Salted Egg Ice Cream and other culinary treats at Mabuhay Palace, Manila Hotel

If you're looking for fine-dining Chinese food, the city of Manila is the place to go.
And inside the century old Manila Hotel is their reinvented Chinese restaurant, Mabuhay Palace.

The boring and expected Cantonese cuisine has found a home where culinary twists offer to tickle your taste buds and senses. Pity I was not able to take a picture of their appetizer - crunchy wonton chips drizzled with a bit of honey. The sweet and salty taste reminded me of those popcorn you can buy in the mall. 

Interiors-wise, the place is tasteful and elegant. The food is also a revelation.
Kudos to the Manila Hotel team for reinventing themselves.
Look at their take on some classic and new dishes.

Spinach Beancurd with Bailing and Golden Mushroom

 I was surprised that they make their own tofu or bean curd. The result was silky soft, "eggy" tofu that melts in your mouth. Delicious!
  

Pan Fried Chilean Sea Bass in Light Soy Sauce

Fried Frog Legs

 

Best with rice: Spicy Minced Pork with  Eggplant

I like how they presented the long life prawns. The prawn is huge and tender and the gentle breading looked like an edible birds's nest. This came with a trip of dips - wasabi mayo, plus two more.

The Long Life Prawns are huge

Then came the crowning glory of our meal - the dessert
The Salted Egg Yolk with Black Sesame Ice cream may look like a standard scoop
of Cookies 'n Cream but if you look closer there are small specks of salted egg.
As you dig deeper, the whole salted egg yolk is inside like a buried treasure.
Now this is a dessert that will give you a high.. a cholesterol high but hey, you have to enjoy yourselves sometime. I did.

The restaurant currently has a tieup with BDO Credit cards giving you a whopping  40% off.
Now's the best time to savor this treat.

Salty Egg Yolk Ice Cream with Black Sesame