I've always been super curious of Filipino food. After completing my TAFE course in 2012 and putting all of my focus onto my hobbies, there were curious weeks with endless searches of recipes, of every Asian cuisine. A few Filipino food blogs would have dishes consisting of super simple ingredients together... A lot of them were hot dogs... mixed with a lot of random things, on rice (example). I was never intrigued enough to make any of them myself, though.

What made me happily agree to dinner at Lamesa, was being able to have the opportunity to try the Halo Halo dessert! I've tried plenty, plenty of variations of Vietnamese Halo Halo in Cabramatta and each were amazing. But, after finishing each cup, my curiousity would continue peaking for what the actual Filipino Halo Halo would taste like. As soon as we were promptly seated and ready to order, I immediately asked if they were serving Halo Halo tonight... But, nope, too my disappointment, it was only a Summer-time menu item. Dangit.

Once each of our dishes came out, I honestly did not understand what the server was describing to us. I just happily smiled and nodded like I eat Filipino food on a regular. There will be a lot of foreign descriptions...: