It takes a special kind of place to make us go on a carbo-loading binge on pizza and pasta. Gino's Brick Oven Pizza is one of those places.
We've been to their Salcedo branch before so for this visit, we decided to go to their Serendra one. With almost the same interiors but with more comfortable booths and shorter waiting time (since they accept reservations), it was a great start to our evening.
Browsing through their menu is actually a pretense; we already have our favorites. For this particular dinner though since we were a party of four, we left the additional pasta and pizza choices to the other guests.
It was unanimous; everyone was in the mood for Burrata.
Trying to at least keep it healthy, we got the Burrata Caprese (Php 405). A dish, no matter how simple, when served with the freshest ingredients will always be a hit. The luscious cherry tomatoes plus the herb-y flavor of the basil worked really well with the burrata and pesto. This was easily polished off by everyone.
Pictured is their Salted Egg Pasta (Php 225), our go-to pasta staple whenever we're at Gino's. The fettuccine noodles were well-coated with the salted egg mixed with cream and then topped with bacon bits and Parmesan cheese. The salted egg flavor is subtle, it neither overpowers nor underwhelms. I was actually looking for the added saltiness by the bacon but that was sorely missing. To make it a cheesier dish, ask for more Parmesan cheese.
Lemon Mushroom (Php 335) was the other pasta dish of the night. Fettuccine noodles coated with cream then mixed in with thinly sliced fresh mushrooms topped with parmesan cheese. It's the lemon that brightens up the flavors of this dish so don't forget to squeeze in some.
And now for our favorite Gino's pizza, here's the SMEGG (Php 475) or Sausage, Mushroom, Egg, Gouda and Cream. We requested to have the egg cooked through so instead of biting into slices with rich runny yolk, this had a drier texture. You can still see the brick oven goodness, especially on the crispy crust. Folding the slice sideways is still advised (Neapolitan style); it's too big to bite if you don't. Gino's chili honey is still the star of the show; don't forget to pour some on.
And we also got an order of their Four Cheese Pizza (Php 375). This is a medley of mozzarella, ricotta, blue cheese and parmesan cheeses drowned in tomato sauce. The presence of the tomato sauce tames the saltiness usually brought about by the cheeses so this actually a milder type of 4-cheese pizza. You can eat it as is (it's already pretty tasty), but I prefer a little bite of heat courtesy of Gino's chili honey.
It's good to know that one of our favorite pizza and pasta place still serves up consistently good dishes. We now have a new addition on our order list (I'm talking about you Burrata Caprese).
We ended our dinner on a sweet note. Grandma's Chocolate Cake by Purple Oven (Php 680) still brings the same yummy dark chocolate high as always.
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Gino's Brick Oven Pizza, Serendra
G/F Serendra, Bonifacio Global City,
Taguig City, Philippines
(0915) 3459509
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