PINO resto bar
by webby on Nov.05, 2009, under Blog, Food
It was a Friday night, pay day, traffic in the metro and the highlight of that evening was the onset of typhoon Santi… but these obstructions did not stopped us on our aim for that evening and that is to reach Maginhawa street to dine in Pino Resto Bar…
Thanks to their multiply site with all those enticing food photos which greatly motivated us to get to the place and try it ourselves…So it was really a must for us to visit Pino Resto Bar and this was the only evening for it!
As we arrived in the resto, we were lucky to get a spot because the place was just small with a homey ambience like you were just in your own home. Pino Resto offers Filipino cuisine with a twist; in all their dishes, they have something distinct that made any simple dish intriguing and worth trying. The service crew were all friendly and you can feel that they were really happy to serve you.
We ordered one of Pino’s favorites, the Crispy Tenderloin Tapsilog, juicy beef tenderloin in small pieces coated; fried with crispy breading and covered with gravy sauce. As for the egg, 3 quail eggs fried in one and topped over the garlic rice.
Also we tried Bagnet Tofu Stack-O, one of their new dishes. The first time I tasted Bagnet was in Ilocos and that was last February 2009, I really missed it and so this Bagnet dish was one of my best choice. Tofu is also my favorite, so I can say that this dish was really made for me.
Even the rice was special; it has its own yummy flavour with slices of mushrooms mixed.
We both had ordered our own meals but can’t resist to try their Dilis rice…we were interested to see how it would look like and so we also ordered for one. Dilis used was the typical big, flavoured dilis which is usually eaten as snack. Rice was also mixed with dilis and topped with fried egg. Yum, yum, yummy…
As for their drinks, they have their own iced tea called Pino iced tea at 35php per glass or 80php per pitcher. Definitely very cheap, refreshing and has distinct taste.
Pino’s best seller dessert is the Chunky Choco Tempura, though we really wanted to try it but can no longer have one because we were already full and just opted to have a light dessert like the Buko Pandan Leche Flan. With every taste, another taste follows and so on until you finish it all as you can’t figure out what makes it sweet, tasty and good to eat.
Our Pino Resto Bar experience was really remarkable; everyday Filipino food made to something surprising and superb in presentation and taste. The location is a bit far but worth a visit. Food prices are reasonable and really worth it.
We would surely go back for their Kare-kare Bagnet, Sisig Carbonara, Chunky Choco Tempura, Pino Flavoured beer and Pino Giant Margarita.
Till our next visit!
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Special thanks to Shotnroll.com for the yummy shots used in this blog. Thanks!
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November 5th, 2009 on 11:45 am
nice set of pics and it made me hungry yummy!!! i must try the bagnet tofu stack-o with rice
November 10th, 2009 on 1:58 pm
wow! I just finished eating “crap Food” compare to this.. i got to get back there sa Pinas, and eat over, Better yet add this on my list of places to chow.. Great Blog, Will Follow! keep it up!
December 26th, 2009 on 9:45 pm
nice food shots! Agree that resto pino is one of the best – we tried the kare kareng bagnet and the crispy tenderloin tapsilog – here’s our review and some foodshots: http://dateplaces.ph/pino-resto-bar-maginhawa-teachers-village/2009/12/