amici deliziosi...

way way back in high school, i bought this italian-english dictionary...

just to teach myself a bit of italian... * i have this thing with foreign languages *

i just love how the c's and z's roll off your tounge...

eventhough i hardly used the language...

i have come to pick up some learn-worthy words...

among them are...

bello (beautiful), deliziosi (delicious), perfetto (perfect), buon giorno (good morning), buona sera (good evening) and grazie (thank you)...

the first three words can sum up my Amici experience...

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ive been brought up as a makati-boy...

pure-bred and never a faker * cough * cough *

and growin' up... ive always equated makati as the philippines answer to usa's new york...

anyway... its been 20+ years that ive lived here...

and it never ceases to amaze me how much i dont know about makati...

lately, the bru-brus (and some honorary bru bru girls) have been steadily creating a weekly
friday tradition of after-gym dinner...

call it an early-cheat to the weekend...

with them, i have discovered two great restos/eatery...

one is petra and pillar (just behind makati med, an alley's trhrow-away from pasong tamo)...

and the most most recent, amici...

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going into amici, one would never expect such delicacies...

yes, the ambiance wasnt as 'italian' as i would expected it to be...

but it had a homey-feel to it (the feeling you get when you eat at your old schools canteen... well ehrm, considering that you studied in csa or in some other private private school) and i liked it...

though with such great dishes, the place could use some sprucing up...

the first thing that caught my attention was the 'gallery display' of their gelato (ice cream)...

the mere sight of ice-cream made me forget about my diet... * yum * yum *

so fast forward a bit...

got around to order the maccheroni al gorgonzola as my main dish, a cup of strawberry supreme gelato as my first dessert and a serving of profiterole (everything for Php 350.00)

considering that i had chips in the morning, burgers and fries in the afternoon and that for dinner...

i had already gone way way way way ... way way beyond my self-restricted allowable daily food intake...

but i just didnt care...

with good company and good food...

diet seemed to not exist...

though it did get me to think that i needed to put-off my usual saturday cheat-fest and my rest day to off-set the amount of food that i ate...

* thinks *

then again... i do workout alot...

no need to worry...

ehrm... better be safe than sorry... .

* smiles * worries *

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i definitely cant wait to eat at amicis with my girls...

also, im already thinking of who to bring to amicis for a date...

ehrm, that sounded not right...

then again...

amicis is a diamond in a rough...

it can, imo, can compete with the other (faker) italian restos in the metro...

i wonder why they havent taken this thing on a much larger scale...

well anyways, its good that its not that commercialized yet...

its a secret that im willing to share...

just not to everyone...

yet...