Your amuse buche to open up the palette for dinner

Our PH version of crudite, beets are roasted to perfection to bring out their natural sweetness. It is then pureed with braised mung beans create the dip for local market spring vegetables. The puree is finished with tinapa to complete the traditional Filipino pairing of smoked fish and mung bean.

Succulent dungeness crab and green jackfruit is braised in coconut milk and enveloped in a masa made of rice and wrapped in banana leaf, the Filipino version of the Mexican tamales. For a bit of textural contrast, chips are made from artichokes that are dusted in salted egg powder.

Marbled pork coppa is sous vide for 48 hours to transform it to a melt in your mouth bite. It is coated in an alamang and garlic crust and fried to a crisp. It is veiled with a spiced coconut espuma and accompanied with market gems

Beef shank and tendon is braised until meltingly tender and stuffed in a cabbage leaf. It floats on a consomme of seasoned beef broth of ginger and tungkoy and paired with fried rice kernels in remembrance if a comforting sizzling rice soup.

Twice baked carrot cake is the vessel for a mango sorbet to cleanse the palate and topped with market apricots.

Crumpled sheets of wrapper is baked to a crisp and dusted with matcha. It is studded with chocolate and passionfruit curd, a classic flavor pairing.

Caramelized condensed milk is flavored with espresso and formed to make the perfect lasting bite.