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Wine dining at Nectar Restaurant — Wine not?

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La Mancha Burger

La Mancha Burger (P590)

The last time Happyfoodies attended a lunchtime wine tasting event, we left the venue slightly inebriated. As we boarded the lift with some editors, we seem to share a collective feeling of being primed for taking an afternoon nap and foregoing the tasks reserved for the rest of the day. When we set our appointment with Nectar Restaurant in Makati for some lunchtime wine and food tasting, we thought history might repeat itself. Happily, with a bit more restraint, it did not. Oh, we’re not big wine drinkers, certainly no connoisseurs, but the concept of promoting a more democratic wine dining tradition sounded very interesting and too good to pass up.

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Finding Peace and Happiness

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Searing hot-pot

Searing Hot-Pot

The shop is small with only four tables and save for some huge prints on the wall, it was rather nondescript, resembling the hole-in-the-wall eateries in Binondo.  The two aircon units look fairly new but on several visits, they were never on.  Not even the Binondo eateries were this hot.  If you close your eyes for a moment and take a sniff, you can imagine being in a Chinatown restaurant instead of a Makati hole-in-the-wall.

The steady stream of Chinese patrons coming and going seems like a good indication of how good (and authentic) the food is.  Diners brave the stifling heat at (Old Beijing) Peace and Happiness Dumpling House so the food must be that good, right?  That will take a taste test to find out.

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Aquaknox: reloaded

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Facade of Aquaknox Restaurant in Makati

Facade of Aquaknox Restaurant in Makati

The facade looks so much more welcoming with the clear floor-to-ceiling glass covered this time with bamboo slats in lieu of heavy drapes.  Stepping inside, the interior is light and airy.  The last time Happyfoodies was here was two years ago.  A lot can happen in that span, in fact, a few of the restaurants we reviewed has sadly come and gone.  Happily, Aquaknox has stayed on, reinventing itself along the way.

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Upbeat at Offbeat

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Offbeat Burger at Wieneke Kitchen

Offbeat Burger at Wieneke Kitchen

It literally takes a lot of guts (pun intended) to call your shop, “Offbeat,” when you’re located at The Collective in Makati City which is an art-meets-commerce kind of space, and adjectives like ‘quirky’ and ‘unusual’ are terms shared by all the shops.  Short of offering bizarre food, how can Offbeat, The Wieneke Kitchen be true to its name?  That we intended to find out for ourselves.

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Paris Delice: Now serving really flaky, really authentic French breads

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Pain Au Chocolat

Pain Au Chocolat (P60)

There were bread crumbs on the table.  Crumbs on the tray liner.  And more crumbs on the saucers.  A nuisance?  If the crumbs were from ordinary bread, they would be.  But we were having Paris Delice breads for breakfast and notwithstanding the proliferation of French bakeries in the metro, it really doesn’t take a cultured palate to know these breads are different from all that came before them.

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