My Mama-sans

Mama-san #5 in her kitchen

What to eat for lunch during workdays is unexciting.  At first, there were 5 eateries that I alternately patronized, but the 1st one I

Mama-san #4

Outdoor kitchen #4

 

Kitchen  #4

canceled out because the new girl they hired always bills me for soda that I don't order.  The 2nd one, was the cleanest because it was attached to a hospital but the food was awful.  When the two nice servers left the place, I also stopped going.  The 3rd one, serves good fresh fish but I go there only once a week because it is a bit pricey at USD2 for a meal without soda.

Jerry jugs welcome you to #5

Eatery No. 4 serves the best beef stew among them, and with rice.  Her dining tables though have a good view of a public toilet and her main menu is just beef.  Eatery No. 5 is called

Mama-san #5

California Hotel.  The main menu is smoked fish or beef.  No rice, so I learned to eat sweet potatoes instead.  No. 5 is frequented by blue-collared workers and despite my endorsements, my white-collared colleagues decline to try it.

I love the ambiance of this Stone Age setting of #5

These 2 eateries are holes-in-wall and I remember fondly how I and my colleagues from Citibank Juan Luna branch would trek to such places in Chinatown many decades ago.  

Again it's going back.... deja vu.