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May 29, 2014 by Janey

Sometime early April, I finally found the chance to visit Chef Jessie’s 100 Revolving Restaurant. Chef Jessie Sinsioco of Le Souffle fame got me loving French Onion soup more than I would have and edified me with what a perfect soufflé is, whether savory or sweet. I also enjoyed visiting Top of the Citi and the Rockwell Club.

100 Revolving Restaurant, as the name connotes, is a 360-degree revolving fine dining restaurant that features Chef Jessie’s timeless signature dishes and a variety of international dishes including ones that highlight Filipino ingredients like Alugbati and Dulong. The 100 Revolving Restaurant’s menu offers continental classics as well as an international selection of sushi, salads, pastas and some Filipino-influenced dishes like adobo.

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It’s located at the top of the MDC 100 building, where the 100 is supposedly the amount of pesos Mariano Que used as capital in starting the Mercury Drug business. 100 Revolving Restaurant is apparently not the first revolving restaurant in the country but is certainly the only one right now.

It gives a beautiful view of the Manila Bay and Laguna de Bay. At certain points, the view stretches to silhouettes of mountain ranges. It is ideal to visit right before sunset and stay until Manila plunges into darkness for a magnificent view of the Metro’s skyline. It’s been a dinner date venue of many proposals and engagement banquets.

It’s a huge restaurant where the carpeted circumferential area is where the floor is moving. When you get to the portion where there’s no view outside, you get a clear view of their vast kitchen which was also interesting to see.

It takes almost 2 hours to complete one full revolution but you’ll barely notice the time with the view and the table conversation.

On the Table

Spicy Tuna Maki P450

Tuna, Togarashi, Tanuki

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May 23, 2014 by Janey

“Our food hall is all about quality local food with provenance. Here you will find the best of house made items and locally sourced ingredients, presented in a communal atmosphere. Our menu items are best enjoyed shared, passed around the table. The possibility exists to meet someone new, whether to strike up a conversation or share recommendations over what to order. Our mix of cuisine is eclectic and inspired, but rest assured there is no “bad” seat in the house since you can order anything from anywhere.”

That’s what they said on the menu. There are 9 live cooking stations around Todd English Food Hall. One station is called Raw Bar for (you guessed it) raw items like tuna sashimi, salmon sashimi, chilled prawn, oysters, clams. A station for their famous Flatbread Pizza that features Todd’s Signature Flatbread, Bronx Bomber and Fig & Prosciutto.

You, however, don’t need to be overwhelmed with the 900sqm food hall, as you can get a table, sit down and relax and peruse the menu.

If a table is not available, it’s also fun to sit in their bar-like sitting area, especially if there are just two of you. Trust me, their table for two won’t fit all your orders if you eat as much as I do.

On the Table

Greek Salad P260

Crispy Romaine Lettuce, Red Onion, Olives, Cucumber, Feta Cheese, Oregano Vinaigrette, Greek Yogurt, Served with Feta Cheese Philo Triangle

Crunchy seemingly garden-fresh vegetables bring the taste of spring to the table. We trust that the vinaigrette and yogurt are low-calorie dressing and it pulls all the ingredients together. The feta cheese and philo triangle adds a pleasant salty shade to the salad. It was a great side and balancer for the meat we ordered.

Tuna Tartare P280

Marinated sushi grade tuna, crispy marmalade shrimp, finished with scallion cream

The tuna tartare was marinated but not cured enough to kill the fresh taste. I love the textures and the slight heat. Other than the scallion cream, the serving dish was dotted with red blotches of what I would guess as Sriracha sauce (Vietnamese hot sauce usually served with Pho).