Carbone NYC in Manila Dinner by Chef Alec Santos

We were so happy when we found out Chef Alec was in town and that he was going to cook for us!!!!! He used to work in the Lincoln and then in Carbone which was his latest stint. We dined in Carbone last August and that was where we met Alec and we had a most memorable meal ever!! And imagine Carbone came to us this time! 🙂

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He is so organised!

Fresh pasta made from scratch!!! This is the agnoloti

Beautiful music in the background by the Manila String Machine

Website: Manila String Machine

We made it a birthday celebration for James 🙂 What better way than with the best of friends – Marco, Jose and Steve

with the lovely wives, Jackie, Carmina and Kai. Thanks Carmina for organising all of this

Amazing Canapes – Umami bomb, Urchin Crudo, Milled carrot with micro greens daikon cress, Lincoln Pate and Steak tartare with quail egg

Mushroom Arancini – Rice balls coated in breadcrumbs

Wine brought by Steve and Lindy from the winery of Sevrine Miailhe

Salmon, potato, egg, sauce gribiche and asparagus

Then we moved to the dining table

We had a guessing game to guess the names of the initials to find your seat 🙂

Sanma and pickled raddishes

Chef Alec at work making the Uni and Aligui Spaghetti

with the assistants – Chef Javs and the Charming Crazy Cook Carmina 🙂

I could eat this all! 🙂 This was my favourite among the three pastas though all were very good!! Sweet potato agnolotti with cashew nuts and queso de bola. I snuck into the kitchen and asked Chef Alec for more queso de bola 🙂

Pasta ni Tomas – Truffle infused tagliatelle ( which Chef Alec made fresh) with liver and giblets

Chicken leg confit with side of polenta! YUM!!!

especially the polenta!

We had many desserts!! Buckies by Migs Vargas who apparently is a childhood friend of Chef Alec, Yulo Cheesecake brought by Marco and Jackie, Chocolate chill pie by Jose Osvaldo all the way from Davao!