Persia Grill and Banoffee during lunch out...

Lets take a break from my usual culinary school stories... I just wanted to share my experience in Persian Grill and Banoffee in Makati...

Persia Grill
Having a friend at the office who loves Persian dishes we tried out the little Persian restaurant called  Persia Grill along Valero St. Makati. The restaurant itself was cute and has its little Persian flair. I have ordered Baba Ganoush (Freshly roasted eggplant with garlic, tahini, fresh lemon and olive oil and pita bread) for starters and Chelo Kebab Kobideh (charbroiled ground beef prepared with Persian spices, fresh grilled tomato and steamed cooked long grain rice.) Overall the food was good and we had our fill. We used up a lot of the garlic sauce and hot sauces by the way.

Would I recommend it to a friend? Well its a so-so for me as I would probably recommend Cafe Medeteranian or Cyma instead. Also my friend swears that we should try Mr. Kabab next time.

Banapple
I have learned of Banapple from another office friend who brought assorted slices of Banapple's pies and cakes in the office. I really love their cakes and boy was I glad that they opened up a branch in Ayala Triangle. But contrary to their best selling banoffe pie, my favorite is the old fashioned chocolate cake. Recently I tried their holiday offering called "Banana starry-berry custard cheesecake" the cake is worthy of its tongue twisting name. Its a perfect balance of the sweetness of banana and custard with the tartness of the berries and cream cheese. Banapple also offers dishes such as hickory baby back ribs and baked fish to name a few.

Would I recommend it to a friend? Yes I will. I already visited Banapple 3x this week, if that is not proof enough of how good they are... too bad for my diet though.