Off-menu specials from the country’s top restaurants
We let you in on a big, tasty secret this week: 38 of your favourite restaurants in the Tatler Dining Guide have secret menus. Diners must ask for these off-menu highlights that chefs and restaurateurs keep hidden from their publically listed menus, reserved for only those in the know. When visiting your favourite haunts and new hot spots around town, treat yourself to something you have never tried, and surprise your date, family or friends with this insider scoop.
More from this week’s lineup:
- Read this profile on pastry chef Melissa Lim and learn about her sweet homecoming
- Chef Tony Boy Escalante of Antonio's Tagaytay tells us about passing the baton to his son
- Read about Nadine Lustre’s wine label, Maison Bukana
- Toka Wine’s Will Host chef’s table series is a dining incubator for fresh talent
Cheers,
Isabel Martel Francisco
Deputy editorial director & dining editor
Tatler Philippines
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Must-try secret menu items from the Tatler Dining Guide 2023
Chicken parmigiana with marinara (Photo: Courtesy of A Mano)
We reveal the best off-menu dishes from 38 of the country’s top restaurants.
MORE DINING STORIES
From MasterChef Singapore to Melc Patisserie in Ayala Triangle, get to know the Singapore-born and bred, Filipina pastry chef Melissa Lim, of Melc Patisserie in Ayala Triangle.
Chef Tony Boy Escalante of the acclaimed Antonio's Tagaytay on succession; learn about his son who will eventually take over the culinary empire.
Singer, Gen.T honouree, Nadine Lustre launches her own wine label, Maison Bukana inspired by France’s wine-making legacy.
More than a wine bar: Have you heard of Toka Wine’s dining incubator project? Read on to get to know the Will Host chef series.
Tatler Tidbit
- Metronome presents HER: A 4-hands collab experience between chefs Miko Calo and Pam Pichaya of Potong Bangkok, happening on November 7 for lunch and dinner service
- Beloved international burger joint Shake Shack has revealed a chicken and pork barbecue burger with buro and atchara inasal fries and a special concrete by chef Jordy Navarra of Toyo, set to launch on November 11
- Big Belly Burgers from Siargao is now open in Forbeswood Heights, BGC
- Two Michelin starred restaurant The Varr from Singapore takes over Penthouse at The Peak in Grand Hyatt BGC this November 6 at 7:00pm
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