Don Henrico’s @ Festival Mall

Hall of Famer – Pizza Haven

Dec09

Lettuce Says,

Sunrise and I went to Festival Mall Alabang for some last minute Christmas shopping rush. And after much walking, searching and thankfully ended up buying all gifts for our loved ones, our aching feet led us to Don Henrico’s.

Don Henrico’s 10 inch Supreme Pizza (P280)

Clap clap clap! I’ve found the perfect pizza! (so far, for me)

Stringy mozzarella – check

Fresh Veggies – check check check (everything tasted fresh even the olives!)

Meaty Goodness – check

Crust – big check!

Why big check for the crust? I’m not really into crusts of pizza because it’s really just bread for me, but this is just the right crust that I love!

Baked Ziti in Three Cheeses (P280)

We ordered baked ziti in share serving and here we go again, just like with the Angus Pizza of Sbarro, this is heavy! The pasta was baked to perfection with beef and mushroom. The mozzarella is still stringy (messy but fun!) when I ate it. I hope they would have potpourri herbs too in the future. The fresh garlic bread is so yummy as well.

Oven Baked Ribs with Fries and Buttered Corn and Carrots (P195)

We know that Don Henrico’s is known for their pizza and pasta, so it’s a gamble for us to have tried this. The meat is too dry, stringy, and bland for me but the barbeque sauce is an instant hit.

We are so wickedly full by finding another Hall of Famer and found ourselves eating half of the pizza when we got home and still saying ahh uhmm yumyum...

Sunrise Says,

When the plate of baked ziti arrived at our table I was already hungry, but the eyes always eats first.  I was looking for some color, yet it was served plain and straightforward that the chopped green basils are noticeably few. It was overwhelming in meat and mushroom though, and for a fact that I love cheese, it was already a feast for me. I kept on craving for more herbs to add flavor to it, but O.K., they served it with good garlic bread. It’s a heavy meal.

A common Filipino would order a cup of rice with an entrée but good thing I did not order one for this Oven Baked Ribs with Fries and Buttered Corn and Carrots. It was too bland and dry, but it was cooked well that you can easily cut through the stringy fibers of meat. I mean, how could I think of rice on this entry, it really won’t match at all! ;)

I know that you should always give options to your customers.  I know that because I have worked in a customer oriented environment, and if I was given that option on how this entrée should have been cooked, I would have it cooked with that sauce that was paired with it. It was a nice, flavorful sauce, which they can really boast of. Anyway, as for standards sake, maybe it was really meant to be served that way.

Hail to the fries and buttered corn and carrot! I hope they serve more, as a side. We’ll it was just a siding, but still, I hope they served more.

There are only few pizza makers in the Philippines that I know that serve excellent pizzas. Well, this one, is just exceptional! The flavor was like a mixed, cultured way of representing the Filipino-Italian taste.

It was like home baked straight from your mom’s oven, prepared with love and gusto. The vegetables were fresh and chunks of meat and mushroom were grand. Luckily, more cheesy surprise for me! On this pizza, complementing the crunchy texture of its crust, was that the tomato sauce and stringy mozzarella. Wow, pizza to perfection!  …and it was still perfect when we ate the leftovers at home.

Verdict - Hall of Famer – Pizza Haven


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Sbarro @ Festival Mall Alabang

Hall of Famer - Chicago Deep Dish – Angus Steak Pizza, Baked Ziti and Cheesecake with Tops.

Dec2009

Lettuce Says,
Sbarro is one of our all time favorites when it comes to pizza and pasta. We are like patrons. The good thing with this establishment is the high quality standard of food and service. Anywhere we went that has a Sbarro, the tastes of their food are almost exactly the same.

Chicago Deep Dish – Angus Steak Pizza
I ordered a slice of Angus Steak Pizza (P186) for my big man with big appetite. And boy was this heavy or what? Sunrise and I had a hard time emptying this plate! Long strips of beef keep on coming out and seems like there’s no tomorrow. It tastes like heaven turned beef and pepper.

Baked Ziti

Never did I dine at Sbarro without ordering this. A half serving of baked ziti with mozzarella (P96) in half white and half red sauce with freshly baked garlic bread sprinkled with my favorite Sbarro potpourri (chili flakes, oregano, parmesan, etc.) is the perfect dinner for my pasta-craving-days.

Cheesecake with Tops (P76)

I am not a fan of cheesecakes but I can’t help ordering this one that came oozing with blueberry, pineapple, and cherry syrupy toppings since it really looked yummy.  I’m surprised I almost practically loved this! The tops obviously came from canned preserves but the cheesecake has only a subtle taste that I need in order to like it. Great dessert to wash our sinfully palate because of that humongous steak pizza.

Sunrise Says,

I sing my praises to God, He who always blesses us with food on our table.
I glorify him with all his work and wonders.

This one of God’s many Gifts for me this December. This is His goodness.

I remember one commercial advertisement with cows going to heaven after their beef had been served in a meal?

I do believe that everything good goes to heaven and came from, and the beef with this goodness served awesomely with big chunk of angus stakes thinly striped and stuffed in a slice of pizza, oozing with cheese and fine tomatoes- red sauce, seasoned perfectly with herbs and pepper,  I was in heaven.

The Baked Ziti! I made it bold to put an impression to all of our reader s that we definitely recommend this meal. Line it up in your order and you’re on your way to the skies.

But in every blessing we get, May we humbled and says our thanks.

Washing it all off with a great finisher, bringing myself again to reality was this superb cheesecake. The color made it simply nice, but the taste of the cheesecake was really to be praised.

…and I say AMEN.

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