A brief history:
in 1928:
Since Lola Asiang’s brood was growing, she decided that since she was cooking for a lot of people already (the Reyes family had 13 children) might as well earn from all that effort.
Asiang quickly converted the ground floor of their house in Marquez de Comillas into an eatery that she called Lapu-Lapu. Early on she decided that she would always cook and serve delicious and affordable Filipino food.
1936
Adobo Sandwich
The Adobo Sandwich originated from the Reyes family habit of having picnics at Luneta. Because there was always a need for meals-on-the-go, Asiang would pack easy to get food for her family to eat. She observed that many of the stalls in Luneta were serving American fare like hotdogs and hamburgers so she thought to make a Filipino version. She decided to use chicken adobo as her “palaman.” Soon her native sandwiches became a hit that friends of her children and husband would intentionally stop by their picnic spot just to get the taste of it.
Marquez de Comillas
Students from St. Theresa (across the street) would come in droves to sample Asiang’s specialties – pancit luglog, dinuguan with puto, lumpiang ubod and arroz caldo.
1940
The Original Rolling Store
The popularity of her sandwiches in the park gave Asiang an idea for a “Rolling Food Store. “Much like the food trucks of today, they converted an old Ford car into a mobile canteen. The rolling food store would go around Luneta Park and the nearby areas serving the same food her family would eat during their picnics. By force of circumstance, the rolling store moved from Luneta to Dewey Blvd, now known as Roxas Blvd. Alex & Asiang decided to put up a restaurant in that same spot where it still stands today.
1945
The Chicken Barbeque
The Aristocrat survived wartime through Asiang’s resourcefulness and food innovations. All these made Aristocrat the place to be, and soon there were new ventures including a branch in Cubao and Ermita and a beach resort in Las Piñas. But the beach resort posed a new kind of problem for Asiang: her cutlery rarely found their way back to her kitchen since diners would bring them to their beach huts. As a solution, she began to serve food barbecue-style, lessening the use of utensils. This small problem-solving experiment paved the way for one of Aristocrat’s beloved bestsellers – Chicken Barbecue, which is now paired with java rice and java sauce.
1980
Mother of Filipino Cooking
Lola Asiang was recognized as the Mother of Filipino Cooking. Whenever Lola Asiang cooked for her customers, she put in the same love and care as though she were cooking for her own children. She believed that no matter the size of your budget, you can eat like an Aristocrat. That’s how Aristocrat has come to be for Filipinos – a welcoming home where hearty appetites and modest wallets are rewarded with quality food and good old feeling of family.
2016
An Icon in Cultural History
It is no easy feat to survive 80 years in the food industry. The success of Aristocrat is attributed to the clear and simple vision of Asiang to serve quality Filipino comfort food. In recognition of the Aristocrat’s contribution to Philippine culture, a historical marker was installed on July 4, 2013 by the National Historical Commission of the Philippines (NHCP).
Menu:
Aristocrat has long been a restaurant serving delicious meals, but its for those who have money, not for the tight-budgeted, because it is a quality and classic restaurant to eat at.
Their calamares being deep-fried contains all those crispiness you want eating a calamares, combined with tartar sauce you’ll be wanting more just don’t think about the name of tartar in it.
Their sizzling gambas contains many types of spices inorder to create that unique taste that aristocrat restaurant developed/invente, the taste is very powerful because of the spices it contains when it is being cooked, just prepare you’re money for the price because you might get bankrupt.
Aristocrat’s has a great taste but for a quite expensive price, but it will sure bring the taste you payed for, all restaurants have their themed flavor, you can taste eat if you keep eating their foods. Tho indescribable almost it is what differentiates it from the competition. Their Camaron Rebosado is deep-fried battered in shrimp yum coupled with sweet and sour sauce my favorite double the yum, I remember eating sweet and sour fish I love it.
Their Bulalo meal is one of the best, it is rich in taste, thick and rich, for the bone marrow lovers you’ll love these one and it contains vegetables too hurray vegies! Highly recommended.
Not a fan of mechado but, Most people will love their mechado’s that is marinated in beed and tomato sauve mixed with spices you’ll get the mechado taste you have been wanting for.
Their Kare-kare is also a bargain and quite frankly expensive again atleast you and your family or foodmate can share the bowl plentiful enough to solve that hungry tummy, very tasty if mixed with their bagoong.
Ah the smell of sinigang that pinoys love, containing “baka” or beef ribs, it is mixed with native vegetables or simply vegetable.
The Pork Barbecue meal they offer contains 2 sticks of aristocrats flavorful prok barbecue mixed with java rice and java sauce it is totally a bargain for me and you.
How bout spareribs? absolutely you will love the taste, it won’t let you taste buds down.
Summer already? Is it so hot around? too hot? well prepare your wallets and you will spend it all on their dessert choices, order one, order more.
Ofcourse they offer drinks too, I suggest buying bottled water outside too expensive but their other offers are quite cheap for what you get. Slurp up.
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