Subversive in a sense that it will disrupt your mind to taste the best in Filipino cuisine.
No
wonder that almost everyday, the place is packed. The ambiance is
Spanish colonial richness that you can enjoy out from where the
character Padre Damaso came from the novel Noli Me Tangere (Touch me
not) with our National Hero as the creator , unless you forgot already
the story, let me give you a glimpse, don't forget
that Pia is the mother of Maria Clara while the feisty, notorious but
popular Padre Damaso was according to Padre Salvi is the father of Maria
Clara while Maria Clara is Crisostomo Ibarra's girlfriend while Pia is
Maria Clara's mother who according to Padre Salvi was rape by Padre
Damaso.
Not to mention how good are the food. Check also the Interior Designs and the ambiance. Perfect.
To
make the story short, the owner loves the novel by heart & would
like to share to you all her unique & special Filipino food. She is
inviting you to Restaurante Pia Y Damaso to taste the subversive
Filipino Cuisine and I am sure, like us, would always crave the taste of
their dishes.
Here is the food critic Maria Odessa Escaler with me and who loves Filipino Cuisine.
We
Filipinos love food especially those dishes we grew up with. There are
so many restaurants of course serving these kind of dishes with a twist
or made them a fusion from the usual recipe but under Restaurante Pia Y
Damaso, it's not a fusion but as what Chef Bambi told us, like Noli Me
Tangere, it's Subversive. For whatever it means, I love it! You will too
for sure. Don't forget for big and private gathering, you can ask Chef
Bambi to close the whole restaurant for you. For sure, the guests would
love not just the food & ambiance but the experience.
Sharing to you below all the delicious food they let us taste one fine evening at Greenbelt 5.
Appetizer
Here is my favorite and actually craving for it now. Bacon with Walnut and Dates. Imagine that in your mouth. Now, I am salivating.
Crispy Cones With Crab, Corn, Tomato Relish
Salad
Mixed Greens with Duck Confit, Red Onions, Fresh Apples, Oranges and Champoy ( Salted Plum) and Prune Vinaigrette
Main Dish
Pork Belly with Chorizo and Chicpeas. (Seared pork belly, chorizo de bilbao, olive oil, garlic, paprika, & garbanzos )
Shortribs Rioja. This beef shortribs braised in red wine, celery, onions, carrots, tomatoes, shitake mushrooms, fresh bay leaves with rosemary potatoes will give you a nice dinner that you will never forget.
Desserts
Pepay The Dancer's halo- Halo. Halo Halo with dried Kamias and Pastillias De Leche? Omg! This is sweet galore at it's best especially for this Summer season. Yummy!
Davao Malagos Goat's Milk Leche Plan. My favorite dessert at all time but this time Chef Bambi is using Goat's Milk. Oohlala! This is the best Leche Plan.
Beverage
Chocolate- Tsokolate Eh with Malagos goat milk & Davao Tablea Cacao
Tubig ni Maria Clara- A cold pitcher of fresh cucumber juice, ginger & citrus water.
Having the Tubig ni Maria Clara.
"DAMASO had taken some raw eggs, beaten up in wine, and that morning had said not a word and taken almost nothing for breakfast; he scarcely tasted a glass of milk, a cup of chocolate, and a dozen busicuits, heroically giving up the fried chicken and half a cottage cheese from Laguna which he had every morning..."
---From Noli Me Tangere
Jose Rizal
Restaurante Pia Y Damaso: Not your ordinary Filipino Cuisine
2nd Floor, Greenbelt 5, Makati, Metro Manila
Tel/Fax (632) 729-5511
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