Our tour guide suggested that we have lunch at Haim Chicken Inato, one of the more popular restaurants of Puerto Princesa. From the parking lot, we could see that dining area was outdoors, and each table had it's own little cottage, kinda like a nipa hut or bahay kubo. Obviously, none of these little huts had AC, but they did have electric fans. These huts were decorated with colorful art from Filipino artists, as well as pictures of the many nature sites you can visit on the island of Palawan. Having our own separate dining area gave us good privacy.
The food was unique, and interesting. I've been eating Filipino food my whole life, but this is the first time I had some of these dishes. Tuna sisig and fish picadillo were very good. The sisig wasnt crunchy, but getting fish meat crunchy would be pretty difficult. The fish picadillo was wrapped in leaves, so it looked completely different than what I was expecting. The rattan we ordered was surprisingly bitter, but the stuffed squid was very good. We ordered the pancit palawan as well, but I definitely prefer pancit bihon or canton. I wasn't gonna go to a chicken spot and not order chicken, so I got one piece of their Spicy Haim Chicken. It was well marinated, but a little dried out.
The overall atmosphere and service was good, and the food was interesting, filling, and tasty. read more