Just last week, I have been invited to a food and drink event for Bloggers at River Park. The so called River Park is the newest attraction and part of the initial upgrading and re-branding of Festival Supermall in
Alabang, Muntinlupa City which began in 2013. One of the highlights of River Park is the natural river flowing on the area that enhanced by luscious green landscaping. The said expansion is also set to offer distinct dining concepts from cafe to casual dining options.
That's why I was not surprised why restaurant like
Market Basket picked this place to establish their business. Imagine enjoying great food with nice ambiance. Perfect it is!
How to get there?From Coastal Terminal, you can take a bus going to Alabang. Bus having a signboard of Starmall - Alabang and SM Southmall will passed through Festival Supermall. Just inform the bus conductor to drop you at Festival Mall. If you are from Taguig, there is a bus terminal in Market! Market! going to Alabang. Fare is about 40 pesos. Alight at Starmall, Alabang, take a jeep going to Festival Mall. The jeepney ride is about 5-10 minutes and costs 8 pesos. River Park is on the right side of the mall. From there, Market Basket is just easy to locate.
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Market Basket from the outside
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Market Basket is lead by Mr. Larry Cortez - whom a Serial Restaurateur, President & Co-Owner of Chefs' Quarter Group (which include Chefs’ Quarter Restaurant, Beurre Blanc Restaurant and Wine Bar, Old Vine Grille, Kuse Traditional Filipino Cuisine, Uncle Cheffy’s Brick Oven Global Cuisine, The Bellagio and more). With that notion, food being serve at Market Basket is guaranteed delicious and appetizing!
The concept of Market Basket is "paluto" as they call themselves a Modern-Day Dampa. When you say "Paluto", customer has the control on what kind of cooking or dressing should be done on his or her food. Market Basket illustrate it into four easy steps:
- Choose your Seafood (or Meat) - you'll be amaze on the varieties of seafood and meats available on their chalkboard. Plus! They are guaranteed fresh.
- Weigh In - your choice of meat/seafood will be weigh in. This will give you an idea how much will you pay for your food. Well, it will be just an initial computation of your bill.
- Cooking Method - want your food to be steamed? Deep-fried? Grilled? Or maybe Boiled? Your choice.
- Choice of sauce - are you into spicy? sweet? or maybe you want to try the oriental sauce?
Sounds great way to have your food trip? Well, it also tastes great! I guess I already talked too much. Now, just simply refer on the photos below of what they served to us during the bloggers' night. This might also give you an idea on what to order when you visit Market Basket yourself.
Entrée / Appetizers
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| Salad! Pure Vegie? or mixed it with fruits? |
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| Stuffed Crab with vegetables side dish |
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| Lechon Kawali Sisig (very recommendable) and Tuna Belly soup (forgot its name) |
Main Course
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| Also forgot its name (my bad) but this is really, i mean really tastes great! |
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| Pasta with meat strips and crab fat (left) and Lamp meat with Oriental Sauce (right) |
Desserts (Yum!)
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| Best macaroon I've tasted so far (I believe they used Nutella as its filling) and Sapin-Sapin (right photo) |
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Blueberry Cheese Cake and Nilupak Roulade (very pinoy! and my favorite)
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Overall, it was a night of full of fun and foodgasm. That was definitely not my last time to dine in Market Basket. This restaurant is really promising in terms of the next dining destination and will surely be a hit to food trippers. I recommend you all to visit them and experience Dampa or "paluto" in a modern-day way!
Market BasketUnit C3 River Park Festival Supermall
Alabang, Muntinlupa City
For inquiries, call: (02) 845 10 73
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