Mesa Filipino Moderne

For our weekend New Year lunch, we decided to use our online discount voucher for a set meal good for four persons at Mesa Filipino Moderne. This includes Baked Scallops, Green Mango Salad, Sinigang na Hipon sa Guava, Laing 2 ways, Adobo flakes Rice, Boneless Crispy pata, and a “special dessert”.

Let me tell you about my favorite dishes in the set meal.

I thought their 12 Baked Scallops had cheese toppings like how baked oysters are commonly prepared. But after I tasted one, it turned out to be something else – and I loved it! The toppings seem to be made of toasted garlic and oil (butter maybe?). The scallops were easy to chew and the toppings added crunch and flavor. I’d go order this again even without the voucher discount.

Tender meat, crispy skin, and flavorful fatty goodness. That is what this Boneless Cripsy Pata is about. Definitely one of the best I have tasted.

Unlike usual sinigang which is characterized by strong sourness, their Sinigang na Hipon sa Guava was refreshing with a fruity sourness. The soup was tinted quite pinkish orange reminiscent of the color of guava flesh. Plump shrimps were also of the color orange. There was also pineapple in the soup accentuating the fruitiness.

Here are the other dishes included in the set:

Laing 2 ways

Okra 

Green mango salad

Adobo flakes rice

Turns out the “special dessert” is mango panna cotta, one of my favourite desserts. It was sweet and milky.

Overall, New Year lunch well spent at Mesa. It introduced us to a great Filipino restaurant. We were also able to save because of the online discount voucher.

Branch visited located at: 2nd flr, SM Megamall Atrium, Ortigas Center