The elite few in the know (read: Polo Club kids) have a little secret they are willing to share with only their nearest and dearest. Unfortunately, even if you did find out this foodie secret, you could only eat here if you were:
A) A Polo Club member
B) A Polo Club dependent
C) Someone who depends on a Polo Club dependent
D Friends with the chef
Do you remember back in the day, of a dessert called Chocolate Decadent cake?
That's right, it came from that well-loved resto called Seasons. When I was in high school, my friends and I would have "fancy" dinner at Intermezzo, Season's spin-off restaurant that was located at the corner of Legazpi St and where the Greenbelt 5 underpass now stands.
Those were heady days of tagliatelle squid ink pasta and the melt-in-your-mouth chocolate cake swimming in a sea of melted caramel sauce.
Well, "those in the know" know that wonderful pasta (in addition to many other wonderful dishes) still exists, and it can be found at the Last Chukker.
My first encounter with this food was at a Christmas dinner at Marga's house. Amy brought takeout chicken, pasta and lamb and we pigged out around Marga's table.
My second encounter was last week with my cousins, the Morenos. Talk about the Dream Team of food cravings: Jose had kept the menu on his iPhone and as we made our culinary choices, salivation was in progress.
Chukker has a brick oven which makes the best pizzas and desserts as well. When the food arrived, unwrapping and opening went on until this was revealed (brace yourselves!):
Ari's choice: margherita pizza
Tanya's choice: lasagna
Jose's choice: roast chicken and potatoes
My choice: salpicao and garlic rice
Tin's choice: deep-fried calamares
Tin's choice: Mrs O Salad with watercress and potato hay in raspberry vinaigarette
Raj's choice: roast lamb with mint jelly
Tanya's choice: Nicoise salad
Kai's choice: the black ink pasta
bread and butter banana pudding
OMG. Everything was to die for. I especially love the presentation, apparently Chef Vanna knows that a lot of people take out food and so everything is complete!
You know that movie, Gone in 60 Seconds?
It almost like that! For me, this meal was awesome because of not just the new food experience but because I was with some of the best eaters around town (some even belong to an eating club, how's that for professional?). When i'm with this lot, as they say, "sarap kumain". And not just that, oh the kuwento...
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