Resto review: Filos (at the Fort Strip)

[carlocaraddict]

I had dinner with my parents and family friends a while ago in Filos at the Fort Strip. They serve Filipino food with some twist. I enjoyed a lot and I want to share to you guys what we ordered and enjoyed:

Appetizer:

-Gambas with coconut milk (Recommended)
-Tuna Kilawin
-Fish Spring Roll

and the most unique of all:
-Balut Patte
Pureed balut blended with olive oil, selected herbs and spices. Spread it on to a crusty bread and you wouldnt imagine that it is a balut patte.

Salad:
-Mango Shrimp Veggie salad

Entree:
-Ana Marie Tinola rice (Recommended)
Rice cooked in Tinola broth with chicken breasts, carrots, green papaya and mushroom. Very delicious and heavy. I didnt ask for a 2nd serving because it is so heavy on the stomach.

-Pan Fried Tilapia (recommended)
Tilapia fillet topped with guava butter sauce. Served with rice and garnished with carrot sticks. Recommended for fish lovers.

-Carne Kalitiran (Highly recommended)
The owner's family recipe and it tastes like Lengua. It was cooked all the way from GuaGua, Pampanga (yes, it came all the way from Pampanga).

-Kare Kare
The usual Kare Kare with a different presentation.

Dessert:

-Mango Pinipig tart (highly recommended)
Merengue sandwiched with heavy cream, crushed mango and pinipig.

-Ube Palitaw
Palitaw with ube flavor. Freshly made.

-Decaden Chocolate Cake (highly recommended)
I couldnt describe the taste. All I can say is that it is "the best!"

-Dalandan Merengue
To sour for me.

-Turon with Kasoy
Turon with the usual banana and jackfruit; cashew nuts and chocolate syrup added.

-Turon Leche Flan (Highly Recommended)
Yes, leche flan wrapped in lumpia wrapper. It so delicious and creamy!

Nata De Penacota
-Nata de coco topped with gelly coconut milk.

Restaurant ambience is simple but elegant. Simple dark wood table lay out with woven basket-like seats. As for the price, it is a bit expensive but worth the price because of the large servings. I would recommend this restaurant and I want to dine there again. Great for family gathering and birthdays.

[scarab]

...hmmm, na-intriga ako dun sa turon leche flan ah. nice review.

[empy]

mango pinipig tart and turon leche flan...sounds :drool:

[Ungas]

...Carne Kalitiran (Highly recommended)
The owner's family recipe and it tastes like Lengua. It was cooked all the way from GuaGua, Pampanga (yes, it came all the way from Pampanga)...

If it was cooked that way, would'nt the dish be too overdone? May kalayuan yung Gua-gua to Manila, baka matusta yung luto sa layo ng byahe.

[j_avonni]

Ginutom ako. I'm a fan of Filipino dishes. I'd try them soon.

[GlennSter]

di nang iimbita si carlo oh

[carlocaraddict]

The name "Filos" was derived from the Greek word "Phylos" which means "friend". The owner thought of turning it to a Filipino sounding word (all the while I thought its the Pilo restaurant) and she thought of changing the spelling. She wanted to use the original word but people might thought its going to be a Greek resto. She told us that the restuarant layout was trimmed down to simplicity to so that customers will not think that it is a super dooper expensive restaurant. Btw, they just opened two months ago and also they will explain how the dish was cooked and its history.

[falken]

Ginugutom na naman ako.

[pissword]

saan naman yan sa fort? hehe madalas ako sa ZHONG and TRIO lang kasi eh.. d ko na alam anu pa ang ibang andun

[carlocaraddict]

tapat ng Go Nuts yung Filos, tabi ng ice cream bar.