Stay, Stray, Play and Feast: Krypton Grill: Exotic Dishes in Naga, Anyone? Penafrancia Fiesta 2014, Series 5

Krypton Grill
Exotic Dishes in Naga, Anyone?
(Penafrancia Fiesta 2014, Series 5)

I have learned about Krypton Grill thru Naga City Deck
or (NCD), my favorite Naga based website, operated by
a young lady psychologist, an academician, a co- forumer at
the Camarines Sur/Naga City Skyscraper CityThread,
and Stay, Stray Play and Feast’s blog partner.

We were excited to try the exotic dishes being offered
by the restaurant so we tried dining in their CBD 2 site but

backed out when we discovered that it looked like a seedy

joint, located in a decrepit looking area at the back of the Bicol
Central Station in a rundown building, filled with mostly shady-

looking, beer guzzling costumers listening to a heavily made

(fake) blonde, lady acoustic singer performing before them.

NCD also mentioned in the blog that it is opening

another branch in Mayon Avenue, which I believe

is a more decent address, so we patiently waited until

it opened during the Penafrancia Fiesta season.

Krypton Grill’s Mayon branch opening was a perfect timing

as places like the Naga City Centro, Panganiban Drive and even
Magsaysay Avenue were made off limits to vehicles, and there

was plenty of parking space in this area as it is close to the vast

Naga City Civic Center that served as a huge temporary parking

to the vehicular overflow during the week long Penafrancia fiesta.

Unlike their menacing looking original CBD 2 branch,

Krypton Mayon Avenue, was well lighted with native

Pinoy themed interiors, there was no ‘WOW’ factor but

at least it looked cheery and did not look sleazy at all.

I was intrigued on why they named this restaurant

after the Man of Steel’s mother planet, Krypton,

but I fully understood it when I learned that they

also own the Superman Petshop, located just

beside the original Krypton Grill in CBD 2.

Interestingly, Krypton suited appropriately for the

restaurant as it offers out of this world exotic dishes.

I excitedly browsed the exotic dishes section

of the menu, but it was a brilliant idea that

they used table placemats that had valuable

information about the exotic dishes available,

making it easier for us to decide what to order.

We unanimously chose Wild Pig Adobo.

It was served as ‘adobo natural’ where it was sauteed in onions
and garlic and flavored only with vinegar, without any soy sauce.
The meat was chewy but tender, had a very intense flavor and naturally
sweetish. It isn’t oily as compared to regular adobo and it is devoid
of the unhealthy subcutaneous fat and even more delicious.