Baby back ribs at Fish Out of Water
A must-try at Fish Out of Water is the baby back ribs with humba sauce.
Other specialties include fried sushi illustrado, twice-cooked pork belly, Jerry’s lamb, tortang talong, ceviche duo, steamed scallops, pan-roasted dalagang bukid, primos clam and calamari paella, fried oyster with smoked bacon and asparagus cream, cold fusili salad with chopped octopus and pili, otap millefeville, pan-seared lapu lapu with uni cream.
Fish Out of Water has a menu built around a “New World of Recipes” cooked with the best Philippine seafood and ingredients.
For inquiries, call 729-3858. Fish Out of Water is located at the third floor, Greenbelt 5, Makati City.
Roasted garlic crab at Crustasia
The seafood is always cooked fresh at Crustasia. One of its specialties is the roasted crabs marinated in a special garlic sauce. Diners can choose from other crab dishes at Crustasia.
Visit Crustasia at the second floor, Corte de las Palmas, Alabang Town Center, 772- 2968; TriNoma Mall, North Triangle, QC, 901-3607; Rockwell Powerplant Mall, 728-5463 and Shangri-La Plaza Mall, 910-4096.
Traditional green papaya salad and tom yam at Thai Patio
Thai Patio at Greenbelt 5 is known for its traditional Thai cuisine.
Try the beef salad with Thai eggplant, the traditional Thai green papaya salad, pomelo salad, glass noodle salad with seafood, and the spicy beef salad on grilled Portobello mushrooms, chicken or pork satay and deep-fried marinated tuna. Also served are native Thai selections of soups such as tom yum prawn or seafood, chicken or seafood coconut soup with galangal, hot and spicy pork knuckle clear soup with basil, and stuffed bitter melon clear soup with shiitake mushrooms.
Thai Patio also offers a wide variety of signature dishes such as green curry with free-range chicken, red prawn curry with pineapple, red roasted duck curry with lychees and seedless grapes, osso bucco in mild yellow curry with potato and okra, red lamb curry with peanuts, grilled beef striploin sauteed in green curry with Thai eggplant, and crispy pork knuckle sauteed in red curry jungle-style, to name a few. Vegetarian dishes are also available.
For reservations, call 729-0650 or 729-0742.
Szechuan food festival at Mandarin Oriental
Chef Hann Furn Chen of Tin Hau Restaurant of Mandarin Oriental Manila whips up the best Szechuan cuisine.
Savor the sizzling crispy rice cake with shrimps in tomato sauce and camphor, and tea-smoked duck served with pancake.
The sumptuous Peking duck is the piece de resistance of this food fete. A minimum of six diners can avail of a 50 percent discount on Peking duck cooked in a variety of ways. The food fest runs from Jan. 9 to 18.
For inquiries, call Tin Hau at 750-8888 ext. 2422/ 2424.
Poolside barbecue at The Peninsula
The Peninsula Manila offers the “Hot off the Grill Poolside Barbecue Buffet” every Friday and Saturday from 6:30 p.m. to 10 p.m. The promo runs until February.
On the buffet table are herb- and garlic-marinated lamb chops, citrus- and pepper-marinated tuna and vegetable skewers, teriyaki-marinated beef mignon, tandoori-marinated lapu-lapu, wood-smoked pork spareribs, Cajun-spiced beef burger, lime-marinated king prawns and lobster tails, garlic- and soy-marinated chicken legs, and a variety of Peninsula sausages. A new addition is the teppanyaki griddle. Hot off the Grill Poolside Barbecue is priced at P1,200+ for adults and P720+ for children 12 years old and under.
For inquiries, call 887-2888.
Nacho grande at Agave Mexican Cantina
Agave Mexican Cantina opened its second branch recently at the Shangri-La Plaza Mall.
Best-sellers include the nacho grande, a mountain of tortilla chips topped with cheese and your choice of toppings; and the fiesta platters, which are good for sharing. Quench your thirst with fresh fruit margaritas or Agave’s cocktail drinks.
Agave Mexican Cantina is located at Streetscape Level 1, Shangri-La Plaza Mall, Mandaluyong City. For more information, call 633-6943 or 633-6591 or visit www.AgaveCantina.com.
