Love in Masseto

It had been a very long while since I last posted. I have been very busy with my work, relationship, friends and family that I could not find the time to write until now. This blog should have been posted last February 2011, specifically on Valentines Day..but what the hell..I'll just post it anyway to give you guys a thumbs up on my Valentine's experience at Masseto.


Dominic and I have been planning on spending Valentine's 2011 at a fancy restaurant for months now. Last Valentine's, he surprised me with a Valentine's dinner and cruise date along Manila Bay. I find it very romantic and cheesy but I loved every bit of cheesiness in it. This year, our mind was set in dining somewhere hidden and not known to many which is why we chose Masseto. Masseto is located at Valero St. Salcedo Village, Makati. Believe me when I say hidden because it took us an hour and a half just to find the place! All you will see is a crimson letter M sealed on the ground floor of the building. We almost got into a fight because of all the directions we made wrong. When we got there, I find the ambiance romantic and expensive which made us anxious. The waiter courteously brought us to our reserved seats. When she handed out the menu, Dominic and I were startled to find out that the menu has changed. This time, it was a Valentine's set full course meal which drove our dinner over his budget! He spend around 4k++ inclusive of tax and service charge. You see, our plan is to dine their but have our dessert at Chocolate Fire but because of the full course meal we have know choice but to burn his pocket here, we just hope that it's worth every penny.

So here it goes..

For starters, the waiter served us with bread and butter while waiting for the appetizers. The bread was good but nothing out of the ordinary.

Then momentarily, our appetizers were served. For Dominic, he had mixed greens, cambozola, pears and pistachios. He loved it. I had a bit of  those and I also loved it! Especially the cheese. yummy!=)

For me, I had the goat cheese ravioli with mushroom. It was also good but I love his appetizer better=)

Before the main course was served, the waiter served us with a complimentary strawberry sorbet. The only thing that's wrong here is that it was too small..=( It would have been delicious!

Next came our main course, Dominic had the chicken with potato puree. The chicken was cooked to perfection. He loved it. For me, it was okay, again, nothing special.

For my main course I had the crispy duck leg with roasted potatoes. This for me was the best ever! I love every bit of it! This made it all worth it!=) Dominic was so jealous!hahaha >;) but of course I had to give him some because after all he was the one who's paying. lol=)

And for the grand finale, Dominic chose the chocolate hazelnut tart while I chose the strawberry pavlova. The desserts were just lovely!=)I can say that these made both of our dining experience uber special..=)

chocolate hazelnut tart

strawberry pavlova

Overall, I will rate our valentines experience at Masseto a 4 out of 5 stars. The dining experience was great, the ambiance was nice and the servers were very attentive. I would definitely recommend it for a great fancy couples date.=)