Club Punta Fuego: A Heavenly Food Trip Indeed!

LUNCH @ IL JARDINETO

After the pastry tasting, we toured the Club again for awhile and eventually went down the Lower Beach, where another restaurant is located – the paradise known as Il Jardineto. Here, you will get to taste another international flavor of Punta Fuego and enjoy some of the best Italian dishes by the pool along with the warm ocean breeze.

Our lunch set menu was filled with popular Italians pastas and pizzas, and just by seeing the names of the dishes on the menu, my mouth literally salivated.

APPETIZERS and ENTREE: Caesar Salad, Bruchetta with tomato and anchovies, Tomato Mozarella and Pizza Margarita

Before we got to our six-dish European entree, we were treated to healthy servings of salads and pizzas. Whew! My stomach already felt heavy after eating these delizioso antipastos! What more when the entrees were finally served? Dunn dun dun dun!

ENTREES: (from top left to right)Gnocchi Al Pesto, Penne Puttanesca, Risotto Gambereto; (from bottom left to right) Spinach Ravioli, Fettucini Il Jardineto, Beef Cannelloni

NOM NOM NOM NOM NOM NOM – six NOM’s for six molto delizioso pasta of Il Jardineto! All served at once! We were left speechless when all of these were presented to us, telling our stomachs to prepare for pasta overload – a delightful kind of Italian overload.

Gnocchi Al Pesto- Gnocchi is known within conoisseurs as a form of “small dumpling” often made with potatoes,and egg mixed into a dough, formed, rested, and boiled.

Penne Puttanesca- A popular dish with a sauce that is usually made from tomatoes, black olives, capers, anchovies, onions, garlic, and herbs, the sauce literally translates as “in the style of the whore”. Oh….

Risotto Gambereto- It’s a harmonious combination of shrimp and sticky rice resulting into a richly-flavored dish. It’s a bit ‘nakakauumay’, but nonetheless ‘sarap til you drop’.

Spinach Ravioli- Looking like a semi-buko pandan, semi-kakanin, this popular pasta recipe always provides people a pleasant surprise because of the meat, cheese and vegetables enveloped in its raviolis.

Their signature pasta, the Fettucini Il Jardineto

Beef Cannelloni- Placed in a shallow bowl, I specifically enjoyed this one because of its beefiness and cheesiness all combined into one great dish. 🙂

DESSERT: Gelato Tartufino

The Gelato Tartufino was the heavenly delight that ultimately ended our food trip at Club Punta Fuego. This puny ball of chocolate ‘gelato’ slowly melts in one’s mouth, leaving you wanting more of that decadent goodness. My goodness…

To give you an idea of how much you need to bring when visiting Il Jardineto, here’s their menu.

Well, there you go! Now that you have a glimpse of what the lush Club Punta Fuego has to offer When In Manila, you should definitely indulge in a heavenly food trip whilst there.

Photos by: Jielene Libunao and Derick Flores