Almost every occasion my sisters, who are working in Makati bring cakes and pastries
coming from Amici. I thought it was franchised Italian restaurant. Usually when
we would go out or on tour, if we couldn’t think of what to eat,
we would look for Italian restaurants. For me with Italian foods, I will not go
wrong. Don’t get me wrong I love any
different cuisines. It’s just when I couldn’t think of what to eat, I would
prefer Italian food instead. My sisters told me that Amici serves authentic Italian
food in an affordable prices or should I say a bit higher from the prices of
the fast food. Like last Valentine my sister gave a box of Lemon bar. I liked
the blend of sour and sweetness taste of it that I didn’t notice I almost finished half of it in one
sitting.
Two weeks ago our nephew was going to celebrate his 20th
birthday, so we decided to dine in Amici. We went to its branch in Venice
Piazza, Mc Kinley Hill Rd., Mc Kinely Hills, Taguig. As we waited for our food,
I read their humble beginning, got amazed how this restaurant started as a
cafeteria for the company workers of a printing press that eventually catered
to the students then open its door to public. Read in here how this restaurant got in the main stream of restaurants.
It was first called as Amici de Don Bosco which means Friends of Don bosco.
We ordered the Amici Group Meal Famiglia, it composed of Margherita,
Aglio Olio e Pepperoncino, Spaghetti alla Carbonara, Italian Sausage with 1
Pitcher of Iced Tea, Nocciola Blend, Choco Sans Rival and Pistaccio Almond Gelato
Shake. Then we took out a whole of Caramella Premia for the birthday celebrant,
who unfortunately missed the outing. LOL sorry for him.
For the most pop of all the food we ordered was the Pasta
Aglio Olio e Pepperoncino. I loved the taste of the garlic and oil in the tender
spaghetti noodles with ample parmesan
cheese and bits of anchovies. That made me look for a recipe on line to try it
in our house.
The spaghetti alla Carbonara has creamy taste. Italian food
is flavorful because of its huge amount of parmesan. That’s their secret to
make their food tasty.
I am not into sausage except if it’s in a bread. Although
in Amici it is served with steamed veggies that balance the taste of the meat
so its fine.
Margherita Pizza was fine, mozzarella with fresh basil
leaves. Love to eat pizza while hot.
Choco Sans Rival is an ice cream cake, flavored chocolate ice cream with
meringue wafer. And it was plated on a white plate with chocolate and jelly as
decoration.
Nocciola Blend a hazelnut
ice cream with chocolate flakes and
cherry on top bedded on lady finger cookies. It’s part of the affogato selection.
I was thinking the scoop of ice cream will be served with hot espresso like in
other Italian restaurants but in Amici the espresso served was not. For me this dessert is overpriced. Much better to try dessert
than this.
According to the waiter the best seller for gelato shake
is the Pistachio Almond Gelato Shake. It has a taste of creamy and nutty shake.
The tiny bits of the nuts make it flavorful.
Caramella Premia is a caramel flavored chiffon cake with
cashew nuts and caramel icing. The cake and icing are both were smooth, heavenly
spongy cake with nuts. We went home late because we watched a concert and this what the cake looked like, lol but the taste still the same.
Italian Food at
its best in Amici.
Amici
Mc Kinly Rd.
Mc Kinley Hills, Taguig.
555-1000
