7.257
18 (Sun) September 2016
Strawberry Shortcake
2.0
at Café Mary Grace
-Serendra Piazza, Taguig-
with the boyz
TERSP. Try Every Restaurant in Serendra Piazza. The family now living in Manila, our new home is in the One Serendra condominium complex. The complex includes a mini-mall (“Serendra Piazza”) dedicated primarily to food and drink, with 23 restaurants (plus additional dessert/snack joints). AS OF TODAY, we’ve eaten our way through all the restaurants (maybe eventually the dessert/snack joints, though not as part of TERSP). In contrast to the negative net returns on other “Try Every” projects conducted by myself in Ermite/Malate, we were quite happy with the overall outcome, not surprising as The Fort is one of the country’s poshest neighborhoods, where food is taken seriously.
Each restaurant is listed below in order of preference based on the overall dining experience, including the quality of all dishes tried, cost, service, cleanliness, ambiance, and any other factors that may apply, cumulative through multiple visits (if any).
Looking forward to :
- (18) Hossein (7.250 Hummus) – Persian-Arabic-Indian
- (10) Mamou (7.203 …T-Bone Steak) – Italian
- (3) Lartizan (7.060 Vol-au-Vent de Poulet…) – French
- (1) Sentro 1771 (7.004 Tortang Talong) – Filipino
Wouldn’t mind :
- (19) Murray and D’Vine (7.255 Babyback Ribs) – American
- (6) Chelsea Grand Café (7.179 … Corned Beef Brisket Sandwich) – American
- (12) Mogu Bar & Grill (7.213 Grilled Wagyu Roll) – Japanese
- (4) 8cuts (7.122 I Got Big Game) – American
- (5) Larry’s Café and Bar (7.162 Roast Chicken aux Champignons) – French
- (17) Balducci (7.241 Insalata di Mare) – Italian
- (8) Gino’s (7.182 SMEGG Pizza) – Italian
- (11) Saboten (7.212 Shrimp & Tenderloin Set) – Japanese
- (15) Abé (7.234 Sikreto ni Maria Claria) – Filipino
If necessary :
- (2) Zao Vietnamese Bistro (7.053 Seafood Rice) – Vietnamese
- (13) Conti’s Bakeshop & Restaurant (7.218 USDA Roasted Beef Belly) – American/Filipino
- (21) The Clean Plate – Spanish
- (16) Phat Pho (7.237 Pho Bo) – Vietnamese
- (7) Wang Fu (7.180 General Tso’s Chicken) – Chinese
- (22) Madeca – Mexican
- (23) Mary Grace – Italian/Filipino
Would try to avoid :
- (14) Wee Nam Kee (7.223 Steamed Hainanese Yellow Chicken) / 2.0 / Singaporean
- (20) Wasabi Warriors (7.256 Ocean Warriors Pack A) / / Japanese
- (9) Echo Deli (7.189 Korean Beef Stew) / 1.5 / “Korean”
Receiving an upgrade from its initial green label to blue, Hossein claims the top spot at the conclusion of TERSP. The food is excellent in the sense that it’s solidly and consistently good [as demonstrated thru several subsequent visits beyond the current timeline of GMTD]. And personally, I’d rather eat Persian-Arabic-Indian fare than Italian or French or Filipino on any given day.
For reasons unknown and unapparent, The Clean Plate didn’t seem to engender much enthusiasm, whether in me or the general public. Always empty. [Not long after this post, the place would close down for business.]
Madeca is the newest restaurant on the scene, opening just a couple days ago.
With a couple other new places currently prepping to open, I decided to get TERSP over with before I had to deal with them. The project has been good to us, but it was getting to be a bit tiresome/burdensome. So, Samhahm crawled the remaining three establishments — starter + main + dessert — to bring TERSP to a close.
- TERRP (…Restaurant in Robinsons Place) — complete (85) (5.247 KFC : Original Recipe Fried Chicken…)
- TEITY (..Item at Tao Yuan) — complete (36) (6.095 DONE)
- TERNWPPD (…Restaurant in New World, Pan-Pacific, Diamond) — complete (10) (6.081 Lobster, Baby.)
- TERSK (…Restaurant in St Kilda) — complete (6) (5.339 Roasted Squid)
- TEKREM (…Korean Restaurant in Ermita/Malate) — complete (45) (6.207 Dok + Ok)
- TEIBR (…Item at Bistro Remedios) — cancelled (10) (6.359 Kangkong Lechon)
- TETRITSA (…Thai Restaurant in the International Terminal of Suvarnabhumi Airport) — in process (4) (see previously 6.069 Spicy Stir-Fried Shrimp & Seafood with Basil)
- TERSP (…Restaurant in Serendra Piazza) — complete (23)
- TEKASM (…Korean Air Special Meal) — cancelled (9) (7.200 Vegetarian Jain Meal)
