007. (thanks Barbara)