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Welcome to Italy’s most wanted, Gotti’s Ristorante located in The Atrium of Megamall which serves great Italian dishes. Restaurant name came from the infamous Mafia of Italy, John Gotti, a godfather with a good taste in food.

Gotti's Ristorante at Atrium Megamall

We decided to dine in this resto because we were looking for something light for dinner, pasta and pizza would go fine.  We ordered their Frutti Di Mari pasta, seafood pasta in marinara sauce only the regular sized serving. They also have this in a bigger serving for sharing, good for 2 to 3 persons but we opted the regular one and food serving was already enough for 2.

Frutti Di Mari pasta @210php

For pizza, we had one of their best sellers and intrigued by the food title we had one Godfather pizza! Yumyum!

Godfather pizza @360php

They also offer frozen iced teas, we had their Strawberry and Dalandan flavor, the latter was better…

Frozen Dalandan @75php

Overall, we were happy to dine in Gotti’s Ristorante, their pasta and pizza were all good, delicious and prices were reasonable. If you are looking for a simple, casual Italian dining with great food, Gotti’s is a good choice.

Here’s another unexpected food discovery we recently had, Orchard Road… another Singaporean food stop next to our Makansutra in Manila Ocean Park. Orchard Road had its soft opening sometime on the last week of February 2010, so they still have these signs topped on their tables.

Orchard Road soft opening

Orchard Road and Makansutra have similarities like with their food, prices and interior shop design. But I can definitely say that Orchard Road is a lot better than Makansutra because (1) they have their own order style, (2) food tastes better, (3) they offer new dishes not available in Makansutra, (3) prices are more reasonable, (4) located in Mega Mall, very much accessible to anyone, (5) quick service, (6) friendly crew, and most important (7) taking pictures is allowed.

Here are some shots of Orchard Road’s entrance, open kitchen and pay counter.

Orchard Road in 2/f Bridgeway Mega Mall

Orchard Road Open Kitchen

Orchard Road Counter

Once you arrived, you will be given this order slip, you just have to select your desired foods and drinks then give it to the cashier when done. You will be given a number and have to wait for your order to be served. Waiting time was just fine; I can say that they are really effective even if they are still under training. Keep up the quick service, guys!

Orchard Road Menu and Order Form

So here we go again, seeing the menu with different types of food, we can’t easily decide on what to order and just ordered what we feel and think would be great for us… We were just 2 and our order was really too much for us and so we even had some take homes. Hehe.

Black Pepper Chicken Rice @ 145php

Black Pepper Chicken Rice, one of their most ordered dishes coming from the Mini Wok or Kuali set. It tasted really delicious and with good amount of serving.

Malaysian Nasi Goreng @ 135php

Here’s another dish, Malaysian Nasi Goreng, Malay fried rice topped with fried egg. There were a lot of ingredients included and chicken chunks were enough to complete the meal and make you really full. Rice can be good for 2 if you are like me…sometimes on a diet…Hehe.

Char Kway Teow @ 150php

We also had Char Kway Teow, my favorite stir-fry noodles, very tasty and we loved it!

Satay Chicken 4 sticks @ 110php

Another favorite food, Satay Chicken, Singapore’s barbecued style dish with peanut sauce. Flavor tasted strong and rich. Peanut sauce was a bit spicy.

Shrimp Dumplings 3 pcs @ 99php

We can’t eat without dimsum and so we ordered for their Shrimp Dumplings; tasted just the usual… Good!

Bandung @ 60php

As for our drinks, we had Bandung and Iced Teh Tarik. Bandung is a popular drink in Malaysia and Singapore made with milk and rose cordial, it’s like our own malamig drink, Gulaman. Teh Tarik is tea with condensed milk, you can have it hot or iced. Both drinks tasted good and reasonably priced.

Teh Tarik (Iced) @ 50php

Orchard Road is now my favorite food stop whenever I crave for Singaporean dishes. Everything is good – food, service, price and location. I hope they can maintain this positive look, good quality and service and not because they are just new in business.

Thanks Orchard Road for coming near us! By the way, Orchard Road is one popular road in Singapore that is known for the best shopping destination with all the popular malls and branded boutiques. While here in Manila, Orchard Road is a Singaporean food stop located inside Mega Mall and soon to have its next branch in Mall of Asia. Visit it now!

Eating any dessert after meals has been a routine for me and my meal would not be complete without it. I love desserts but sometimes I try to move away from too many sweets that I opt for yogurts – sweet, cold and definitely healthy. It is a good thing that frozen yogurts are now the latest craze and Tutti Fruitti Frozen Yogurt made it more fun and enticing because this is the only yogurt bar where you can customize your own yogurt – with their self-service counters.

Self-service customized frozen yogurt

Buying frozen yogurt the Tutti Frutti way…

Step by step guide to buying your Tutti Frutti fro-yo

Step 1 – Select your cup size (small, medium and large cup)

Step 2 – Dispense your frozen yogurt (available flavors – Blueberry, Peanut butter, Lychee, Taro, Choco-Raspberry, Coconut, Pineapple and Original)

Step 3 – Pick your favorite topping (real fruits slices, cereals, nuts, marshmallows, choco chips, wafers, chocolate syrup, etc.)

Step 4 – Weigh and Pay @ 19php per OZ

19php per OZ

We made our own yogurts with the smallest cup that has the maximum capacity of 8oz.  Selected our preferred flavors (by the way, you can mix different flavors in one cup), toppings, had our yogurt cups weighed and paid a total of 283php.

Here are shots of our customized Tutti Frutti yogurts… Indulge!

Tutti Frutti 1 - Lychee flavor with coffee jelly and chocolate coated syrup on top

Tutti Frutti 2 - Choco-Raspberry flavor with walnuts, almonds, marshmallows and real strawberries on top

Customized Tutti Frutti Yogurts

Make your own yogurts, the Tutti Frutti way at 4th Level, The Atrium SM Megamall.

Tutti Frutti in The Atrium SM Megamall