Antonio's Bar & Grill - Taste Test Event

Last January 29, 2013, media and bloggers were invited to a special taste test event at Antonio's Bar & Grill - SM City Davao Branch where we got to taste selected and new dishes for this month's promo. If you want to know more about the promo, just click the link: Promo Mechanics

Here are some of the pictures:

 Here is the list of 14 dishes that you can order this month of February.

This is their Iced Tea Tower - It's a Nestea Iced Tea served in a convenient tower dispenser.

 

This is Binagoongang Gulay. It is an assorted vegetables sauteed in fermented shrimp and stewed in coconut milk. Like they always say "Everything with gata is always good!" Well, this dish really is delicious! The ingredients were in great harmony especially the soup! The soup bagged lots of flavors. If I were to order a vegetable dish, I would recommend this one.

This is Sisig Pusit. It's a stuffed squid with pork sisig. Cooking a squid dish is tricky. If undercooked, it may be raw. If overcooked, it may be like a rubber when you chew it and it's hard to slice with a spoon.

When I sliced the squid with a spoon, it went so gently that I don't need so much effort to do it! I loved the idea of stuffing a squid with pork sisig as it turned out to be one of the favorite dish. In fact, I ate like 4 slices of it! :D

This is Dinakdakan. It's a spicy pork mascara blended with special ingredient & mayonnaise, vinegar and spices. The one sliced in strips are actually onions. This one turned out to be one of my favorites! The sauce really blended well with the rest of the ingredients as it gave lots of flavors.

From the sourness of vinegar to spicy flavors, everything worked well together. If you love onions and an onion lover, try this one.

This is the Bagnet. It's a thinly sliced crispy fried salted pork belly. This dish is so popular in Ilocos Region and it's spreading nationwide! What made them love this dish? It's so crispy and because it's thinly sliced, it's easier for me to eat this dish. I prefer this dish with a soy sauce on my side.

This is Sinigang na Hipon. It's a tamarind sour soup with shrimp and vegetables. I really love sinigang and as I've tasted this dish, it's the sinigang that I've been waiting for. It's not called sinigang if it's not sour enough.

This is Bulalo. It's a beef bone marrow soup. It also has some vegetables mixed in. The beef is so tender that I could easily slice the meat with my spoon. The vegetables helped so much with the flavor with the bulalo.

This is Pinaputok na Manok. It's a deep fried seasoned chicken wrapped in banana leaves. I found the chicken good actually. But I found some pink parts in it which is a no-no. I do hope that they can do better than this. But more than that, it's still a good dish to eat.

This is Crispy Bangus sa Inadobong Kangkong & Gata. It's a crispy fried bangus topped with stewed kangkong and coconut milk. The bangus goes well with of course, coconut milk and the vegetables in it. By just looking at it, it's already a feast!

This is Crispy Tuna Belly. It's a deep fried tuna belly. When I first saw this, I thought it's a pork dish! (seriously!) But when I found out that it's actually a deep fried tuna, I was astounded! This dish is crispy on the outside, soft on the inside. It's also a must try for tuna lovers out there.

This is Inadobong Manok sa Gata at Sili. It's a  chicken stewed in vinegar, garlic and soy sauce then coconut milk with added chili fingers. Honestly, this dish was not spicy. Although this one is a good dish but when it's spicy, it has to be spicy. I was disappointed but I do hope they'll make this one more spicy.

This is Crispy Pata. It's a Deep fried pork knuckles served with soy vinegar dip. I ate their chicharon first before the crispy pata. I just ate a little piece of crispy pata but I like it! Too bad that I haven't tasted the skin though. :(

This is Frozen Buko Pandan. It's a frozen salad of buko meat, pandan gelatin and thick cream. This was a great finale for our taste test! It's unique because I was used to eat buko pandan salad when it's not frozen. This one was new to me. Did I like this dessert? It's a YES! It may not be very sweet but everything in this Frozen Buko Salad was perfect! I'll eat this one again for sure.

The taste test event was so fun! I had the chance to taste all of the dishes that they've served to us. Thanks to Ms. Marissa for the invitation and to Antonio's Bar & Grill for the wonderful dishes that they've served to us. Until next time! :D

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