Flavours Gastronomica: Penafrancia’s Culinary Miracle (Penafrancia Fiesta 2014, Series 2)

Flavours Gastronomica 
Penafrancia’s Culinary Miracle
(Penafrancia Fiesta 2014, Series 2) 


The opening of Flavors Gastronomica Restaurant 
in CBD 2, is a miracle of the Lady of Penafrancia that
happened this fiesta season in Naga City’s culinary front.



It is difficult find the right words to describe how delicious

is the food in this simple but elegantly designed restaurant,

 

…that reminds me of the modern spick and span designs

that I see in some contemporary European Restaurants.

The chairs were comfortable,



…the high ceilingsand the light colored
wall create an airy look on the interiors.

The menu written on blackboards,

…and a display of lovely silver and porcelain European

 inspired tea pots on the cupboard create an old world  feel
 to the otherwise ‘avant garde’ setting of the restaurant.

Cooking with flavorful spices is the restaurant’s forte,

and this the kind of cooking that Nagueno diners deserve,

and this is the kind of restaurant that Naga City needs.



We started our dinner with Potato and Crab Chowder.

It was made of pureed potato, where one could still feel

and bite some tasty bits and pieces of potatoes from the

patato brunoise adding texture to the very creamy soup,

blending with leeks, pesto oil and morsels of crab meat.

 

The delicious soup was a prelude for one of the best

dining experiences that my family ever had in our lives.

First to be served was the Rosemary and Thyme Porkchop.

This tasty dish is made with a slab of grilled tender pork chop

flavored with the minty astringent taste and aromatic Rosemary

perfectly blending with the sharp  savory after taste of Thyme.

I was topped with Madagascar Sauce and served with rice.

The New Zealand Rib Eye Steak is the best steak dish

 in the city that I have ever tasted to far. The tender, juicy

beef was grilled to a medium rare perfection and was served

with a heady pepper cream and Madagascar Sauce and rice.

The Peppered Salmon was so delicious and was flawlessly

grilled without losing its natural juices. My daughter raved

about how delicious the tangy Lemon and Butter Sauce was.

It was served with Flavour’s Pasta

which was also very delicious.

My wife ordered a Baked Salmon with Crusted Pesto.

and it was a succulent awesomely baked salmon bursting

with the delightful flavors and aroma coming from pesto

topping that congealed into a flavorful crust after baking.

It was served with  Aioli that had a perfect 
blending of bitingly sharp and tangy flavors.

The Cinammon Pork Kebabs was their most impressive dish.

We have never thought that cinnamon would go well with pork

and no other barbecue versions ever smelled better than this.

The Chef used sugar cane as skewers that made that made the pork

sweet but not sickeningly sweet as the regular Pinoy pork barbecues.

The mild sweetness from the sugar cane and the sweet- smelling

cinnamon tasted so naturally with the perfectly grilled lean pork.

Most of Flavour’s a la carte dishes comes with a choice

of rice or pasta, but I would like to make a special mention

about the very delicious  herbed rice that they serve.

The dishes were also served with Fresh Vegetable Salad

as a side dish and the vinaigrette had a perfect sweet-

sour- tangy taste that even young kids would love.

The restaurant also had a wide choice of

healthy drinks like the Kalamansi Juice,

…and the Healthy Green Juice

which is made of fresh zucchini.

 

We ordered Strawberry Cheesecake, for dessert. It

was very delicious as it wasn’t so sweet and not as salty

compared to the regular New York style cheesecakes.

They also served a complimentary herbed tea

and was a perfect conclusion to a satisfying

dinner in this wonderful new restaurant.

I asked the waiter on who the chef was as we

wanted to thank him for the delicious meal. He

came to our table and we learned that young chef

grows fresh ingredients in his herb garden in Pili. 

Flavours Gastronomica is located way off the
popular Magsaysay Strip and stands by its lonesome

as the only restaurant at the entry way of CBD 2,

…but I hope Naguenoes would go beyond the too greasy,

 too salty, too sweet regular Pinoy fares-  discover the

wonderful flavors of healthy herbs and fresh spices  and

realize that there is a better alternative to “Magic Sarap”.

Read my other Penafrancia 2014 Series

Pagsungko ki Ina, 2014

Plaza Medica, Naga City

Penafrancia Fiesta 2014, Series 1

Flavors Gastronomica

Penafrancia's Culinary Miracle

Penafrancia Fiesta 2014, Series 2

Translacion 2014

Penafrancia Fiesta 2014, Series 3

Caby's Cabana
Translacion's View Deck

PenafranciaFiesta 2014, Series 4

  Krypton Grill

Out of This World Exotic Dishes 
Penafrancia Fiesta 2014, Series 5 

Penafrancia Fluvial Procession

Unconditional Passion, Devotion, Affection for Ina

PenafranciaFiesta 2014, Series 6


Read the links below for related articles: 

Penafrancia Fiesta; All Day Home Cooked Feast
Penafrancia Translacion 2013  @ Caby’s Cabana, Naga City
'Pagsungko ki Ina', 2013  Jardin Real de Naga Clubhouse
Pagsungko ki Ina, 2012; the Clubhouse,Jardin Real de Naga 
Naga City’s Flores de Mayo at Penafrancia de Mayo