#KaonSerye: Selera Sets at SM

It was the first weekend of the year and many were still celebrating the season of Christmas. After all, it was technically Christmas until the Sunday of the Three Kings.

Sadly for Keen and me, holidays were quickly over and the usual work days have already resumed. But that also means our typical Saturdates and #KaonSerye are back! And since it is part of my 2018 resolution to blog every week, what better way to get things started than to blog again about our love for food.

Restaurants were filled with friends and families having belated reunions on 2018's first Saturday. After much discussion and strolling, we found ourselves seated in Selera. Good thing we were able to get a table before more than half of the restaurant was reserved by one group.

Although Selera has been in SM for a while, it was our first time to eat there. It was easily dwarfed by other restaurants such as Hukad, Kuya J's and Mesa. The restaurant was relatively small but it was comfortable and very modern. It was something new for us which also suited the mood of the new year.

Selera sets had a limited menu which seemed okay. Keen ordered Chef's House Tapa Tenderloin while I ordered Selera Chicken Rice. I also ordered Torched Eggplant for starters.

Keen posing before 'battle' :D

Keen and I were impressed with the Torched Eggplant. Although the idea of pureed eggplant didn't appeal to him at first, Keen finished more than half of the chapatti bread because of the dip. The puree blended well with the bacon bits and torched mozzarella. It was definitely a good starter for us.

Selera's Torched Eggplant

For my order, the Selera Chicken Rice, I was utterly disappointed. While the crispy chicken skin bits tried to make up for the bland steamed chicken, the sauces which were supposed to accompany the chicken's flavor were very small. If you notice in the photo below, the chili garlic was too small and there was very little ginger in the ginger lime sauce. The rice fried in onion was too oily and didn't match well with the chicken. I was really sad about it.

Selera Chicken Rice

Luckily for Keen, his tapa bowl was really good. The salsa and onion rings matched well with the beef. The tapa itself had just the right amount of sweet, salty and sourness to it, a perfect combination of flavors for that authentic pinoy tapa. I also ate James garlic rice because it was better than my onion rice.

Chef's House Tapa Tenderloin

The prices were quite high compared to other restaurants. The Torched Eggplant and Tapa Tenderloin were okay though as I can probably justify that they tasted well enough to be priced as such. But their Chicken Rice was something I'm not having again.

Overall experience was good. We will definitely come back in a few months to check out something new and probably have the Torched Eggplant again.

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