16 Mar Restaurant Damaso – New Menu Items and Still with the Real Deal When It Comes to Delicious Taste with Good Prices
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Restaurant Damaso is a home-grown and conceptualized Asian-Fusion cuisine restaurant that opened at the corner of Pabayo and T. Chaves Streets, on the ground floor of Casa Crystalla. This neighborhood Parisian-industrial-minimalist concept diner is owned by Chino, Jonathan, and Katrina Mempin who also brought you Chino’s Deli at the Ayala Centrio Mall.
In spite of only opening in September of last year and being less than a year old, the siblings are always trying to find new menu lineups and new cuisines to add to their already deliciously burgeoning delectable.
And so, last March 10, Team aboutcagayandeoro.com with other culinary bloggers and a culinary team from Urban Life Gold Star Daily.
Seasonal Fruit Vegetable Salad
To start things, they first served the Seasonal Fruit Vegetable Salad (Cous Cous Passion Fruit). It’s called “seasonal” because it contains whatever is “in season” for that particular month or period. What adds to its delightful taste are the granular Cous Cous that is an alternative to pasta in Middle Eastern and North African countries. It’s not too sweet and yet not too twangy and even makes for a great alternative appetizer for salad lovers.
Uni Pasta
Next, the Uni Seaweed Spaghetti Carbonara uses seaweed instead of traditional pasta. Honestly? You won’t really know the difference although what might come into mind is a sort of noodle-like Carbonara because of the softness. But it’s a good sort of soft and not soggy like commercial noodles. And the taste is absolutely divine that even the sea god Neptune would greatly appreciate.
Calamari
Calamari in Black Ink Mayo is large squid slices deep fried and with the squid’s very own black ink used to make a mayo dip. Unlike most commercial calamares dishes that are mostly flour in content and taste, with this dish you get to savor the squid itself and the mayo dip is just absolutely tasteful.
Sizzling Pochero
Sizzling Pochero
The Sizzling Pochero (house gravy) is basically your beef Bulalo, but instead of being served in soup, it is brought in sizzling in its own Damaso house gravy which is a home recipe secret. It is definitely and enormously delicious and is served with its own fried rice, seasonal chips, dressed salad, and roasted vegetables.
Honey Bacon Steak
The Honey Bacon Steak is sort of like eating a large bacon slice complete with the bacon-ny taste that you’re used to when you eat bacon for breakfast. But instead of the thin bacon slices, they serve it up steak-style. It has a unique delicious taste and is served with its own fried rice, seasonal chips, dressed salad, and roasted vegetables.
Smoked Chicken Legs
The Smoked Chicken Legs (wasabi aioli) features 3 deliciously cooked (and smoked) chicken drumsticks in wasabi aioli sauce and served with fried rice, seasonal chips, dressed salad, and roasted vegetables.
Bacon Cheese Burger
For a snack or even a full meal, you’ll be surprised at how filling the Bacon Cheese Burger can be. The beef burger patty alone is thick and served with equally thick slices of bacon mixed in very delicious burger sauce and mustard. If you’re really hungry you can probably finish the whole thing, but two people can easily share the burger equally halved.
Saging Mantikilya
For their new desserts, they served the Saging Mantikilya (coconut sorbet suha). It’s like your neighborhood saging mantikilya cooked the same way but this time served with coconut sorbet ice cream and drizzled with finely ground suha. It has a very uniquely delicious taste that can’t easily be described but definitely a must-try for those seeking new dessert fares.
Chino’s Breakfast
For their new breakfast fares, their bestseller is the Chino’s Breakfast that consists of smoked chorizo, beef tapa, tomato salad, vegetable rice, and double fried eggs. It’s an enormously delicious and filling start to the day.
Food! Glorious Food!
Here are more food photos for your viewing pleasure! They’re surely mouth-watering and will make you want to rush to Restaurant Damaso right now.
Monte Cristo Sandwich
Orange Salad
Huevos Rancheros
Grilled Pork Chop
Grilled Pork Chop and Smoked Chicken Legs
Function Room and Catering Offers
The interior of the restaurant has greatly improved with the addition of their function room with a capacity of up to 30 persons.
Prices for function room catering are negotiable starting at around P150 to P250 per person depending on whether it’s daytime or nighttime and on a per-plate or buffet basis. They also have external catering for events up to a maximum of 150 persons.
Restaurant Paintings
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The walls are now decorated with series paintings made by the Cagayan de Oro painter Meling Abuga-a. Below are other new paintings decorating the restaurant.
Brand New Menu
To know what other items are on Restaurant Damaso’s new menu, here are the lists:
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Recent Achievement
Just recently, Restaurant Damaso was awarded by Courage Asia as Cagayan de Oro’s New and Outstanding Dine Destination.
Contact Information
For inquiries or reservations for their function room or catering, you can reach them on 0917-6700225. You can ask for Katrina, Jonathan, or Chino.
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