Restaurant 101

I decided to revisit Restaurant 101 for lunch after a long spell. It was interesting to note that they are now offering daily lunch deals for a song! Php 300 for 3 courses (Soup or salad, Entree or dessert) and Php 250 for 2 courses (Soup or Salad and an Entree). Quite a steal for an application restaurant serving French food under the supervision of the Alain Ducasse Foundation. But, unfortunately I didn't have enough time for a long lunch. So, I ended-up just settling for a salad from the regular menu.

PHP 250

It was when my relatives from Hawaii decided to visit us here in the Philippines. While they are here we let them stay in our abode in Marikina. They say that they want to spend their vacation to the fullest – go here and there, spend their budgeted money trying the different restaurants here in Manila.

One day, they say that they want to go to McKinley Hill because they want to try a restaurant there. My aunt said that they got tempted with the foods that they saw in the internet and they want to experience the service that the restaurant is offering. So our whole family together with our relatives went there and started to wander around the different establishments as well as the different restaurants that can be seen inside the McKinley Parkway. We walk and walk until we came to our destination. At first we were blocked by the guard and asked where we will go. My aunt said that we will go to Restaurant 101 for we will have our lunch there. She also said that they already had made reservations in the said restaurant so the guard let us in.

Upon arriving there, I was mesmerized with the ambiance of the restaurant. It was such a classy and elegant one, like having a formal dining session. I bet the foods in this restaurant are of a gourmet style, like what I usually see in culinary shows on television. And true enough, the foods were all presented to us neatly and looks mouth-watering. For me I tried the Braised short ribs in Red wine which is quite expensive (but I wasn’t bothered because my aunt will pay for this..hahahah!). It was presented with parsley and cucumber with ribs covered in generous amount of sauce. Oooohhh, my mouth suddenly starts to water. The ribs were soft and tender with the sauce bursting out all the flavour of the dish. Another dish that is also delicious is their fish and chips with mango mint dip, where the dip is the key to the savoury flavour of the dish.

We all had a very great lunch in this restaurant, I hope my aunt did too because she was the one who paid for all the foods that we ate (she said that it is her treat for us).

My parents just got home from Palawan for a vacation, and by that they want to have a lunch together with us. They pick Restaurant 101 in Enderun Colleges 1100 Campus Avenue, McKinley Hill, Fort Bonifacio, Taguig City, a highly expensive restaurant but I guess they can afford it well, lucky us. For the starter, a Grilled CHICKEN SALAD - davao goat cheese and olive toast, harissa aioli crisp leaves, papaya seed dressing. Perfect for a red wine.

We were just 5 and the 3 of us ordered U.S. BEEF BURGER - gruyere cheese, caramelized onions, tomatoes, pickles cilantro mayonnaise with french fries – I so like it and can’t get enough with it! And for my parents a SEAFOOD TRIPLE DECKER marinated salmon, crab salad, steamed prawns roast bell pepper mousseline, multigrain bread and a Grilled PANINI Turkey pastrami, provolone cheese, demi-dried tomato pesto romaine lettuce, herb foccacia. We enjoy the food not our discussion with my oldies.
SO DELICIOUS! I WANT IT AGAIN!