Look no further: here’s your dining bucket list for the month of November, with 12 limited menus from 12 of the metro’s finest restaurants, curated exclusively for Citi credit card holders
Clear out your calendars and ring up your fellow foodies—Dining Around the City kicks off this November 9, presenting diners with crave-worthy experiences you won’t want to miss. Presented by Citi and Tatler Dining, the unique dining initiative highlights 12 of the metro’s finest restaurants, each offering limited menus available exclusively to Citi credit cardholders.
From luxurious Wagyu creations to scrumptious French classics and elegant Chinese bites, these 12 exclusive menus are sure to delight, with a handful of off-menu dishes in store, too. Catch them while you can, available from November 9 to 29.
To avail of these curated Dining Around the City menus, simply call up the restaurants of your choice, make a booking, provide the first six numbers of your Citi credit card to confirm your reservation, and indulge.
1. Beso Beso
5-course menu
PHP 2,000 (+10% service charge)
Chips
Grilled eggplant butter, bread
Chorizo croqueta
Choice of
Huevos rotos, poached egg, chorizo, truffle espuma
or
Oyster aburi, gruyere, seaweed
Choice of
Spiced pumpkin puree, cashew, pear
or
Ensalada, goat cheese, candied walnut
Choice of
Salpicao, mushroom, multigrain rice
or
Salmon, chorizo butter, sweet potato
Cacao, caramelised pili, rum, ginger, coffee
Book your seats at Beso Beso via +63 917 179 2562.
2. Benjarong
5-course tasting menu
PHP 3,600 nett per person (24-hour notice is required)
Amuse
Pla samun prai
Fresh salmon, tom yam spice mayo, lime, chili, rice wrapper, kaffir lime, galangal
Soup
Khao griep pu ma prao on
Shrimp & crab butterfly pea dumpling, tom yum coconut crab broth, in coconut shell
Curry
Panaeng see krong kae
Rack of lamb, red curry, kaffir lime, coconut, rice noodles, basil
Main
Khao phad tom yum
Prawn, tom yum spice, nuts, jasmine rice
Dessert
I-tim durian thed
Soursop ice cream, coconut, mango, mint, butterfly pea flower
Book your seats at Benjarong via +63 2 7238 8888.
3. Chef Jessie Rockwell Club
Beef – PHP 3,995.00 (+ 10% per person)
Fish – PHP 3,295.00 (+ 10% per person)
Chef Jessie’s ciabatta bread, rolls, butter, and special dip
Garden on a plate
With honey-lime vinaigrette as inspired by chef Alain Passard
Clear essence of chicken with chiffonade of herbs
In coffee cups
Raspberry sorbet
Grilled prime Canadian beef fillet mignon
In Madeira sauce
or
Pan-fried fillet of Norwegian salmon
In calamansi beurre blanc sauce
Served with double-baked potato and sautéed vegetables in season
Mango tarte tatin
A la mode
Chef Jessie’s premium roast and your choice of teas
Book your seats at Chef Jessie Rockwell Club via +63 917 858 5466.
4. Gallery by Chele




4-course tasting menu
PHP 3,200 per person (+ 10% service charge)
Bites | Amuse Bouche
"The Journey"
Oyster omelette
Sabayon - Scallions - Cilantro
Camalig
Lobster - Coconut - Lemongrass
Laing tenderloin
Taro Leaves Puree - Chimichurri - Pastrami Rice
Amadeo
Liberica - Robusta - Excelsa
Petit four
Bibingka Cheesecake
Book your seats at Gallery by Chele via +63 917 546 1673.
5. Indus
PHP 1,700 nett
Welcome Cocktail
Mumbai’s julep or rose lassi
1st Course
Apricot and potato tikki
with sweet yogurt and tamarind chutney
2nd Course
Kabab trio: traditional chicken tikka, tandoori prawn with black pepper, and paneer Bhatti kabab
Served with dal makhani, jeera pulao, butter naan, and condiments
3rd Course
Kulfi ice cream with saffron and pistachio
Rose cardamom tea
Book your seats at Indus via +63 917 311 1297.
6. Lampara
3-course menu
PHP 2,600
Ulang
Aligue, coconut milk
Balbacua
Ox tail, black bean, banana
Corn milk
Panna cotta, corn mousse, feuilletine
Book your seats at Lampara via +63 917 173 5883.
7. Metronome
French Classics Special Set Menu
PHP 4,800 nett
Soupe á l’oignon
Caramelized onions, beef consommé, gruyere cheese, baguette, croutons
Tourte
Duck confit rillette, duck terrine, onion marmalade en croûte, juniper cassis sauce
Veal
Butter-roasted veal tenderloin, girolle mushrooms, truffle-mustard sauce
Chocolate soufflé
Michel Cluizel La Laguna 70% dark chocolate soufflé, Michel Cluizel La Laguna 70% dark chocolate ganache
Coffee or Tea
Book your seats at Metronome via +63 917 147 3776.
8. Raging Bull Chophouse & Bar
3-course menu
PHP 4,000 nett
Mini crab cake
Black garlic aioli, Granny smith apple celery salsa
Mushroom cappuccino
Mixed wild mushrooms, porcini foam, basil oil
Josper grilled Cape Grim tenderloin
Grass-fed from Tasmania, Australia, with pommery mashed potato, garlic confit, torched plum tomatoes, truffle jus
Smoked bourbon dark cherry ice cream
Almond snaps, vanilla crumble
Book your seats at Raging Bull Chophouse & Bar via +63 2 8820 0888.
9. Red Lantern




PHP 2488++ per person
Crispy Chinese doughnut
酥脆麻花
Appetizer
Beetroot barbecued puff
Shrimp dumpling with squid ink
Crystal mushroom truffle dumpling
甜菜叉烧酥,墨鱼鲜虾饺,黑松露水晶素菌饺
Main Course
Pan-fried USA scallop with truffle oyster sauce
Slow-cooked USDA Beef Tenderloin in Spicy Garlic Tomato Sauce
X.O sauce fried rice, diced vegetables
香煎带子配蚝油黑松露汁,X.O酱炒饭,秘酱烧牛柳
Dessert
Chilled Taro sago cream
Crispy Swan puff filled with papaya and custard past
天鹅酥配香芋西米露
Book your seats at Red Lantern via +63 2 8888 8888.
10. The Test Kitchen by Josh Boutwood




PHP 1,550
Appetiser
Duck prosciutto on toast
Salt-cured and dried French duck breast on sourdough loaf, pickled carrots & feta cheese
Main Course
Chicken truffle
Truffle stuffed chicken breast paired with celeriac puree and Jerusalem artichoke puree
or
Ricotta, prosciutto tortellini
Brown butter sauce
or
Pork carrot
Cola braised pork belly, kaffir lime carrot puree
Dessert
Honey cream
Decadent cooked cream paired with wild honey topped with honey comb caramel
Book your seats at The Test Kitchen via +63 977 288 5751.
11. Txoko Asador
3-course menu
PHP 1,800 per person
Aperitivos de Autor
Pan con tomate
Bread pillow, tomato foam, jamon serrano, and iberico oil
Boquerones
Black bread, anchovies, olives
Patatas bravas
Fried potatoes, salsa brava, and allioli
Ensalada
Soft shell crab salad
Mesclun, orange crema, red radish
Plato Principal
Secreto iberico x soccarat de verduras
Grilled secreto iberico, soccarat de verduras, allioli, red wine demi glace
Book your seats at Txoko Asdaor via +63 956 047 3224.
12. Wagyu Studio
3-course menu
PHP 6,000 (plus service charge and VAT)
Caviar nugget
Freshly fried homemade chicken nugget with a generous serving of Kaluga caviar on top
Chateaubriand sando
A half serving of our famous steak sandwich, using the most tender and most expensive part of the cow
Kobe don
Perfectly cooked steak on top of our Japanese rice
Book your seats at Wagyu Studio via +63 917 180 0657.
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