Offering the comfort of home

MANILA, Philippines - Many will agree that the best comfort food is concocted by our mothers in their very own kitchen Why? Because her love and care are the main ingredients for all the dishes that come out of her kitchen.

Kusina ni Maria Vikay, a cozy restaurant on Ortigas Extension in Pasig City is like mother’s kitchen. Favorite dishes like bulalo has saging na saba or corn kernel. Sinigang must always have siling berde. Pork and liver steak cooked Tagalog style has the sauce that you would love to flavor your rice. Ginataang langka or kamansi is simmered in coconut milk until deliciously dry. For dessert. Kusina serves minatamis na saging and halo-halo, among others. Gulaman at sago is one of the most ordered refreshments.

Breakfast rice toppings are affordable. Rice is topped either by longganisa, corned beef or adobo complete with fried egg. For bread lovers, newly-baked bread products are fresh from the bakery of Tinapay ni Tinay whose owner’s is Vikay’s daughter.

These are but some of the more than two dozens home-cooked specialty dishes that diners can look forward to everyday of the week. All dishes in Kusina ni Maria Vikay menu are available anytime of the day.

During happy hours, Kusina ni Maria Vikay becomes a watering hole for the young urban professionals.

Upon entering Kusina ni MariaVikay, one can feel the warmness of countryside home. It is like the second dining area at the large kitchen of an ancestral house where the family regularly gathers to dine (the main dining hall is for special occasions). The dining chairs and tables are retro designed are made of Narra. The divider is made of Capiz shells. Wall décor atop ledges carries the Coca Cola collections of Vikay — from transistor radio, clock, old twisted bottles and other collectibles. A hanging lampshade is an original from their home in Batangas.

Kusina ni MariaVikay may just be a hole on the wall beside Buy and Sell Bldg. and before Santo Rosario Church right just after Rosario Bridge along Ortigas Extension in Pasig, but it is one nook that has the comfort of home.

For details, call 668-5297 and 502-6851.