Midnight Friday at Banchetto! (Ortigas, PH. April 2011)

Fish fillet!

My sister was in Manila for her nursing affiliation. On her last weekend, I brought her to Banchetto to stuff her! I think she was overwhelmed with all the street food she saw.

Banchetto offers different kinds of food, from appetizers to Lechon, to desserts. They're inexpensive too, prices range from Php 50 to 200. They open at midnight every Friday, so that's 12am Saturday technically. I wish they'd start earlier though.

We didn't get to taste everything because that would be too much! I took photos of some of the food for sale.

Takoyaki, my fave! 4 pieces at Php 40-50.

Fried rice! I miss rice. Huhu!

Pork sisig! Look at the oil!

Pork adobo?

Grilled pork and liver! I ate that liver, it was yum! (Php 20)

Chicken sioma at Php 35. It was good!

Balut! That's unhatched baby duck (fertilized duck egg), to those not familiar with this exotic Filipino food.

More Siomai!

Dinuguan! That's pork blood stew.

Baked tahong in cheese! I didn't have my allergy pills with me so I didn't try these.

Pesto pasta. I had this w/ baked chiken at Php 120. Overpriced for the taste.

More pasta!

Fettuchini. Looked heavy for my tummy.

Oysters!

This tahong dish looked delish!

We had crepe from Crepapips! It was divine. My sister said it made her high! LOL!

We waited for like 20 minutes for this banana crepe. The line was long! Now I know why, it was heavenly!

More cake!

Blueberry cheesecake, my fave!

I had to have my favorite Vigan Empanada! (Php 50)

My sister had this seafood w/ talaba chaofan (Php 65?). She said it was delicious!

This is my 4th (?) time in Banchetto. I only got to blog about it now because I'm too lazy and my connection is tooo slow. I'll check if I have more photos from the earlier times I've been here. If you have not tried it, you must go next weekend!

Food : 8/10. Depends on what you buy.

Ambiance : 6/10. Street food requires them to be in the street. Hehe.

Price : 50-200 per person.

Plus : Inexpensive.

Minus : Limited seats and the heat is unbearable with all the cooking and grilling.

 

Banchetto

Emerald Ave., Ortigas. PH.
Telephone: home office +632 6550590; +632 6550590

Mobile: +63 9228800861;  +63 9228800861
Email: hundredmliz@yahoo.com
Website: Banchetto Multiply Site