{"id":323058,"date":"2020-05-18T06:00:54","date_gmt":"2020-05-17T20:00:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=323058"},"modified":"2020-05-18T06:00:54","modified_gmt":"2020-05-17T20:00:54","slug":"fork-spoon-hopes-to-sizzle-anew-in-reopening","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/fork-spoon-hopes-to-sizzle-anew-in-reopening\/","title":{"rendered":"Fork &#038; Spoon hopes to sizzle anew in reopening"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_323059\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-323059\" style=\"width: 893px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Fork-pix-1.jpg\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-323059\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A restaurant on Saipan that specializes on steak, pork, and seafood dishes served on a cast iron sizzling hot plate looks to rebound after its opening last February was cut short by the COVID-19 pandemic. (Contributed Photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>A Saipan restaurant that specializes in steak, pork, and seafood dishes served in a cast iron sizzling hot plate looks to rebound after its opening last February was cut short by the COVID-19 pandemic. <\/p>\n<p>Fork &amp; Spoon: House of Sizzling held its grand opening only last Feb. 1, but had to temporarily suspend operations last March 30 as the islands went into semi-lockdown to help stop the spread of the coronavirus. The restaurant reopened last May 4 but co-owner Joan Boongaling said serving take-out is just not the same.<\/p>\n<p> \u201cOur sales have been greatly affected. \u2026Our setup is for dine-in only, [for diners] to enjoy the experience of eating on a hot sizzling plate. With only take-out service, that experience is taken out of the equation and our sales hit rock bottom,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_323061\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-323061\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Fork-pix-3-300x270.jpg\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-323061\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fork &amp; Spoon\u2019s garlic steak bites. (Contributed Photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Fork &amp; Spoon has reconfigured its dining area for minimum contact and adhere to the 6-foot social distancing protocol for customers picking up orders. Boongaling said their take-out menu is the same as its pre-COVID-19 offerings, sans the hot plate of course.<\/p>\n<p>Fork &amp; Spoon customers can still choose from bestsellers like garlic steak bites, rice sisig, beef pepper rice, pepper squid, garlic pepper shrimp, pork pepper rice, and the mouth-watering 8-ounce New York steak. \u201cThank you for your continued patronage of Fork &amp; Spoon during these times. We will continue to serve you through take-out service only,\u201d she said. <\/p>\n<p>Boongaling said many of their loyal customers miss the sizzle of the cast iron hot plate, though, and she wishes a quick return to normal operations.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_323060\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-323060\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Fork-pix-2-300x270.jpg\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-323060\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fork &amp; Spoon\u2019s garlic pepper shrimp. (Contributed Photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Fork &amp; Spoon is located in Springs Plaza in Gualo Rai and is open Monday-Saturday from 11am to 2pm. For more information or to order in advance, call 285-5626 or 235-5626 or look them up on Facebook and Instagram @forkandspoon. <\/p>\n<p>It is also open for catering services with at least one-day advance booking.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Saipan restaurant that specializes in steak, pork, and seafood dishes served in a cast&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":323060,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-323058","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/323058","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=323058"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/323058\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/323060"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=323058"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=323058"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=323058"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}