It you’re looking for an alternative dining experience, here are hot spots that you might want to check out. Aside from the unique dining experience, these places have gained fame because of their habitues: filmmakers and artists from the movie scene.
MOGWAI
At the heart of cubao Expo is Mogwai — a restaurant that combines excellent food, beautiful interiors and film screening, in one whole plate to satisfy a night out.
Designed with mismatched furniture, Jerry Arraos wooden sculptures, aged walls and lit odd shaped lamps, the ground floor of Mogwai creates a relaxed environment for diners to enjoy their food and conversations. At the second floor is a cinematheque that fits 30 people and has a sea of bean bags scattered all over where people can just pick a spot lie around during a screening.
Mogwai screens a huge variety of films, may it be hard-to-find foreign films or the premiere of a young local director. Aside from film screenings, Mogwai cinematheque is also open for private parties and events for corporations and students. Recently the second floor space showcased a small theater performance piece by the Sipat Lawin Ensemble.
The menu is a fusion of local flavors with a gourmet twist. An all-time favorite is the bacon liver roll with mashed potatoes and chicken liver pasta with crisps danggit (salted dried fish) on the side, as both dishes utilize the juiciness of chicken liver mixed with crispy goodness. Part owners Director Erik Matti and Lyle Sacris hike successfully created a cozy place for film buffs, gig goers and food losers.
VAN Gogh IS BIPOLAR
If you are looking for a more adventurous dining experience. there’s Van Gogh is Bipolar that will truly challenge sour concept of eating out. Hidden along Maginhawa St. in Teachers Village is this restaurant owned by photographer Jetro Rafael. The place is open every day except on Tuesdays from 5 pm onwards.
Upon entering, diners must take off their shoes and read the house rules. At first, the rules might seem to be a turn-off, yet once you step into the restaurant, you get to understand its appeal. Organized chaos are two perfect words to describe the interiors of Van Gogh is Bipolar. Art pieces, photos, large hats and a red wall filled with messages of love, hate, and accounts of stress surround you as you sit in different kinds of furniture. The place seats a maximum of 10 people only, so you must reserve in advance to be entertained.
van Gogh is Bipolar self service theme requires one to write down their orders on a sheet of paper and pass it on to the kitchen window. For first timers the menu is simplified on how one feels upon ordering. There are corresponding appetizers, meals, and dessert selections for the depressed, stressed, fatigued and annoyed.
While waiting for your food, there is a variety of tea to choose from, mango, Spanish plum, Banana, guava, etc. Van Gogh is Bipolar’s organic comfort food when served is a visual treat. and a delight for the taste buds. Rich flavors and exotic textures infused in their food promises to juice out happy hormones from diners. Eating here is not only an experience, but also a way to be entertained as well.
Certainly there are lots of choices available on where to eat or hang out. But these restaurants will ensure you an ultimate dining experience with a little bit of something else to knock you out of your eating routine.
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