Back at The Brasserie La Boheme at the Picasso

  I am so happy to finally have a meal by Chef Dino Guingona!! We have been planning this for years! 🙂  It was worth the wait!  He’s not only a great chef, but he is also a great photographer.  Maybe one day we can feature that too 🙂  

Chef Dino is now the Executive Chef for Brasserie La Boheme.  He started out as a consultant which involves updating and standardising the menu, training the staff and just updating the restaurant overall.  He does this for a few restaurants and I keep telling him that he should just open his own restaurant 🙂  But for now, he is very busy with his culinary school, Moderne Culinaire Academy and the restaurants he is consulting for.  He told me that his passion is in teaching so for now that is what he is focusing on

The last time I was there was in 2010 so it has been 4 years!  And wow, the menu has changed a lot.  It was good back then and now the menu is even more extensive 

Brasserie La Boheme at the Picasso January 31, 2010 

They still have the prix fixe menu 

And wow, this poster right in front is irresistible.  How can you not come in and try the food here? 🙂  I still have to try this though, a good reason to come back!

Dining area

Then Dino introduced me to his Head Chef, Chef Michael Gemperle Figdor, who is apparently the cousin of a friend Stella Gemperle Aguila.   He grew up in Singapore and worked in Ireland in Gordon Ramsay at Powerscourt and in Hungary at the Bistro by the Lake and at the Ritz Carlton Beach Resort in Florida

As soon as we arrived we had two slushes – Sweet corn with cinnamon

And calamansi basil! YUM!!!  So refreshing and so good.  Even if you are just in the area by the Salcedo Market stop by here to try these refreshing drinks! 

 

 Wow! I have never eaten a bone marrow this way!!!  

There is a page in the menu called the House of Bone Marrow.  You can order is plain or you can choose toppings for an additional P 35.00 only!  

We tried the Balsamic Caviar

And the onion marmalade – Both were delicious!!  And the sidings – the grilled wagyu on cognac scented cream and shiitake cheddar crisps were great accompaniments aside from the baked baguette

Wasabi Parmesan crisps

Puttanesca

Adobo flakes

Salad Mesclun with foie gras

Seafood Ceviche

Chef Michael’s Steak D’Oro! One of his Signature dishes! YUM!!!

Swiss roll with kiwi marmalade

There’s so many other things on the menu, so many choices!!

We also met John who manages the Picasso hotel.  He is part of the Hospitality International Inc group that also manages other hotels including the The Henry in Cebu which I have heard a lot about.  The Picasso boutique hotel is not the number 4 rated hotel in trip advisor after the other 5 star hotels in the city.  So they must be doing a great job 🙂

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