Banchetto Market

Tony & Annella took the clan to the Banchetto food fair along Emerald Avenue at the Ortigas Center last Friday night.  I understand this midnight market has been operating for around a year or so, and has been quite successful in catching the Call Center-BPO crowd just as they get out of the office.  As luck would have it, we arrived at around 11pm and managed to squeeze into the last available parking spaces in Emerald Avenue.  In a span of two hours, we were able to taste the fare of several stalls--baked oysters, sisig, Korean dumplings, Persian shawarma, BBQ, and panna cotta.  We also tried the humungous UNO hamburger which probably weighed half a pound!  It was tender and but was a bit dry; the other hitch was the long wait--our order took around 25 minutes to get done.  Banchetto, which in Italian means "banquet," is an ideal experience to enjoy this summertime, just before the rains set in.  Check it out--you will probably get your stomach full with P250 in your wallet!