FLAVOURS OF ILOILO

Spend your holidays dining at the best restaurants in the city! And when you talk about best restaurants, the array found at the The Avenue Complex easily comes in mind. Featuring a variety of world-class cuisine for the festive vibe, you’ll get to taste the most delicious dishes to celebrate this very special season.  Amalfi Cucina Italiana Thinking of a perfect Christmas date with your loved one? Amalfi is just absolutely terrific.Explore a romantic splurge out with the most delicious authentic Italian dishes. Please your palate with Tuna Tartare and Vegetable Duchess with Prawns and Grape Salad for your starters. Taste authentic Italian dishes like the delicious Chilean Seabass or the Sicilian Lamb Stew for your main course. Bauhinia Filipino Cuisine Taste the best Filipino table delights at Bauhinia and cherish the moment with your family and loved ones this Christmas. Roll your sleeves for the enticing bestsellers: Kare-Kare Crispy Pata and Sini...

When The Avenue Complex was built a few years ago, I was excited to see a new development in the Smallville area that eventually brought nightlife to a higher level in terms of food and entertainment. It offers a complete dining and entertainment experience that cater to different crowds and palates as well as a club, mini-casino and function rooms. It has a Filipino fusion restaurant named Bauhinia Filipino Cuisine, an Italian restaurant Amalfi Cucina Italiana, an American bistro named Bourbon Street, a Greek inspired joint named Terra, a steakhouse named Mojave, an all dessert shop aptly named Nothing But Desserts, and a coffeeshop Coffeebreak. It also has function rooms named The Venue, Golden B mini casion and a club, Aura. It's a one stop dining and entertainment destination when in Iloilo City. A few weeks ago, together with popular travel blogger, Eric D of Byahilo travel blog, we experienced the best of The Avenue Complex upon the invitation of it's Marketing Manager...

Simple Kebabs, Walnut Roca and Moussaka were just among the specialties served by Terra Mediterranean Cuisine restaurant when it opened its doors at The Avenue Complex. With its modern and classy interiors that provide a superb ambiance, Terra not only brings good food but a great Greek dining experience in Iloilo City. For a cuisine as foreign as Greek, the discriminating palate of the Ilonggos readily accepted it. And to celebrate one year of pure Mediterranean Odyssey, the restaurant introduces a total of 26 new dishes that will add a new dimension to its already vast menu of mostly Greek-inspired specialties. APPETIZING Whet your appetite with Greek Tortilla; made with tomato sauce, mozzarella and Greek spices sandwiched between thin pita breads. Try the Grilled Sausage and Peppers (served with roasted pepper aioli) or Greek Salpicao; pan fried beef tenderloin cubes in olive oil seasoned with Mediterranean spices. Or experience the bounty of the sea with a ration of Sautéed Shrimps...

F or a restaurant serving a cuisine as “very foreign” as Greek, surviving for a year is already a good sign of acceptance to the discriminating Ilonggos. Serving simple kebabs, walnut Roca and moussaka among others, Terra Mediterranean Cuisine opened its doors at The Avenue, a year ago. And to celebrate its anniversary, a total of 26 new dishes are being in troduced adding a new dimension to the restaurant’s already vast menu of Greek-inspired specialties. Together with some members of the print and broadcast media, I took part in the food tasting session organized by Chef Miner del Mundo held last Wednesday, April 27, 2011. It was a taste of what’s to come as well as enjoying their best sellers. Up first was, no, this isn’t piaya, but a Greek Tortilla. Grilled thin pita bread filled with tomatoes, mozzarella and seasoned with Greek Spices. It might as well pass as a simple pizza since the filling was rich and savoury, and yes appetizing – I lost count how many I got … Came next was a...