Every meal is an adventure at Blackbeard's Seafood Island Restaurant
MANILA, Philippines - Blackbeard’s Seafood Island Restaurant was named after the famous pirate Blackbeard, when he decided to settle in the Philippines to end his pirating days.
It is said that Blackbeard brought with him different culinary concepts and techniques. As a seasoned pirate, he was able to travel to different places, adopted the cooking style (which he learned from the other islands) and modified it with local ingredients making him a good chef.
This explains why the island-themed seafood grill and barbeque house designed by architect Calina Prieto features tropical plants and white sand. To complement the motif of, the staff are dressed as pirates.
Blackbeard Restaurant is owned by Bankside Management Group. The same group that manages The Red Crab Seafood & Steaks, The Seafood Club by Red Crab and Crustasia Asian Crab & Seafood House.
And what makes Blackbeard’s menu special?
For starters, there are the boodle feasts patterned after the boodle meals in the army. Just like in the military, everything is placed at the center and the crew eat with their hands. It’s the same at Blackbeard’s where each set meal comes complete with rice and grilled seafood selection.
Time For A Feast
Not content with just one kind of boodle, Blackbeard’s offers Dapitan’s Pride Boodle, a combinaiton of crispy coco gin, San Mig clams, grilled tilapia, grilled squid, laing, steamed crabs, grilled liempo, kalkag rice and atchara papaya. Magellan’s Landing Boodle is loaded with danggit chips with pineapple salsa, kinilaw na tanguingue, grilled tilapia, grilled squid and grilled shrimps, steamed crab, chicken inasal, grilled vegetables, and bagoong rice. Boracay’s Boodle has San Mig clams, grilled liempo, chicken adobo sa gata, grilled squid, grilled tilapia, grilled vegetables, bagoong rice, and atchara papaya. The Bento Boodle has tuna sashimi, tofu nuggets, miso soup, salmon belly teriyaki, crab tempura, beef yakiniku, pork tonkatsu, chicken teriyaki, sauteed vegetables, and Japanese fried rice. The Bali Nights Boodle consists of chicken satay, lamb satay, minced seafood sate, pork in sweet soy sauce, nasi goreng, pickled vegetables, and Indonesian fruit salad.
The Federosa Boodle is loaded with tocino, halabos na hipon, sisig Kapampangan, inihaw na hito, buro, mustasa, salted egg, manggang hilaw, plain rice, and garlic rice.
The Good Morning Boodle has grilled Angus tapa, Lucban longganiza, tocino, tinapang bangus, grilled kesong puti pandesal, enseladang talong, salted eggs, tomatoes, suman garlic rice, and crispy fried egg.
The Silay Boodle, on the other hand, has kansi batchoy, inasal na pakpak, inasal na baticol, inasal na isol, ensaladang langka, piyaya, achara, and sinamak, while the All-Crab Boodle has crab Maritess, crab fried rice, shrimp fried rice.
There’s More
Other intersting dishes on the menu are the hot plates like sisig Kapampangan, tuna and crabmeat sisig, gambas galera, crazy chili calamari and baby squid sisig. Among the best- sellers are Palayukan islands, bulalo Batangas, bulalo kansi, pirates’ seafood chowder, chicken binakol, sinigang ulo ng salmon and sinigang ulo ng maya maya.
Barbecue–lovers can indulge in pork liempo, chicken inasal, garlic-smothered and classic crispy pata, pork barbecue, seafood island fried chicken, salt and pepper lechon kawali, pinaputok na tilapia, deep-fried whole fish, Manila and teriyaki barbecue.
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Blackbeard’s Seafood Island Restaurant is located at UP Ayala Land Technohub, Brgy. UP Campus, Quezon City (332-2256); TriNoma Mall, Quezon City (901-3608); Eastwood City Libis (913-2694); Fiesta Market, Market!, Fort Bonifacio Global City (886-7692); Shopwise Arcade, Araneta Center, Cubao (913-5701); and Filinvest, Westgate Alabang (771-2289).
