Italliani's: Culinary Prelude to Italy

Italliani's 
Culinary Prelude to Italy

We came to Manila to renew our Schengen Visa for
my family’s upcoming Italian vacation. We stumbled

on Italliani’s in Glorietta and we decided to dine there.

Considered as one of the best Italian restaurants

in the Philippines, they serve American-Italian

traditional cuisine like pastas and pizzas.

They initially served a basket of Tuscan Bread

I’m not a fan of this pale-crusted bread, as it is

bland and unappetizing. It was served for free-

but I would not order one if I had to pay for it.

The Pizza Margherita was heaven served in a perfectly chewy

dough. Topped with tomatoes, and oozing with the delightfully

intermixing flavors of four kinds of cheeses- mozzarella, asiago,

parmesan and provolone, abundantly sprinkled with fresh basil.

The Seafood Cioppino Pasta, was a perfect American Italian

fusion dish. A San Francisco style fish stew and Italian spaghetti

rolled into one. They generously added varied seafood like mussels,

shrimps, clams, calamari and  spiced with chili flakes and aromatics.

An Italian classic, the Spaghetti Pomodoro was a delicious

light pasta dish. The wispy tomato based light sauce tasted

fresh and emitted a delightful aftertaste of  garlic and basil

The Grilled Pork Chop Au Poivre was very delicious.

Grilled to a tender an juicy perfection the pepper-crusted

pork chops was served with rosemary potatoes, carrots,

crispy-fried spinach and wild mushroom as side dishes.

It was bathed with tasty and aromatic marsala wine sauce.

It was a wonderful Italian dinner and an awesome

prelude to our sojourn in sophisticated city of Milan,

 

… and elegant and regal Venice.