June 23, 2008

Reviews: Definitely worth rushing to lol ;D (4 Comments)

Italianni’s Bloggers Event
Catch the “EXTRA” Experience!!!

Good thing I woke up early last June 17. I was getting my to-do list done in the morning before I had to meet-up with bf. I checked my cp around 10:30AM (it’s always on silent-mode) and read a message from YEHEY regarding the blog event of Italianni’s. Very surprised, I asked if I really made it in the cut because I didn’t receive any email. Since I submitted my registration, I kept checking my email almost every minute and even my spam folder, but still nothing. The reminder really surprised me. So Mac and I had to rush.

The registration was 11AM, but we arrived 12:30PM. Talk about super late! Fortunately they just started so it was cool. I think we only missed 1-2 dishes.

Other bloggers; some with their “extras”

Iggy, a fellow-blogger, is very welcoming and quickly passed the food to us as Mac and I took our seats. Italianni’s served a lot of food — chicken salad, different fish dishes, steak, desserts, shooters, etc. I never got to list down the names of everything I ate. Too busy eating and trying to take pictures.

Mac and I werent’t given plates right away, so this is what we ate first:

Garlic breads + a spread

The spread tasted a bit of garlic and cheese. This is delicious. I could have eaten a lot of this if it were possible. I just didn’t want to because there were still a lot to eat.

Italianni’s chicken salad tastes better than their Caesar salad. The Caesar salad is my family’s favorite. We order it whenever we go to a restaurant that has it on their menu. So, yeah, we have tasted their Caesar salad. The chicken salad is a lot better; it has more dressing too. The croutons are fresh that makes not hard to eat for a metal-mouth like me.

Fufu~ I like croutons.

As far as I remember, they served 3 different kinds of fish dishes. I only got to take pictures of two:

The grilled fish is delicious! You should definitely order that when you eat at Italianni’s.

I think it’s the sauce. It’s slightly spicy. The fish, I’m thinking it’s salmon, was cooked well. After finishing the slice, I wanted to get more, but I couldn’t find it anymore.

I’m guessing it’s a big hit. This porkchop too:

That’s just super yummy. Super duper yummy! HAHAHAH~

Fried Calamari (or calamares) is one of my favorite foods. It’s one of those must-order when going out for a beer or two.

Anyway, their calamari isn’t chewable like a bubble gum. You know that the squid is fresh.

I hate to admit, but some restos have bubble gum-like calamares.

Before I forget, here are the fruit shakes Mac and I had:

I ♥ strawberries.

It’s real watermelon and not artificially flavored

Time flew real fast. I don’t think it was even enough for us with all the food we had. @_@; The dessert went quick. We had several, but I only got to taste a few. We were on a long table. Passing food is a kinda tough.

Well, specially in that situation wherein most of us do not know each other.

There was supposed to be ice cream on top of this.

The one on the left has just the right amount of sweetness. I like!

My favorite is the egg-like one. It isn’t super sweet. I was able to find out its name, but it’s one of those kinda hard to pronounce foods so the name didn’t stick to mind.

My Dad ordered one of this recently, but w/ a blueberry sauce. Still delicious even though expensive. D: Other treats that we got are the baked mussels and shooters. There were pastas, I think, but me and Mac didn’t get to eat any.

So that sums up my lunch at Italianni’s. I am so lucky I was able to make it.

Eat at Italianni’s and get an “extra” on the house. You won’t be able to request your extra. It’s a surprise! When we had a dinner there recently to celebrate my parents’ wedding anniversary, we got a free dessert.

Italianni’s has 12 branches — Greenbelt 2, Glorietta 4, SM Mall of Asia, SM Megamall, Greenhills, Tomas Morato, Eastwood City, Gateway, Alabang Town Center, Bonifacio High Street, Trinoma, & Robinson’s Midtown in Malate.