Best Restaurants in Asia and the Philippines

Good news is that 2 Filipino restaurants made it to the highly-prestigious Miele Guide this year.   At #17 is Antonio's at Tagaytay and at #18 is Aubergine.

Antonio's at Tagaytay was already in the list last year, so great to see it again this year.  Antonio's is famous for its mouth-watering steaks.  It is rather expensive though =).  Be prepared to pay ~P2,000 per person.  Example:  Grilled Pepper Sirloin Steak is around P1,600, and their famous appetizer sampler is P1,500.  Pero again it is really worth it.

Aubergine, sabi na nga ba is #2 best restaurant in the Philippines.  Na-blog na rin dati ito.  Sobrang OK talaga dito, and I foresee this moving up in this list.  Here is the previous post:  http://pamilyabanal.blogspot.com/2009/08/aubergine.html

Rounding up the Top 5 restos in the Philippines are:
#3) Mamou @ Serendra.  Dito di masyado mahal.  Very creative menu including a personal favorite duck meal.  Some of their meals are the "Toppings"-type, so really simple pero masarap.  Ah, nga pala merong seating hours dito ha.  Yes!, parang sine.  So di ka basta-basta papasok na lang. 

#4) Abe @ Serendra.  One of the best restaurants offering regional Filipino cuisine.  Meron din silang exotic dishes.  Favorite namin dito lalo na pag may bisitang mga foreigners.

#5) Sala near British Embassy and PLDT Office in Makati.  I am pleasantly surprised that this made the list.  But deservingly so.  Not many people know about this place.  Pero malapit kasi ito sa office namin, so madalas kami dito.  Pag nagawi kayo sa area, must try.  At tawagan nyo ko, para kain tayo.

Puro South ang Top 5 restos in the Philippines.  Asa ibaba ang mga restaurants which earned special mention.  Nagulat ako sa Italiannis!  (haha, ewan bakit naging best restaurant ito).  Pero nice na andito ang Bale Dutung sa Angeles (na-blog na natin dati) at ang Cav (na-blog na rin natin dito), na aming favorite tambayan.

Happy Eating! 


The Miele Guide 2009-2010



Others that made the list (in alphabetical order):



Apartment 1B

Bale Dutung

Bigby’s Cafe and Restaurant

C2 Classic Cuisine

Cav

Cirkulo

Elbert’s Steak Room

The Highlands China Palace

Italianni’s

L’Opera Ristorante Italiano

La Regalade

Le Souffle at Fernando’s

Lili

Lolo Dad’s Cafe

Old Swiss Inn

People’s Palace

Restaurant Verbena

Shang Palace

Som’s Noodle House

Sonya’s Garden

Tsumura Sushi Bar & Restaurant