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Guernica's
Mostly Spanish and French dishes
(70) - 1856 Bocobo St, Malate
Tel 521-44-15; 11:00-14:30, 18:00-24:00
Sun no lunch; the most elegant res-taurant of the Guernica's chain; con-venient parking
(38) - 1326 Del Pilar St, Ermita
Tel 50-09-36; 11:00-14:00, 18:00-24:00
Sun no lunch; the original Guernica's restaurant that opened 33 years ago

Baron's Table (94)
Holiday Inn, Roxas Blvd, Tel 59-79-61
12:00-15:00, 19:00-24:00
closed on Sun, no lunch on Sat
first class restaurant with palatial, baroque ambience; large selection of seafood and grilled dishes; one of the very few first class restaurants in the metropolis where one can finish a meal with a selection from a cheese board; a compliment must be issued for their menu which explains dishes better than menus of luxury res-taurants normally do

The Mariner (85)
Admiral Hotel, Roxas Blvd
Tel 57-20-81 to 94; 24 hrs
Mo-Fr 12:00-14:00 lunch buffet (140 ++)
recommended dishes: shrimp cocktail (good portions), mango jubilee (hot mango and liqueur on ice cream)

Hugo's (99)
Hyatt Regency, Roxas Blvd, Tel 831-26-11
12:00-15:00, 19:00-23:00, closed on Sun
No lunch on Sat

Sud (92)
Sheraton Hotel, Malate, Tel 522-10-11
12:00-14:30, 18:30-22:30, closed on Sun
The dining room's interior is an inter-play of peach, mint green, and cream, set off by a profusion of greens and flowering plants from balcony windows which give it a Mediterranean air. The menu unveils an astonishing selection of creative cuisine which changes peri-odically. There are dishes like goose liver parfait with a salad of snow peas and home-marinated salmon with green asparagus. A businessman's lunch is a favorite of Sud habitues as it of-fers them four choices in each of the three-course menu, thus proving to be versatile for those who dine there more than twice a week.

Cafe Chuling
913 Estrada St, near corner Leon Guinto
Tel 522-35-75; 11:00-14:00, 18:00-2:00
Continental cuisine in a cozy, homey ambience with relaxing music; the menu includes dishes like Paella, Lengua con Setas, Ceasar's Salad, pasta dishes and pizza - all prepared in the original style of this restaurant

None Such (84)
435 Remedios St, Malate
Tel 59-56-44, 58-60-22
11:30-23:30, Sun closed
Varied menu with dishes from many countries; US Seafood Chowder and New England Boiled Dinner, German Bratwurst and Schnitzel, Spanish Gam-bas and Callos, Mexican Tacos, Korean Barbecue; of course also Filipino dishes; well-known for its cakes and pastries

Hobbit House (77)
1801 Mabini St cor Remedios St, Ma-late
Tel 521-76-04, 50-65-73; 18:30-2:00
Mexican, Italian, and Irish dishes (the founder of this restaurant is an Irishman); live entertainment, the famous Filipino folk singer Freddie Aguilar performs three times a week

Exotic Garden (37)
Del Pilar St, open until 4:00
Open air but roofed restaurant decorated with bamboo and some 2000 exotic plants; the author likes their deep fried seafood platter; also recommended are steaks; one of very few restaurants which serve a good fresh fruit salad; many local and international newspapers.

MAKATI

Old Manila (140)
Peninsula Hotel, Tel 819-34-56 loc 3953
11:30-14:30, 18:30-23:30; Sat, Sun no lunch
Iranian caviar, Norwegian salmon, US beef, Dutch veal, Australian lamb - obviously the best from all continents; among the sauces for the various dishes are truffle sauce with port wine, bouillabaisse cream, lemon dill mousseline, raspberry vinegar dressing; they also serve beef tenderloin with a fine ragout of lobster thermidor - all combina-tions that make every true gourmet curious.

The Tivoli (138)
Mandarin Hotel, Makati Ave, Tel 816-36-01
7:00-10:00, 12:00-15:00, 19:00-10:30
Sat, Sun dinner only

Mario's (111)
7856 Makati Ave, Tel 86-44-78
11:30-14:30, 17:00-23:00; Sun no lunch
Want to know what a classic is ? For 18 years this restaurant has prepared its Ceasar's Salad according to a recipe that didn't undergo the slightest change. Ac-tually, Mario's is the one restaurant in Metro Manila that helped the most to popularize this particular salad; even today, every third guest patronizing the place or-ders Ceasar's Salad - and steak (served with a choice of four sauces); T-bone steaks 350 grams; recommended also: French onion soup - the onions are sim-mered for hours before the soup is served with a very rich cheese topping; Spanish, French, Italian cuisine; daily specials 160 (chicken) to 280 pesos (beef dish), includes free glass of red or white wine; Mon-Thu 17:00-19:00 early gourmet special with reduced prices for all dishes; Sat com-plimentary mango jubilee; function rooms 10-50 seats; catering to many embassies

Guernica's (162)
1034 Pasay Rd, Tel 88-11-67
11:00-14:00, 18:00-24:00; Sat, Sun dinner only; excellent French and Spanish dishes

La Tasca (143)
Greenbelt Park, Legazpi St, Tel 86-85-86
11:30-14:30, 19:30-23:00, closed on Sun
w/ Fondue room; popular for dinner rather than for lunch; for evenings reservations are therefore recommended; in French tradition many meats are served with sauces contain-ing wine, as for example chicken with tarragon with a port wine sauce or an armagnac sauce, duckling with a cherry brandy sauce or flambe with cognac, lamb with a mango wine and sherry sauce, chicken liver in marsala sauce, etc; for a first class restaurant surprisingly reasonable prices

Zarzuela (173)
822 Pasay Rd, Tel 816-79-35 to 36
11:00-15:00, 18:00-24:30; closed on Sun except by special arrangement; an in-ternational restaurant where East and West meet; among European dishes Spanish prevail; among Asian foods Filipino traditional dishes abound; available also oriental delicacies such as "Fish Penang" and "Javanese Ox Tail Soup"; a number of very exotic desserts; very appealing elegant am-bience

Prince of Wales (147)
New Plaza Bldg, Greenbelt, Tel 815-42-74
11:00-24:00; closed on Sun; in addition to traditional English pub food at lunch time large buffet for 110 P (no service charge); available from 11:00; the buffet and the menu include a number of very delicious Eastern European specialities such as Turkish Dolmas (stuffed grape leaves), Kofta (spiced ground meat), an excellent Greek Moussaka (egg plant and ground meat), and pita bread they bake themselves; at lunch time also curry buffet at 110 P; very large barbecued spare ribs; weekly special menus

The Concourse (161)
Manila Garden Hotel, Tel 810-41-01
6:30-10:30, 11:30-14:30, 17:00-24:00

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