Tito Rey opens meat shop

MANILA, Philippines – Good food is nothing new to Rey Bautista, popularly known in the restaurant circuit as Tito Rey. Tito Rey is the father of kamayan, as his first restaurant was Kamayan. The idea came when he was studying in London. He dined at a restaurant there where the diners ate with their fingers. He put up a similar restaurant here since it is a Filipino custom to eat with our hands. Kamayan was born. His other restaurants include Tito Rey’s Restaurant, Ang Hang, Pare, Tito Dance Club, and Limelight.

The success of his restaurants in Manila gave Rey the idea of making Filipino cuisine accessible to the Filipinos in Los Angeles. He brought kare-kare, crispy pata, adobo, pochero, cocido, and more to Daly City. Tito Rey of the Islands opened in 1982, and from Daly City, he expanded to Washington, DC, and Los Angeles. 

Rey recently opened Tito Rey’s Meat Kitchen at the Makati Golf Club, 7232 Malugay St., Bel-Air, Makati City. The dining experience starts with guests having their fill of steak, which they can cook the way they want to.

Tito Rey’s Meat Kitchen features recipes of different countries combined with Filipino specialties. Diners can choose from sizzling hot and spicy dishes like chickening pusit, sizzling bacalao, pepper steak, Montano spicy sardines, and kalderetang kambing. Other bestsellers are oxtail ragout, roast beef, mechado, barbecue short ribs, teriyaki steak, callos, and grilled salmon steak. For dessert, try Tootsie’s halo-halo turon, bobo chacha, chocolate cake, and lemon meringue pie.

“No Bautista gathering is complete without good food. Good food for us is enjoyment, presentation, health ,and good life,” says Rey.

After 9 p.m., the restaurant turns into a bar — 7th Note — with live entertainment every night. The resto bar is ideal for parties, birthdays, reunions, and more.

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Super graduates promo at Super Bowl of China

Ongoing until March 31, Super Bowl of China treats Batch 2009 graduates to free dishes through its “Super Graduates’ Red Carpet Treatment” promotion. Groups that dine in with a graduate and order dishes worth at least P1,000, get a free serving of the house specialty crispy noodles with assorted seafood or a complimentary order of its signature Super Bowl combination platter for groups with a minimum single receipt, dine-in purchase of P1,500.

Each graduate also gets a free order of Super Bowl halo-halo (maximum of two graduates per group). These special offers are good for dine-in guests only.

Other dishes include Super Bowl of China favorites like the deep-fried cuttlefish with spicy salt, yang chow fried rice, birthday noodles, Hunan tofu, crispy shrimp with sweet and sour sauce, fish fillet with taosi sauce, and more.

Visit the newly opened Super Bowl of China branch at the fourth level Atrium, SM Megamall; second level, Glorietta 4, Ayala Center, Makati City; third level, Chefs Avenue, Festival Mall, Alabang; third level, Gateway Mall, Araneta Center, Cubao, QC; ground floor, SM Mall of Asia, Pasay City; M1 Activity Center, TriNoma Mall, North Edsa, QC; Blue Wave Marquinton, Marikina City; and at the ground floor, Midtown Wing, Robinsons Place Manila.

Super Bowl of China also delivers, call super delivery hotline 737-8888.

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Euro-Japanese flavors at Mr. Kurosawa

Mr. Kurosawa, located at the newly opened Eastwood Mall, offers the best of both worlds with its subtle yet savory fusion of European and Japanese flavors.

Feast on a familiar favorite with their braised pork made more succulent and satisfying with a marinade of Japanese wine, soy, and sugar sauce. Atop an abundant mound of unori mash or seaweed with mashed potatoes, the sweet and salty dish is mixed with the fresh asparagus, onion leeks, and buchoy or Taiwan pechay on the side.

Mr. Kurosawa is located at the ground floor the new Eastwood Mall. For inquiries, call 901-0825

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5+1 promo at Heritage Hotel

The Heritage Hotel Manila gives the graduates and their loved ones a 5+1 treat. For every party of six, the sixth person’s buffet meal is free. Promo runs from March 16 to 31 at the Riviera Cafe.

Diners can also delight in a kaleidoscopic spread of exciting Malay, Singaporean, Filipino, Japanese, French, Italian, European, Halal, and other tempting cuisines. The Riviera Café also holds its seafood festival. The chef whips up seafood dishes such as salmon belly, blue marlin, tuna, mussels, oysters, lobsters, crabs, king prawns, clams, squids, seafood kebabs, and satays.

For reservations, call 854-8888 or e-mail foodbev@heritagehotelmanila.com

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Crabs by the bucket at Clawdaddy

Crabs by the bucket plus a full slab of baby back ribs with two sidings go for only P1,000 at Clawdaddy. Also try the new amazing lunch crates such as Iowa grilled stuffed porkchop with walnut parsley rice (P300), quarter hickory chicken with Louisiana seafood rice (P320), grilled chipotle apache chicken (P340), Pacific dory seafood ponchartrain (P310), chicken fried pork chop with mashed potatoes, fried chicken steak, Angus burger patty, baby back ribs with Pacific dory cajun etouffee, baby back ribs and Asian BBQ calamari fry, baby back ribs and roast chicken, Pete’s famous buffalo wings, baby back ribs and blackened pacific dory, crabs by the bucket.

All lunch crates are served with Boston clam chowder, tropical fruit medley with free Pepsi or Lipton iced tea. The crates are available from Monday to Saturday, from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., at Clawdaddy, sixth level, Shangri-la Plaza Mall, 636-5679, 637-4528; and B6 Bonifacio High Street Taguig, 856-4785.