Bob Marlin: The Best in Naga, The Best of Bicol

Bob Marlin 
The Best in Naga, The Best of Bicol 

I may be very critical when it comes to Filipino dishes

as we tend too overdo everything whenever we cook.

This results to most typical Pinoy dishes that are either
too salty, too sweet, too greasy and even too overcooked.

This makes most of our dishes look gross and unpalatable.


Source: Heart Attack in a Platter

I grew up in a typical Filipino household serving home- cooked

Pinoy meals and enjoying every bit of it, but as I got older and

got exposed to various world cuisine, it was then I realized that

our food was below par in taste, in quality and very unhealthy.

Source: Stroke in a Bowl

I would not recommend eating Filipino food everyday as it is

a deadly Metabolic Syndrome in plate which generally very bad

for one’s health and could make one fat, hypertensive and diabetic.

Source: Heart Attack in a Platter

But it’s a different story when one wanted to splurge, or

pig out without limits and to have an all out celebration-

this is where the heavy calorie- laden Pinoy food comes in.

Source: Heart Attack in a Platter

During my daughter’s high school graduation, we wanted to celebrate

the occasion  with our employees and some Naga based relatives.

Since it was a regular working day for them, we knew that they are

all starving and we need to binge on good old Pinoy dishes for dinner.

The only restaurant that came to our mind was Bob Marlin,

as it is an extremely popular and iconic restaurant in Naga City.

Bob Marlin is the restaurant of choice for most Naguenos

when they want to show off the best of Bicolano cuisine,

and also a good restaurant of choice for big celebrations.

Aside from serving delicious and authentic Filipino dishes,

they also have the a wide choice on their menu good for big

groups in huge servings at affordable and budget friendly price.

The OMG Crispy Pata is one thing that should

not be missed for anyone dining in Bob Marlin.

This tremendously popular Bob Marlin specialty

dish was voted few years ago in a nationwide search

as one the best Crispy Pata  in the Philippines.

With a perfectly fried and deliciously crunchy skin,

…a tasty and gooey subcutaneous fat that sticks in your palate 
for a long- lingering scrumptious aftertaste sensation,

and  very tender melt in the mouth perfectly cooked flesh.

It is served with the usual soy sauce dip, but no one really

needs it, as the OMG Crispy Pata is already delicious even

without it, and there is no need to add  extra salt anymore.

Indeed the OMG Crispy Pata deserves thins name as it is

sinfully delicious and OMG is the only description that one

could blurt out after tasting of this exceedingly delectable dish.

Pinangat is another dish that one should

not miss when dining in Bob Marlin.

This is the CamSur version where the gabi leaves had

crushed young crab meat mixed with chopped young

coconut meat filling, simmered in coconut milk, as

compared to the Camalig, Albay version that is made

of layers and layers of gabi leaves devoid of the filling.

I personally found the Sinigang na Salmon too sour for comfort.

I have always liked the kind of  sinigang that would not make me

wrinkle my face a acerbic revulsion whenever I eat it. This one did.

But our guests loved is as they wanted

theirs the ‘asim- kilig type of sinigang.

We had several panners of plain rice with generous servings

of pork barbecue, grilled pusit, grilled clams and salted eggs.

Everything tasted really well except for the disgusting eggs as

it was too unpalatably salty. But wonder of wonders, our guests

loved the salted eggs very much and gobbled them up with gusto.

We also ordered several panners of Adobo Rice

served with Lumpia Shanghai, Pork Chop and

Laing, all of which tasted really very delicious.

I still personally disliked the Adobo Rice as I found it

salty, but most of our guests, for some bizarre reasons

beyond comprehension preferred it than the plain rice.

Bob Marlin is already an institution in Naga City

and synonymous to good, native Bicolano food,

…and hosted some of the most popular celebrities with
 their hand-  written personal testimonials on white 
porcelain  plates proudly displayed on the wall.

When hosting a pack of guests craving
 for good, old, Bicolano cuisine, 

...nothing can go wrong at Bob Marlin. 

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