Monday, October 31, 2011

F Restaurant at Best Western Premier F1 Hotel

World renowned hotel operator Best Western International Hotel opened up the country's first luxury hotel, Best Western Premier F1 Hotel, located that is located at the Bonifacio Global City. I know there'd be more hotels to come in the area in the coming years as Shangrila and Hyatt Hotel groups are tenaciously laying groundworks for their spots in the area.


Last Sunday, I took my lunch at the Best Western Premier F1 Hotel, a franchise of the Best Western International(BWI) hotel group based in Arizona. The name of the restaurant is F(seemed like they didn't put up much effort in naming the place). And being a franchise, I'm guessing this is where the F stands for as a coded nomenclature, not the F1 Ferrari, and more assertively, not the F calisthenics that you have been thinking on low-grade motel-types.


Or perhaps it stands for Food, and there are the Fine ensemble:


Some main entrees include Tequila Prawn, Sweet and Sour Pork, Orange Lemon Chicken, Jamon Serrano, and Braised Ox Tripe with Chorizo Bilbao.


Mixed Seafood Au Gratin, Roasted Capsicums Cannelini Beans with Crisp Panchetta, Herbed Fried Potatoes, Buttered Broccoli, Salt and Pepper Squid, Beef with Mushroom and Red Wine, and Spicy Salmon with caramelized onion, and Tanguige Brochette.


Their salad section includes mixed greens, Japanese sushi, sashimi and maki, different salami types, salad dressings, and a mixture of fresh fruits.


Aside form the pasta section where you can ask the chef to whip up pasta for you, they have noodles section too, where noodles are prepared according to your liking, and to complement it, they have dimsums too.


When I was a kid, I am only aware of a cheddar cheese and ball of Edam(we fondly call balls of Adam, a classmate of mine told me that Adam grew balls that big after eating the primordial apple), which we consume even without bread. Now as I started to broaden my culinary experiences, I noticed that there were far more than that. There's Camembert, Gouda, Bleu Cheese, Emmental, Brie mong other. You can complement these variant of cheese types with a different variety of breads, Whole Wheat, Multigrain, Broiche Twist, French Baguette, and Sourdough.


Their dessert section includes a Mud Cake Caramel, Blueberry Cheesecake, Creme Caramel, Tres Leches, Black Forrest, Choco Indulgence and a Chocolate fountain. They have a crepe section too where you can ask the chef to prep one for you. Or conclude it with an ice cream, Bitter Sweet, Double Dutch, Vanilla, Pistachio.


And my favorite, Roast Suckling Pig, so tasty, it has the right amount of saltiness to propel my appetite.


And my nirvana favorite, my favorite amongst all favorites, a US Beef Angus Steak.


They surely pass my buffet definition for having a lamb(although a Lamb Chop is what I have been expecting, a Lamb Patty with Rosemary Au Jus is just fine) and an Angus steak.


So let's see what I have been eating, I had a Roast Suckling Pig, a salad of my version that contains hard boiled egg, balsamic vinaigrette, bacon strips, and orange fruit. I picked up raw oyster and shrimp at the salad section, and have the chef baked them for me.


And after devouring lots of Tequila Prawns, I concluded my meal with crepe, fruits, and ice cream.


You can stay at the pool area while cooling down your gastric accelerometer or...


Just stay at the outdoor canopy where you can take your tea while trying to establish a pace of another round.


The restaurant lobby is graced by monolithic circular designed seats in red and black napped finish, reminiscent to roller coaster tracks. To me it looks like "8" of some sort, perhaps either a hotel brand insignia or an indicator of their buffet price range, Php888. :)

8 comments:

  1. sounds amazing! thanks for sharing =) i will definitely check this out =)

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  2. @Diane: yeah, you should. i commend the staff for being so warm and thorough too. they don't wait for you to ask for anything, they come up to you and ask what you want. the guys doing the roasted crackling pork, US Angus Steak, and Jamon Serrano didn't stay in one corner. they move around and ask the customers if they want to try it out.

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  3. O sya, ikaw na ang king of buffets...

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  4. @Peach: hahahaha.... pero mahirap maghanap ng buffet na matino.

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  5. Thank you so much for sharing this. I saw an Ensogo deal for F Restaurant and I was hesitant to buy because there weren't many reviews available. Good thing I stumbled upon your blog :) Will now be buying some vouchers. Hope our dining experience will be as great as yours.

    Followed your blog btw. Hope you can check mine if you have some time. http://thepurpledoll.net

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  6. @Sumi: the good about them aside from their impeccable brand of service is that they always prepare the food thoroughly. yeah, and i think they should because their General Manager always rounds up the place to check the hotel guests and diner's experience. Such a hands on GM.

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  7. hi, your blog is really helpful :) would like to ask, if you don't mind, what buffet resto you could recommend me that serves nice wagyu beef? thank you :) -m

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  8. @Anonymous: buffet that serves Wagyu? most buffets only serve sirloin because they can't keep up a certain price ceiling if they do.

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