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...

Fourth of July might be over but American dining celebration at The Avenue is all year round. With restaurants like Mojave Grill and Steakhouse and Bourbon Street, the posh Avenue strip will let you taste the best of American food and beverage. U.S. CERTIFIED ANGUS BEEF at MOJAVE Dine at Mojave Grill and Steakhouse and be treated to a superb Tex-Mex cuisine. You haven’t been to Mojave if you haven’t tasted the star of the menu: Angus steak! With the succulent US Certified Angus Beef, tender and juicy with every bite, your dine-out would be one terrific treat. Choose from prime Angus Cowboy Steak, Porter House, T-bone or Rib-eye. Pair with the perfect side dish and you’re on for an unforgettable dinner.  CASUAL AMERICAN DINING AT BOURBON STREET Apart from the heavenly Barbecue Back Ribs, Bourbon is a must-dine for all its other imported beef delights. When dining with your family and friends, sample the likes of Grilled Beef Tenderloin (served with red wine-Shall...

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...

You have to prepare for this. Get ready for a plus plus fun at The Avenue ! These days, Iloilo’s premier dining and entertainment destination treats its diners with an overload of your most valuable indulgence: Beer! Tagged as BEER AVENUE! The Avenue will let Iloilo feast on the best local beers: San Mig Lights, San Miguel Pilsen, and your favorite Red Horse, in a 3+1 promo. Diners who purchase at least three same beers will get another 1 FREE! After savoring the variety of Filipino, American, or Italian dishes at Bauhinia Filipino Cuisine , Mojave Grill and Steakhouse , Amalfi Cucina Italiana , and Bourbon Street , diners can indulge with the 3+1 promo for a fun-filled night! And if you and your friends are in for an amazing clubbing experience, avail of the 3+1 Beer Avenue at Club Aura! Beer, music and the dance floor can just never go wrong! (The Avenue Complex is located at Smallville, Mandurriao, Iloilo City. Call Bauhinia at 329-6951; Mojave at 329-5616; Amalfi at 329-5289; Bour...

You don’t have to journey outside Iloilo to savor the finest steaks. Mojave Grill and Steakhouse will indulge you with its delicious array of Certified Angus Steak . If you have gone to the most fantastic steak restaurants, you would be eagerly told that the steak you were gushing about is a U.S. Certified Angus Beef , the beef industry’s recognized quality leader. All Certified Angus Beef products are produced with stringent standards so you’re guaranteed that all the beef products are juicy, tender, and drowning with an undeniable winning flavor. If a Certified Angus Beef is royally served in your table, then you are certain of the beef’s superior quality and its sinful delight. These, you will surely taste only at Mojave. Steak restaurants may have sprouted around the metro, claiming to be offering the most delicious steaks. But steak aficionados surely know that not all Angus steaks are Certified Angus Beef, thus not all are guaranteed to give you a tender juicy, and abundantly ...

Thrill the palate. Mojave Grill and Steakhouse makes this its gastronomic mantra as it delightfully serves every great-tasting American dish to all excited gastronomes. Mojave takes pride in offering the zestiest and most palate-thrilling appetizers in town. With a distinct Tex-Mex zest, every appetizer will surely please your taste buds. Buffalo Wings Gastronomic pleasure will be sky-high with Chicken and Calamari Fingers, a delectable serving of perfectly fried chicken and squid fillet; and Mojave’s best Buffalo Wings, fried chicken wings tossed in Buffalo sauce. On your next visit, be sure to try one of Mojave’s originals- Crispy Potato Skins, flavored with Mexican spice sauce, this will surely fire your appetite just perfect for the Cowboy Steak main course. Chicken and Calamari Fingers Another must-try is the Grilled Sausage Platter, the irresistible medley of Shublig, Hungarian and Bratwurst sausages sure to ignite your appetite to pleasure. These appetizers can also be perfect ...

TheVenue Function Rooms at The Avenue Complex was the perfect venue for the Philippine Blog Awards Visayas held last Nov. 27, 2010. Being one of the organizers, I looked nowhere else for TheVenue that had it all – p rime location, complete facilities, great food choices plus variety and people who are more than willing to help you for all your needs . Good thing everything went as planned and all the participants had blast even before, during and after the awards night. It was also among the few occasions that owner consented on a menu that come from different restaurants in the complex for usually it is exclusive to a single resto. Our menu was a good mix of house specials from five of the best restaurants in Iloilo City – all located within The Avenue complex. For starters we had a savoury Pumpkin Soup from Mojave Grill and Steak House that got all perked up for more of what’s to come – both for the awards night and gastronomy. The restaurant also provided an American Salad bar ...

Iloilo City hosts two big blogging events in November - the first ever Visayas Blogging Summit and the Philippine Blog Awards 2010 - Visayas . These events will gather bloggers from all over Visayas, Luzon, and Mindanao, in a series of talks and open fora getting updates and learning more about blogging while enjoying what Iloilo City has to offer. With the support and endorsement of Philippine Blog Awards Inc ., the Iloilo Bloggers Inc . and Great Foods Inc . present the PBA2010 - Visayas awards night at the posh T he Avenue Complex . Located at the nightlife district of Iloilo City, this complex is the newest entertainment and gastronomic center in Iloilo City as it hosts a number of restaurants, a club, and a set of function rooms known as TheVenue - where the actual ceremonies will be held. Ilonggos have always been such big fans of Filipino Cuisine, traveling far and wide to savor superbly- tasting and uniquely-presented Filipino dishes to charm the eyes and satisfy palates...

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