Z Compound: An Obscure Food Place in Malingap

Maginhawa Street or Matalino Streets in Teachers Village is fast becoming known as a place to go to when you are wanting to get some eats. When you traverse along these roads you'll find yourself delighting at the sites and may find yourself in a quandary deciding where exactly to eat with the variety of choices.

My hubby and I love to discover places to eat and we decided to go to teacher's village and go on a food adventure, we wanted to find somewhere new to eat and to Maginhawa we went, we found the usual quandary of food stalls, mostly filled as it was lunch time, I wasn't really that hungry yet and we didn't find anything we fancied, we explored the area and turned one corner to Malingap Street, still looking for a good place to eat, and we came across this (pardon the term) shabby looking compound, and saw a store sign that say "Bagneto" I think it was, and well, Bagnet is a delicious concoction, so we decided to stop there and try it.

Z Compound is a mid sized lot with a host of food stalls inside nothing really extra ordinary. It was still the middle of the day, so I half expected it to be closed. since these types of food areas tend to be closed or have only a few stores open as more often than not they are open in the afternoons towards the evenings...

Yea so my expectations were half right since the bagnet place, we originally stopped for was closed :( but we caught the site of a unique food stall, it was a black container van and they sold set meals which pulled our fancy... Beer candied bacon and pulled pork with your choice of sauce and a host of others and we decided we didn't want to look anymore and decided to try these treats

We sat at a table behind the stall, it was hot but the area was shaded although there were no electric fans around, so we felt the heat, perhaps the biggest downfall of eating in open spaces like that in the middle of the day. Anyways we waited for a little while and was enticed by the smell of the bacon cooking... After around 10 mins of waiting time our food was served and it was delicious. The bacon was fried just right and the pulled pork was as soft as they said.

We also ordered lemon grass coolers and it was a simple concoction but it was good and a real refreshment... Aside from the heat from the sun, it was a well spent afternoon with good food and of course good company - my hubby.

So if you're ever in the area, you might want to try it out... It's not such a spectacular place or spectacular food but its good food that will fill your tummy that doesn't hurt the pocket much as well.