In-yo Fusion Cuisine
- November 4, 2007
- Rated 5 of 5 by
marseilles from Metro Manila, Philippines
In-yo is a house converted into a restaurant along Esteban Abada, parallel to the part of Katipunan Avenue fronting Ateneo. I'd passed by there several times before and had heard good reviews about it, but given that it's priced out of our normal everyday-fare range, I'd never stopped to eat there. Until last week.
The place is very nicely decorated, classy and cosy, but it's the food--fusion cusine--that you'll be writing home about. My husband was skeptical at first: "At these prices, the food had better be good," but he was definitely not disappointed, and the food in fact exceeded his expectations.
The prices are close to hotel prices: P1000 for the degustacion, and around P400 for an entree, but to be quite frank, the food was better than I'd eaten at many hotels. The pumpkin soup was the best I'd ever eaten, the halibut pasta was divine, and the lamb shanks made our eyes grow big with delight at the first bite.
Needless to say, we were raving about In-yo for days after, and we'll definitely be back.
In-yo is closed on Mondays.
From journal Manila, Gastronomical Wonderland