11/11/2022 0 Comments New restaurant town center![]() ![]() Other must-tries: Greek Pasta with Tomatoes, Feta, and Dill (P300), Moshari Kokkinisto (P400), Greek Roast Lamb (P1,950)īoon Tong Kee traces its humble origins in Singapore when, in 1979, Thian Boon Hua started serving Cantonese chicken rice in a small stall. Their version of a moussaka (P280) is a creamy display of potatoes, eggplant, and meat sauce doused in béchamel sauce and made even richer with shredded cheese. It costs P295 to avail of their unlimited mezedes.īut Kos isn't all about variety they have the classics down pat too. How extensive? They have a whole buffet of dips, sauces, and breads that customers can sample: tzatziki, hummus, lachanosalata (Greek coleslaw), melitzanosalata (eggplant puree) to name a few. Operated by the same folks behind the First Gourmet Academy in Quezon City, Kos Ouzeri aims to make an extensive selection of Greek food accessible to this side of Quezon City. No matter what you choose, however, you can be sure that every sip will be a flavor explosion. Their best offering is the 39 Spices Beef Noodle that come in either All Meat (P228) or Half Beef Half Tendon (P258). Unlike other restaurants that simmer bones for days until they disintegrate into the broth, Red Onion uses actual cuts of beef to flavor their soup, creating the same level of flavor but for a fraction of the time. Customers can peer through a glass window to watch the chefs shave strips of noodles off a block of unleavened dough then onto a pot of boiling water. The secret behind the powerful flavors? Loads of red onions, of course! Noodles are the star of the menu and Red Onion makes its preparation a performance. This Taiwanese café boasts of recipes developed in Taiwan and China then perfected in the Philippines. Other must-tries: Jon Jay's Steak and Pasta (P268), David Dean's Tenderloin (P268) With its relaxed atmosphere and value for money, Casa Verde will undoubtedly appeal to the barkada set who loves to share their food and budget. They also have burgers in six- and nine-inch variations. ![]() The Shibuya Benedict (P255) is a unique take on a venerated breakfast favorite: a fat slice of toast is lavished with farmer's ham, shitake mushrooms, and homemade Japanese mayo cream sauce instead of a plainly poached egg, Café Shibuya finishes off the entire ensemble with one that's poached, breaded, then deep-fried, adding a salty crunchiness to the usual profile. The bread works well with savory flavors, too. The baking process is a secret, but the result can be enjoyed in the bestselling Strawberry Matcha Toast (P195 to P245), a stack of velvety sweet toast embellished with fresh strawberries and refreshing green tea ice cream. Made fresh daily, their special bread is stretchier than your average dough, and with a pillowy melt-in-your-mouth texture brought about by a patented "side-panning" technique. There's just something credible about a restaurant that lives by the philosophy, "dessert is always a good idea." Café Shibuya serves full meals, but what makes them stand out is their amazing bread-based desserts and confections. We visited the restaurants one by one and picked out the must-tries. UP Town Center features popular establishments like the essential J.Co (it’s not open yet and there’s already a line!), Highlands Coffee, and Family Mart, but it also carries the much-anticipated second branches of some of the city's most popular eats as well as new flavors, both homegrown and foreign. Situated between the fastfood-lined street of student-centered Katipunan Avenue and the family-oriented gastro-hub of Teachers Village, UP Town Center knows how to find the happy medium: concepts that are commercial but unique, price points that focus on value-for-money over affordability-though they're sometimes one and the same, and themes that cover a comprehensive range of cuisine. ![]() For now, the 20 out of 26 eateries currently in operation are enough to keep us occupied. But it's hard to get excited about things that are two years from completion. The other 93%? An office building, shopping centers complete with local and foreign retail establishments, and a cinema. (SPOT.ph) It's hard to believe that the recently opened, restaurant-packed UP Town Center is only 7% of Ayala Land's new 7.4-hectare neighborhood project. ![]()
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