1521

The Forbestown area at the Fort Bonifacio Global City is fast becoming the "in" place for dining.  I came across the 1521 restaurant when I had dinner in nearby Melo's, and I told myself I had to try their cuisine, as the menu pricing looked pretty reasonable.

Our group got in at 12 noon on a weekday, and we could sense that the second floor was already full (our reservation was on the ground floor).  The interiors of the place felt relaxing, and the staff was quick to offer their specialty refreshment--langka casuy shake, which was a welcome flavorful treat for me!  The wall fresco reminded me of the paintings of Alvaro Jimenez, notably the letras y figuras as well as the banana stalk series, and these depiction of scenes from turn of the century Filipino life created a pleasant dining ambiance.

The dishes had interesting names, and the owners seem to have put a lot of creative thought into name association.  Recipes also had a different twist--the laing for example was made with spinach instead of the traditional gabi leaves.  For our group of 10, we had sisig, crunchy shrimps, crispy pata, beef tapa, garlic chicken, pochero, adobong pusit, ginataang sitaw at kalabasa, laing, stuffed boneless bangus.  For dessert, we had mango crepe and cusilva.

Our food check came to around P650 per head, which was understandable because of the number of dishes that we ordered (we also had extra food for take-home).  Not a bad lunch, food came in hot and tasty, service was attentive and helpful.