Fresh pasta, brick-oven pizza at Bistro Ravioli
MANILA, Philippines - Bistro Ravioli offers pasta dishes and pizzas. Its pasta is made on-site every day, in full view of diners and passersby, while the pizza is baked in a wood-fired brick oven.
“We are the first and only full-service casual dining restaurant in the country today that makes our own fresh pasta,” says Princess O. Pilarta, managing director of Bistro Ravioli. “We named the Bistro after a type of stuffed pasta called ravioli. Since almost every other pasta restaurant offers tomato-based spaghetti, we wanted to give our customers a different culinary experience. Before we opened, ravioli dishes were offered only in hotels and high-end restaurants here in the Philippines.”
Lovers of Italian cuisine will enjoy the Bistro’s salmon ravioli in saffron cream sauce, spinach and feta cheese ravioli, garlic seafood (using freshly made spaghetti noodles), Italian sausage ravioli in romesco sauce (Bistro Ravioli makes its own sausages), and shrimp and basil pizza, among others.
For information, call Bistro Ravioli’s Mall of Asia branch at 804-0577, and its newly opened branch on the second floor, Midtown Wing, Robinson’s Place, Ermita at 523-7565. There is also a Ravioli stand-alone stall at the food court of Robinson’s Galleria.
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Soup’s up: The bulalo at Fish Out Of Water Fish Out of Water tickles the palate with its simmering bulalo. Also try the resto’s best-sellers such as crabs, kare-kare, and butterflied tilapia.
Bulalo at Fish Out of Water
Fish Out of Water accepts catering services. For inquiries, call 729-3858.
Go Mediterranean: The baba ghanoush at Krazy Garlik * * *
Krazy Garlik opens at Newport Mall
Krazy Garlik recently opened its second branch at the second floor, Newport Mall, Resorts World, Pasay City.
For enthusiasts of Middle Eastern cuisine, there’s the baba ghanoush. Another must-try dish is the oxtail and chorizo stew. Italian food choices include Garlic Snowflakes Pizza while Pinoy dishes include garlicky crispy pata and pork rib adobo.
For inquiries, call 621-7148 to 49 or visit www.krazygarlik.
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The Red Crab Seafood Club offers lobster paella. Other must-try dishes are the Szechuan crab sautéed in sweet, spicy gingery Szechuan sauce; Crab Maritess, soup, salads, seafood plates, desserts and chocolate fountain.
The Red Crab Seafood Club is at the second floor, Greenbelt 3, Makati City. For inquiries, call 757-4129 and 757-4716.
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Salamangkalye at Cowboy Grill
Cowboy Grill presents Salamangkalye, a new breed of aspiring magicians. All five members — Marco de Guzman, Paolo delos Reyes, JP Alcantara, Jeffrey Elgarico and Marvin Umandap love performing magic to entertain diners. Salamngakalye performs at Cowboy Grill Las Piñas every Wednesday.
Whole lotta lobster: The lobster paella at The Red Crab Seafood Club Lobster paella at the Red Crab Seafood Club
The Red Crab Seafood Club offers lobster paella. Other must-try dishes are the Szechuan crab sautéed in sweet, spicy gingery Szechuan sauce; Crab Maritess, soup, salads, seafood plates, desserts and chocolate fountain.
The Red Crab Seafood Club is at the second floor, Greenbelt 3, Makati City. For inquiries, call 757-4129 and 757-4716.
Dried scallop ring at Choi Palace HongKong Seafood Restaurant, Eastwood Mall
Choi Palace Hong Kong Seafood Restaurant offers the healthy goodness of its whole dried scallop ring with shredded sweet potato, served on top of garden-fresh lettuce. Savor the freshness of scallops with sweet potato and lettuce. Choi Palace is at the third floor, Eastwood Mall. For information, call the 709-0888.
