Not gonna buy Monterey again
Last week, we bought some beef meat from Monterey in a supermarket. It’s been a long time since my wife and I had steak so we bought ourselves some rib-eyes. We also got ourselves a couple of strips of pork belly.
Anybody got any bad experience buying meat from Monterey? Coz when we cooked the steak it was tough and chewy that we weren’t able to finish it. Same with the pork belly (liempo), it was too tough to chew on that we didn’t bother eating it. Just cooked spam instead. Hehehe.
I’m not sure if the meat was fresh but it looked and smelled like it. We went to the grocery early too so they’re not leftover meat.
Anyway, so what kind or brand of meat do you buy? Mrs. Garcia? Tender Bob’s? Guess we won’t be buying from Monterey unless there’s no more choices.
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ang bad experience ko lang sa monterey eh ang pre marinated beef tapa nila na nabibili sa grocery tapos pagbukas mo puro litid ang laman.
pero when it comes to fresh meat ok naman. minsan nasa pag luto din ng meat kaya tumitigas. baka masyado natuyo.
calvin: hmm or baka luma yung meat? pwede ba yun ang reason?
Ok naman meat nila.. baka sa pagluto lang,,, ikaw nagluto noh? joke … hehe!
Hmmm.. not all branded things/food perform up to par. I often see items/food/things that are really cheap but are really tasteful – especially when it comes to food.
Di kami bumibili ng Monterey hehehe, so I am not aware of this problem. Siguro advantage ko kasi wala ako sa Manila, nasa Baguio ako, so it’s possible that meat that’s delivered and sold at the local palengke is better than the ones sold at Manila.
Ingat na lang.
huy palitan mo na link ko! but nway, monterey kami lagi sa phils kasi mas fresh ang meat nila as compared sa iba. or minsan when we try other brands may ibang lasa. na-over lang siguro yung pag cook nyo. it’s hard to cook a perfect steak kahit anong brand ng meat pa yan
di sumbora pagluto namin. may pagka-rare pa nga eh. matigas lang talaga ang meat. or siguro dahil hindi nagamitan ng tenderizer?
calvin: hehe ayan napalitan ko na.
Try Garcia’s Meats! We are located along E. Rodriguez Sr. Blvd. in Quezon City fronting Trinity College. We have branches in Katipunan Loyola Heights , Granada/Gilmore Street and Araneta Blvd Talayan Village. We are the original Garcias meats, although you will find a Mrs. Garcias meat in the supermarkets this used to be owned by a family member who sold it to a third party Mrs. Garcias Meats is NO LONGER part of the famous GARCIAS MEATS, they have a different type of meat and marinades which differs from the original GARCIAS Meats….. Our butchers will tailor the cuts and advice you how to cook the meats..TRY GARCIAS MEATS we can cut the meat and steaks to your specifications. Countless customers and restaurants have been our customers for years..
i am employed butcher in garcias meat at 2 years.. from 2004 2006 kng pag basihan ntin ang tigas o lambot ng karni. minsan kasi sa pag katay ng animal yan.. pag patay ng hayop eh masyadung brutal o pahirap sa hayop tmitigas ang karni… at minsan sa pag cut ng meat kung ang pag hiwa ay sunud sa hibla matagal lmambut yan.. at kami sa garcia trained kami sa pag hawak ng karni.. aldo my parts tlaga ng karni na matgas.. gusto m malmbot na pang steak dun ka sa mas mahal.. dapat kilala m din ang parts baka bgyan ka ng mahal mura naman ang quality.. sa garcia kc ayaw namin na bumlik ang costmer na my dalang luto na ulam.. bawal kuamain sa store.. hehehehe..