Ranchero Grill Steak and Seafood Resto’s lavish feasts for royalty
Even before the wave of new specialty-restos blossomed in General Santos City, one has already been dominating the lunch scene and is the fave of local businessmen who need to show off the Tuna Capital’s kind of cuisine to their guests and clients.
If you have not been living under a rock for the past 10 years or so, then you would know which one – the Sunglao’s Ranchero Grill Steak and Seafood Restaurant.
Conveniently located in a veranda setting beside their year old Paseo del Sol party venue near Mitsubishi Motors along the National Highway, this top GenSan restaurant Ranchero Grill is famed for a variety of dishes it made popular in General Santos such as babyback ribs, steamed pompano, tuna cuisine like grilled tuna jaw (panga), sizzling tuna belly, pochero, and fried quail (pugo), among others.
Ranchero Grill is also the first to offer non-traditional fruit dessert and juices such as Honey Dew Melon, Dragonfruit and Passion Fruit which the owner, Mr. Pabling Sunglao grows himself. Combined with good service from their cowboy-outfitted staff, the establishment is up there in the list of must-visit dining places not only in General Santos but all throughout SocSarGen.
The same holds true for Davao Ranchero Grill, their branch at Tiongco Street, situated just across the Central Bank, which Bariles and his group of bloggers from GenSan, Davao and Cagayan de Oro discovered when they dropped by as part of the 2009 Davao Food Appreciation Tour.
Davao Ranchero Grill, Tiongco Street
Used to the small regular servings that other restaurants offer, the bloggers (from GenSAn, Cagayan de Oro and Davao City) couldn’t believed their eyes when served Ranchero’s blockbuster offerings – the Angus Feast and the Brahman Feast.
A waiter carried the giant wooden platter containing the Angus Feast to their table. (Photo by Arnel Lim)
The Angus Feast was a mix-match of : a heapful of white rice topped by tuna kinilaw and surrounded by servings of King Crabs, Fried Quail (pugo), pork barbecue, prawns, pinakbet and lato seaweeds.
Ranchero Grill’s Angus Feast, good for a small poblacion! – P700 to P500 per platter (Photo by Lyle Santos)
Two giant plates of the Angus Feast were served to our group of 15 people and it would have been enough but wait, there’s more: the Seafood Platter, Babyback Ribs and Pochero!
Ranchero Grill’s famous Babyback Ribs (photo by Lyle Santos)
Ranchero Grill’s Pochero (photo by Bariles)
Ranchero Grill’s Seafood Platter (photo by Arnel Lim)
The bloggers couldn’t contain their satisfaction over the lavish feast laid out before them and after finishing everything, agreed that Ranchero Grill’s food tasted good as they looked and with the way they were pampered by the staff, had nothing but praises for being treated and fed like princes and princesses.
A few weeks after the GenSan delegation got back home, some including Bariles visited Ranchero Grill’s main branch in GenSan to again try the Brahman’s Feast (containing grilled squid, pork chops, tuna belly, chicken barbecue, grilled tahong, kinilaw).
Once more, the bloggers were treated to a culinary experience reserved for royalty.
Ranchero Grill’s Brahman’s Feast – P700 to P900 per platter (photo by Bariles)
Again, thanks to Ranchero Grill’s Marketing Manager Paolo Sunglao and Consultant Nestor for making sure all of the bloggers will have something to remember in their visit to both the GenSan and Davao branches of Ranchero Grill Steak and Seafood Restaurant.
Thanks to my blogger friends for joining the ride: Jinky, Sheng, etc.
Ranchero Grill Steak and Seafood Restaurant is the sister establishment of Pablo’s Steaks and Crabs which has branches in GenSan and Davao cities, too.
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Bariles is a Filipino word for “Tuna”, the primary source of income of the people of General Santos City which hosts 6 of the Philippines’ 8 tuna canneries and more than 80% of its tuna processing plants.
rrrrrr Says:
YUMMY!
Posted on May 31st, 2009 at 11:56 PM
donna mae Says:
nakakagutom naman!!!!….
the place is very nice talaga
if we have visitors from manila
we make a point to let them have the ranchero experience…
hindi kami napapahiya
the place can truly deliver GREAT TASTING FOOD!!!
Posted on May 31st, 2009 at 11:58 PM
Lyle Says:
A royal feast indeed! This post makes me hungry.
Lyles last blog post..Tierra Montana Hotel
Posted on May 31st, 2009 at 11:58 PM
Kritiko Says:
nice!!!
GINSAN RANSO GRILL
Posted on June 1st, 2009 at 12:30 AM
Brendel Says:
I can still remember that meal we shared at Ranchero’s Grill, Avel. It was one sumptuous banquet!
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Posted on June 1st, 2009 at 12:45 AM
BrAvO SiX Says:
tsalap-tsalap na mga food platters na yan… tapos panulak mo is french or argentinian red wine…. THE BEST..!
T.L. ako.! as in Tulo Laway!
Posted on June 1st, 2009 at 12:51 AM
epm Says:
^pwede na gyud ang Gensan mahimong gourmet food capital…
Posted on June 1st, 2009 at 3:36 AM
orman Says:
tulo laway ko ba!
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Posted on June 1st, 2009 at 3:49 AM
jordan ray quinco Says:
cheers to paulo sunglao!
Posted on June 1st, 2009 at 4:15 AM
odin Says:
ummm, yummyliscious….. can’t wait to taste it when i visit gensan again…
Posted on June 1st, 2009 at 6:09 AM
JessQ Says:
Avel, when is the next Food Appreciation Tour? Sama kami ha? How can we qualify ba? I-Plurk mo lang kami…hehehe…
Certainly, these pictures taken by Lyle are fantastically mouth-watering, indeed!! Nakakagulat din ang presyo…tamang-tama lang sa badyet ng ordinaryong empleyado, noh!
Ganyan ba talaga ka-gwapo ang mga waiters dyan?…wahahaha… I tried to search for the image of the owner here and at Google Search…kung gwapo din ba. Baka next post you’d introduce him already.
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Posted on June 1st, 2009 at 6:50 AM
Fahdingding Says:
Yes! Twice na kami nakakain jan but that was a long time ago..
but i have to admit..the best mga foods nila dun…
Hope to dine there soon!
ginutom tuloy ako..sarap!
Posted on June 1st, 2009 at 7:42 AM
jinky Says:
nice post, nakakagutom talaga!
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Posted on June 1st, 2009 at 7:55 AM
dimple Says:
gigutom ko sa pictures palang…
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Posted on June 1st, 2009 at 8:18 AM
sheng Says:
I miss Davao na rin, huhuhu, and the DFAT…
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Posted on June 1st, 2009 at 8:50 AM
chic Says:
sarap talaga ng foods ng Ranchero…
pag may party sa hauz,always present sa buffet table namin ang baby back ribs at bistek tagalog nila..
so yummy!
Posted on June 1st, 2009 at 9:57 AM
gensanite Says:
oki gyud ni’ng ranchero… lami ang ilang food diri…
Posted on June 1st, 2009 at 11:23 AM
Ache Says:
Agree ako jan ache, basta Ranchero Grill the best!
Kudos to Pao, Ate Sol and Nestor!!!!
Posted on June 1st, 2009 at 4:46 PM
lito Says:
ang ganda naman ng food arrangement…siempre ang food din .and the price?well,its fair naman.nice talaga!
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Posted on June 1st, 2009 at 6:56 PM
Mackay Says:
Ohhhh I remember how sumptuous the Brahman Feast and the Angus feast are. That’s the place where my family and friends go to whenever we crave for good food as well as ambiance. More power to Ranchero!
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Posted on June 1st, 2009 at 8:06 PM
BrAvO SiX Says:
hope they will serve kobe beef menus also… yum-yummy!
Posted on June 2nd, 2009 at 10:59 AM
A Scientist in the Kitchen Says:
Yay, I missed this one! You invited me and I didn’t come…
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Posted on June 2nd, 2009 at 7:57 PM
selfconfessed_materialistic Says:
i tried the brahman’s feast kahapon after seeing it here…. grabeh bariles!!!!! super indulgence talga!!!!!!!! yummm…next pitstop would angus feastival!!!!
Posted on June 3rd, 2009 at 12:48 PM
GorG Says:
Kuya avel! the Angus Feast platter is surely different from what we feasted on last time. konte lang un at di kaseng rami ng dishes! yum yum to! halos nandiyan lahat fave ko! hehe.
Anong meron sa seafood platter? shell at prawn lang kse makita ko. me crabs din?
Posted on June 3rd, 2009 at 5:02 PM
lito Says:
tulo laway ko dun brahman,s feast!!!hmmm…
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Posted on June 5th, 2009 at 1:31 PM
lito Says:
tulo laway ko dun brahman,s feast!!!hmmm…
Posted on June 5th, 2009 at 1:37 PM
benjamin conde Says:
burp!! i’m starving!! hehehe
Posted on June 5th, 2009 at 9:20 PM
Joey Logano Fan Says:
That looks like quite the feast! I imagine those 15 people were very very full! May I ask, what is grilled tahong, out of curiosity?
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Posted on June 6th, 2009 at 8:27 AM
Cash Back Rewards Says:
That Angus Feast looks amazing. I want to go there and take a picture just before we devour it all….well except for all that rice. I have to admit that I was drooling a bit over the picture of the ribs.
Posted on June 8th, 2009 at 10:15 AM
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Posted on June 25th, 2009 at 4:52 PM
jay @ work at home Says:
Those baby back ribs are totally awesome not to mention those tantalizing looking shrimp, impressive.
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Posted on August 9th, 2009 at 5:34 AM
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