Power Plant Mall is one of my favorite malls to go to and it is such an incentive to hang around there or shop when more and more exciting restaurants line up within the area. CDP or Chef Du Partie soft-opened Friday that weekend and we decided to grab Sunday brunch there.
The CDP logo is quite pretty in blue with caricatures of the chef-restaurateurs Malou Fores of Mamou and Recover Food fame, Kristine de Gallego-Locsin formerly of Lu, and Katrina Alcantara-Kuhn of Mesclun and Chuck’s Deli – the pregnant one on the logo who recently gave birth to a bouncing baby girl (congrats!).
I’m a fan of Mamou’s steaks, lorenzo’s pasta and key lime pie while I love Chef Katrina’s sourdough breads and dishes. The three ladies share a love affair for Paris, New York and Manila, a passion for food, wine and cocktails and fervor for life, family and friends and they aim to translate this into this restaurant partnership. “From wine, what sudden friendship springs!”
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Malou Fores and French manager Anne Berges circulated the elegant dining room chatting with the guests. Malou suggested that we try sitting at the bar to have a different experience. I didn’t mind at all since I’m usually game with anything, especially if it’s anywhere nearer the kitchen. It only means distance between the food and I have become shorter. And who wants any degree of separation from great food? Certainly, not me.
The bar displays fruit-infused liqueur dispensers, which they use as base for their cocktails. A gorgeous cheese cart carries handpicked cheeses by Chef Katrina.
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I look around and there’s a lot of design detail put into the interiors. The ceiling has beautiful intricate wood work while gray concrete walls have different chalk illustrations, of which my favorite is the seemingly 3D illusion of a staircase. It could just be me but it makes the room feel bigger.
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The washroom also had a rustic yet stylish chic modernistic draw to it. There’s also an outdoor patio for dining. Overall, the CDP restaurant exudes a rustic elegance and charm clearly of la bon vivant spirit.
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