Focaccia @ A. Venue
A.
Venue along Makati
Avenue didn’t use to be like this,
as I recall. It used to be a lively place and an even livelier place at night.
Gone are the small bars that we used to hang around in. Now, A. Venue is an almost dead place. It
currently houses an SM Hypermarket which they call the Market Place, a floor of
clinics, salons and sad restaurants whose staff literally begs passers-by to
come in and patronize their establishments.
Well,
while waiting for Tita N to who’s having her hair dyed, I went around the
Market Place, bought some buy-one-take-one chocolate candies and went to have a
burger at Burger
Avenue. It was a petite P98 peso-Junior
Cheeseburger. I was reserving my
appetite for Focaccia which I saw earlier. It’s better that I don’t say
anything about the cheeseburger.
Anyway,
as planned, we took our dinner at Foccacia. Tita had her Arugula Shrimp Salad (P250)
and I had the Pazzo Rollio or Crazy Rolls (P280, solo). Pazzo Rollio is just
like the Darla of Yellow Cab or the Panizza of My Kitchen by Chef Cris or Mona
Lisa of Alabang (the better ones). It's a pizza wrap with Arugula and Alfalfa.
The Pazzo Rollio's crust was deliciously thin, crispy and
had this oh-so-slightly burned taste which I didn’t mind at all. My problem was
with the salami and the bacon. They tasted (specially the salami!) old (might
have been sitting in the freezer far too long) and yes, they tasted “generic.” Well, what do you expect with the price?
And what's with the "free" bread with olive oil, parmesan and Balsamic vinegar? Pang-ilang microwave reheating na ito? Didn't touch and just enjoyed by "generic" tasting Pazzo Rollio. By the way, Tita N seemed to like her salad. She didn't say anything.
And what's with the "free" bread with olive oil, parmesan and Balsamic vinegar? Pang-ilang microwave reheating na ito? Didn't touch and just enjoyed by "generic" tasting Pazzo Rollio. By the way, Tita N seemed to like her salad. She didn't say anything.
Ham, Bacon, Salami
caramelized onions, mushrooms, cheese sauce
Mix of Arugula, Onions, Shrimps
Tossed in Lemon Vinaigrette
Don't bother with the bread...
It's not fresh.
