My first apartment in the city was just beside this joint, but it took me a long, long time before I gave it more than I cursory look as I walked by it on my way to school. It was always filled with people from school that I'd rather not eat elbow-to-elbow with, and this hole in the wall was tiny, and elbow-to-elbow was not just an expression.
But finally I gave it a chance because I was hungry and broke, and I heard that the food in Stoops was really cheap, but I didn't think it'd be this cheap. Php42.xx for a pinakbet rice meal is the cheapest on the menu, and their signature solo-sized bagnet with rice and vegetables on the side tops the board at Php80.xx.
If you're afraid that you'll suddenly get a craving for bagnet and your house is too far away from Stoops, you can also buy bagnet per kilo so you'll never have to worry about that ever again. read more