Food Adventure Tour at the Venice Piazza (Part 1)

Venice Piazza Food Adventure

We've been hearing about the Venice Piazza's Food Adventure Tour in McKinley Hill. Actually. we planned to try this two weeks ago but Erick and I were feeling lazy to go out at night because of the weather. But yesterday, we finally went to see what this Food Adventure Tour is all about.

The Food Adventure Tour provides a passport which entitles you to sample 12 featured bestsellers from 12 restaurants at the Venice Piazza. The food passport costs Php550 and it is good for one person only. Sharing is not allowed and drinks are not included. The Food Adventure Tour runs from all Saturdays beginning May and ending July, from 6pm-10pm.

Our passport to pigging out :)

First thing on our list is appetizer…For starters; we had Salmon Carpaccio from Old Vine Grille. The salmon was really flavorful considering its sampler size. I like how it was seasoned with basil and salt.

Salmon Carpaccio

Old Vine Grill

Our next stop was Blackwood Bistro. We sampled their Crab and Mango Salad. I’m not really a salad person but I what I liked most about the salad are the bits of mangoes and strawberries as well as the crabsticks although not plentiful.

Crab and Mango Salad 

Blackwood Bistro

I must say that the Baked Oysters from Pinchos was my favorite pick of the night. It tasted good even without putting salt on it.

Baked Oysters

Pinchos Bar and Restaurant

The quesadillas and buffalo wings from Sweat Pea is a comfort food for me. I liked the quesadillas better. The buffalo wings was just okay but there was barbecue sauce and sour cream dip which gave us option to flavor it the way we liked.

Quesadillas and Buffalo Wings

Sweat Pea

I was getting a bit full at this time so we’re off to the main dish…

For our main dish, we had Beef Ribs Adobado from Kuse. This was everyone’s favorite because of the big slices of beef back ribs. The serving on my plate consisted of thin meat wrapped around two big bones. Hehe. Or it was just my plate?! But in terms of flavor, I must say it’s one of the good adobos I’ve tasted next to our yaya’s cooking of course.

Beef Ribs Adobado

By this time, I’m on the verge of having a full stomach and it was almost 9pm. So we decided that we wouldn’t finish all the 12 dishes in one tour. We started a bit late like 730ish. It’s either we eat and run to the next resto and not savor the food just for the sake of finishing all the remaining dishes or we take our time in eating all the dishes.

We hopped to Little Asia for Minced Chicken with Lettuce cups and Vietnamese Spring rolls. Erick liked the minced chicken and I, on the other hand, went for their spring rolls.

Vietnamese spring rolls

Minced chicken and lettuce cups

Little Asia

And now, for my favorite part of the meal..desserts! This time, we tried Sol Gelato’s. There was a long line at the counter; their shop is really small. Food adventure holders are entitled to three scoops of gelato. I got Reese’s (which is my ultimate favorite), Wild Strawberry, and Mint Chocolate. Erick tried Double delight (very sinful chocolate), Stacciatella, and Choco Banana.

Gelato overload

Sol Gelato

We still have 5 remaining bestsellers to try next Saturday:

1) Baked Macaroni with Orange Summer Salad from Empire Deli & Restaurant

2) Fried Spring Rolls from Pho Hoa

3) Karaage and Kakuni Buns from Ramen Bar

4) Butter Ginger Crab Claws from The Red Crab

5) Mango or Vanilla Chocolate Yoghurt from Yoswirls

Overall, we loved the food adventure tour. It gave us the opportunity to try all the bestsellers from Venice Piazza’s restaurants. What is great is that you have to choice to finish it all off in one visit or you can come back next Saturday.

The only thing I didn’t like is that they have designated tables for the food adventure holders which is outside the resto. Good thing, the weather was cool last night. Or else we might be sweating like a pig while eating.

We’ll be back next week for the Part 2 of our food adventure tour. This is so fun!