June 18, 2008

It's fine

A tiny restaurant named Pino—Tagalog for 'fine'—opened near our house less than a year ago. I adore its interior—all the varied textures! Wood and chrome furniture, wicker and embroidery accents, and a black crystal chandelier (which is way too low for me—I keep hitting my head on it when we sit at the table in the photo) in a room painted all in white hung with small paintings in plain white frames and matting. Even the food is as multi-textured as the interior design. Imagine breaded fish fillet, but the batter is made of nori (dried seaweed). Imagine maki (rolled sushi), but instead of raw fish, it's stuffed with crunchy salmon skin. When you get to meet the owners and the chef, the experimentation and daring are not surprising. All of them are young (in their early twenties)! My husband and I both hope that the restaurant does well so they'll stay open and continue experimenting for a long time.

Pino restaurant in Diliman, Quezon City

5 comments:

Olivier said...

c'est bien un restaurant qui ose, et qui fait des nouvelles recettes, surtout si c'est très bon. cela donne envie.

it is a restaurant that dares, and making new recipes, especially if it is very good. it makes you want.

USelaine said...

Oooh! I like the sound of that nori idea for a crust. I'll have to think about that...

Cute place - you're lucky to have it close. 8^)

Layrayski said...

nice, nice. I like new restaurant review blogs hihi

Ming the Merciless said...

I was hoping to see some food photos. :-)

Hilda said...

I keep forgetting to take photos of the food! What a blogger I am. Once the conversation with friends begin, I completely forget about the camera in my bag. ;)