Kainan sa Dalampasigan 01.31.2014

A restaurant serving good filipino dishes was featured in a TV program. The restaurant is named Kainan sa Dalampasigan and it is located in Nasugbu, Batangas. We had an opportunity to visit this place during the Chinese New Year which was declared a special public holiday. The holiday fell on a Friday making it a long weekend. So off we go to Nasugbu and had a lunch at Kainan sa Dalampasigan on our way to Bernabeach Resort which was 3 minute drive from the restaurant.

Kainan sa Dalampasigan has a garden setting both in and out.

We were greeted by the female owner who was helping in serving food to a large group of guests. The place was roomy and had big windows. The cool air was blowing and coming in from the windows and it added a provincial touch. The tables and chairs/bench were made of heavy wood.

The menu was your typical Filipino dishes and we asked the owner what her recommendation was because we were just two. She suggested getting the daing na bangus. So we did and we also ordered Binalot. My husband had soda and I , sago and gulaman.

Binalot consisted of pork-chicken cooked adobo style with some shrimps and rice wrapped altogether in banana leaf. It came with a dipping of bagoong isda and tomato. It cost Php260, if I remember it right.

The boneless daing na bangus was huge and good for four persons. It lacked the sour-y taste of daing and tasted like your ordinary fried bangus. Cost us Php350.

We took away the left over bangus and we also ordered grilled pork for our dinner at the resort.

The restaurant has ample parking space although the entrance was quite narrow. One car has to give way for the other car to get out.

The comfort rooms were clean and had filipino motiff. There is a mini waterfall separating the male and female toilet.

I am not sure why it is called Kainan sa Dalampasigan when there is no dalampasigan (waterway) in sight. Maybe it should have been called Kainan sa Hardin.

Overall, the ambience is very good , service needs a little improvement (bill out was kinda slow),  food experience is regular. Maybe we have to go back and try the other dishes for us to fully rate the food offering.

To get to Kainan by private car, we drove via Tagaytay -Nasugbu route, upon reaching the T road ,turn right to Nasugbu. (The left road leads to Matabungkay. ) We turned left to Martinez street. One can ask where Batangas State University is. Kainan is on the left side before reaching the University.  It is easier if you have GPS.