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i love your blog,ma’am. i’m a longtime lurker but i follow you foodie recommendations.

Apt 1B has their own version of samosas. They are enveloped in a light, flaky crust similar to that of a croissant or a strudel. The mushroom, cheese and spinach inside has a creamy-quiche -like consistency.

We also always end up ordering the grilled porkchops. It comes with the skin cut off, with sides of lightly buttered vegetables that are for eating and not just for display, homemade apple sauce and a potato with corn and cheese gratin.

Their pasta wtih clams and garlic was not good at all. Blech. It was too oily, salty and too garlicky.

Their must-try dessert is definitely the white Toblerone cheesecake. But only with the raspberry reduction on the side. As I had told you, I am not a die-hard fan of chocolates.

However, if you like caramel and chocolate, try their oreo woth chocolate and caramel ice cream dessert. Brian liked it.

You had asked me which restaurants we keep going back to. Well, in relation to this post abotu Italian food, we (Brian and I) keep going back to Cafe Caruso and L’Incontro, both are in Reposo (now, N. Garcia), Makati.

We go to Cafe Caruso more often, though. We always look for “the ultimate” carpaccio, panna cotta, pizza, sangria, etc.

So far, they have the best panna cotta EVER, their carpaccio is well-balanced, their sangria (red) almost as good as that of Chef Ed.

We usually order:

Carpaccio
Osso Bucco on a bed of risotto al funghi (by my special request)
Red Sangria
this baked fish Brian gets that is SO juicy and flavorful
Panna Cotta

last time, though, they gave us a free slice of their Tiramisu, which was actually pretty good!

You’ll know that Cafe Caruso serves authentic Italian cuisine because they have always had regular Italian expats go there. Some even go there regularly and play bridge!

So, try it!