Greece is my current favorite country. I had an awesome time in Greece where we also welcomed the new year. I feel in love with the beautiful sights of seas, old buildings, funky alleys and pastel buildings. I had a great shopping adventure in Ermou Street. I love the gods the goddesses, and the Greek people (they seem friendly to tourists). I love the food so much that  I wouldn’t feel punished to eat salads 24/7. There is no restaurant that we tried that we didn’t like. 

When we went back to Manila, I sorely missed the generous servings of salads in the restaurants. There are only a few good Mediterranean restaurants in Manila. Down South of Metro Manila, there is a new Modern Euroasian Cuisine Restaurant that reflects  the  Mediterranean  flavors of  Greek,  Italian,  and  Spanish cuisines and localized  the  taste  to  create  a  new  flavor. Welcome to Akrotiri. 

Akrotiri is located in Commercenter Alabang. 

If you are coming from Manila or any point in Manila, you can take the P2P Bus from Greenbelt 1 to Alabang Town Center. From the drop off point, t is a 14-minute walk per google maps. 

We got to try some of Akrotiri’sbest-sellers (there are a lot in the menu!) – but we are saving the rest of the good food for our next visit (nevermind that it is located n Alabang). 

Note that the food photos below are taken from the VIP Night. Actual plate and sizing may be different. 

We had a pleasure to meet the General Manager of Akrotiri, David Jones who pleasantly offered and mixed a house specialty cocktail for me – 

Gin and Tonic with Chili Peppers (why not?)

Cocktails with peppers? That sounds silly (sili)!

He said that the beauty (or demon?) of its drink is that if I drink it slowly, the flavors of chili would be strongly infused in the cocktail. 

It turned out to be really smooth to drink. It gives a little warmth inside though. But nothing to strong to make you feel tipsy (or maybe, I just have high tolerance to alcohol?). 

Always drink moderately.  

Toasting for the successful journey to the South of Manila with Rodel Flordeliz and Edward Santos

Truly,  Akritori is  a  unique  destination  that  delivers  an  exciting  culinary  experience  from different  coastal  food  cultures  all  over  the  world.