This is dedicated to my friend, Cecile and her husband Jeroen who own and operate Pepper Lunch in the Philippines 

I made sure we tried Pepper Lunch while in Japan so that we could compare.  Good thing there was one near our hotel.  According to Dinky and Dondi who were in Japan too, they ate in Pepper Lunch 8 times!  They were a group of 18!  

Of course just looking at the photos makes us hungry! Take note that the Beef Pepper Rice is 680 yen which is equivalent to P 384.00.  In Manila, Beef Pepper Rice is only P 198.00 which is half the price!  So go and eat all the Beef Pepper Rice you can here in Manila!! :-)  

 In Japan, it is self service.  They have a machine that looks like a vending machine and you already choose what you like and press the buttons and pay!  What an invention!! They have many of these machines around Japan

We ordered our favorite the Beef Pepper Rice The difference again is that here in Manila they even have nice paper around the plate so that it won’t splatter on you and with instructions on how to cook it.    But the taste is the same!! YUMMY!!!  Of course, I asked James to ask for extra butter.  James said ” battah”!   butter with japanese accent  Finally they understood after pointing several times at the butter.  Then they gave us so much.  They did not have a button in the machine for extra butter so it was FREE!! Yay!!! and I am probably the only customer they encountered who asked for EXTRA BATTAH!  :-)    

The style of eating in the one we went to is like a bar….I guess it is for people who really just want to eat in a hurry and go. Many places are like this in Japan. They are not like Filipinos who eat in batches of 14 people like us ( but not that evening )

and we face the kitchen while eating… 

Conclusion:  We are spoiled here in Pepper Lunch Manila.  So enjoy it here!!  No need to go to Japan to eat Pepper Lunch!  

They even provide cologne when exiting the store so you can spray yourself after :-) 

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