The lure of diwal (angel's wing clams) brought us to Breakthrough Restaurant along Villa beach one afternoon. I often have a "staple order list" whenever I dine at this seaside restaurant but during this visit, it was overlooked for some other food items.
Ilonggo style fresh lumpia became our appetizer despite the fact that we dont need one since we were already hungry. It was a very late lunch at past 3pm but it was worth the wait. This lumpia requires no sauce at all since it's already packed with flavours.
This grilled blue marlin is among the best I had. Very fresh and perfectly grilled inside out. It was as though freshly caught, cleaned, sliced and grilled but it in reality it was sitting on ice inthe freezer when we looked at it.
Appetizing to look at but in contrast to the blue marlin above this plate of lechon almost had been sitting there for hours. The skin was still crisp though but what lies underneath is a cholesterol bomb waiting to be ignited. 
The star of our lunch was the diwal served with broth and grilled. Both were good that it satisfied our curiosity that even though it had an overkill price (more than 3x the prevailing wet market price) it was worth it. Some of the diwal/shell still had traces of sand but they were so good that it was overlooked. 
With only the angel's wings shape shells of the diwal left on our plates, this light and late lunch one afternoon proved to be one satisfying experience, as always, at Breakthrough.