Revival of Il Ponticello

I am sure many of you know this place from 1998. It’s now been sold to a new owner and it’s been revived

Everything including the logo

the interiors is new and interior designed by one of the owners, Imee Magdaraog who apparently used to work for Rustan Home for awhile. No wonder it’s beautiful

One of the owners, Steve Magdaraog. He told me that he was in the Information Technology ( IT ) field and he wanted to do something different for a change. He studied culinary in ISCAHM and now owning and running his very own restaurant

Il Ponti was known for their night time bar and entertainment. According to Steve, they are still polishing this for now but they have a beautiful bar lounge which can be used for private events as well

Run by a true Italian from Genoa ( the home of pesto 🙂 ) , Giulio Gongarini, Restaurant manager. He recently came from Finestra of Solaire and now opened Il Ponticello

The talents behind the wonderful food!! Chef Panky Lopez, Executive Chef and Chef Frankie Patricio, Chef De Partie who trained in Italy for 3 years

We had a nice lunch with my friends Alexis and Bambi Javelosa together with Bambi’s brother, Ren-Ren Oscar Reyes Jr, General Manager of L’Oreal Philippines Consumer Products

We have been twice already in a span of one week and enjoyed all the dishes we had. Truly delicious and good quality Italian food!

Mixed antipasti

Grilled Portobello Alla Griglia – YUM!

Gnocchi Gorgonzola – YUM!

The pizza is amazing!!

Rotolo

Main dishes

Herbed Crusted Rack of Lamb – Yum!

Poached Chilean Seabass

There are three desserts and they are all very good!! They have a pastry chef,

Vesuvius Bodino Al Cioccolato

oozing chocolate sauce just like Mt Vesuvius 🙂

Cheesecake Panna Cotta – it’s not just a flavour, there’s real yummy cheesecake with it

Tiramisu – YUM! Very moist and very yummy!!!

Nutellino! YUM!! Nutella with Vodka. I don’t drink, but I can drink these type

We were there for lunch time and it was jam packed!! Many diners are office people around the area and they availed of the Executive lunch which is good value for money and very good