Food Adventure Tour at the Venice Piazza (Part 2)

We finally finished last Saturday the second and last part of our Food Adventure Tour at the Venice Piazza.

I was craving for pasta so we had first Empire Deli’s Baked Macaroni and Orange Summer Salad. I must say that the food was a big disappointment. It looks different from the picture in the food passport. First off, the baked macaroni was cold as the chilly weather. The bread was very bite-sized and hard. They call it Orange Summer Salad but I felt I wasn’t getting the refreshing and summery feel of the salad. The serving was definitely for kids. I don’t have a big appetite but this salad and baked mac didn’t make me feel I’ve eaten something.

Orange Summer Salad

Empire Deli and Restaurant

Good thing Ramen Bar’s Karaage and Kakuni Buns was all good. The staffs are really attentive and polite. Well, the karaage wasn’t that crunchy but it has a great flavor. What I liked a lot are the Kakuni Buns. Erick also liked the buns since it was comparable with Asado Siopao which is his favorite.

Karaage and Kakuni Buns

Ramen Bar

We also ordered their Tempura Fried Ice Cream. This was not included in the Food Adventure Passport. The dessert looks really good on the menu so we went ahead and ordered. We were not disappointed! The vanilla ice cream was wrapped inside the flour and fried until it became golden brown. Yum!

Tempura Fried Ice Cream

Weeeeeeee

Our next food in the list was Red Crab’s Butter Ginger Crab Claws. We had a hefty serving of crab claws which got us excited. Satisfied!

Butter Ginger Crab Claws

The Red Crab

Pho Hoa’s fried spring rolls were served hot and soft which we loved. But I would rate their service 5 out of 10 because it was really poor. We waited 30 minutes for just three small pieces of spring rolls. We also ordered Thai iced tea (which wasn’t included in the food passport) from My Thai. It shares an adjoining room with Pho Hoa. I guess the two restaurants have the same owner.

Vietnamese fried spring rolls

Addicted to Thai iced tea

And for dessert we tried YoSwirls this time, I had Mango Yoghurt while Erick had the Vanilla Chocolate.

Mango Yoghurt

YoSwirls

Finally, we finished all the bestsellers of the Food Adventure Tour. It was a great and unique experience for foodie lovers like us. It gave us a hindsight on which restaurants serve the best food, has a great service, and value for the money in Venice Piazza.

So, has anyone tried the Food Adventure Tour? Share your thoughts :)

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!