La Cocina de Tita Moning
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La Cocina de Tita Moning

4.3

10 Reviews

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₱ 1,500 / Person

San Miguel

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La Cocina de Tita Moning Location

La Cocina de Tita Moning is located at 315 San Rafael Street, San Miguel, Manila. This is a Spanish restaurant near the San Miguel.The average price range at La Cocina de Tita Moning is around ₱ 1,500 / Person,and the opening hours are 8:00 - 18:00.La Cocina de Tita Moning is a well-known gourmet restaurant in the San Miguel area. There are different kinds of food in La Cocina de Tita Moning that are worth trying. If you have any questions,please contact +6327342146, +639175315203, +6327342141.

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La Cocina de Tita Moning Reviews

4.3

10 Reviews

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  • Alexis Sumadia Balane

    4.0

    Classic, sophisticated, and tasty. Love the old home and love their food. I felt like a Doña while dining in La Cocina. Dining experience starts with a tour of the old home. Service was spot on. You get to use the good old bell in calling the servers. We didn't use it though since it felt weird. Hahaha! All ingredients were fresh. It's definitely a must visit.

  • Rachmat Edho Soesanto Kairupan

    4.0

    The Legarda Mansion on San Rafael St in San Miguel marked the end of a museum tour I attended two weeks ago. The house is a beautiful relic of pre- and post-war Legarda family, filled with vintage furniture, charming dressing rooms and living rooms, as well as Dr Ramon Legarda's famous in-house clinic (I think he was an endoscopist) and his huge collection of ham radios, video, and photographic equipment. Suzette Montinola still heads the sit-down dinners in their living room, while outdoor functions are also held in the back. We sampled their pancit, chicken relleno with gravy, ginataang bilo-bilo (rice dumplings with taro, cassava, and sago in coconut cream), and a shot of beer.  The food was was well-seasoned and festive. Just like Casa Roces, it is a wonderful trip down memory lane.

  • Çağla Cuma Akın

    5.0

    I've been to this place twice now and each time, it didn't fail to awe me. Their dishes were prepared with a good balance of professionalism and hominess that you would expect from a house-turned-resto. The service and ambience were great. At the start, they gave us a tour of the manor and provided some history to give context and depth to the experience. The staff was really friendly, almost familial, in the way they regarded guests. Overall a special dining experience.

  • Fundadururr

    4.0

    What I love best about dining at San Miguel, Manila is the fact that most of the really good places to eat here are Spanish-themed. One of the more tasteful places to quench your thirst for Spanish cuisine is La Cocina de Tita Moning. It’s one of those homey places that transport you back into the 19th century. In fact, every time I come here, I feel a sense of nostalgia remembering how my grand aunt’s place looks like back in Tanjay. More than the ambience is the sumptuous food in all its savory goodness. Dive right into Classic Menu 3 and you’ll know how it feels like to die and go to Spanish cuisine heaven. Coming ot Tita Moning’s always feels like coming home to big fat family dinner.

  • Hanna Merliandra

    4.0

    Old Manila opulence combined with great-tasting food makes La Cocina de Tita Moning not just a restaurant but a dining experience.Upon arriving at the Legarda Mansion where La Cocina is located, mi amigas y yo were ushered at the sala and given complimentary drinks and pica-pica, in the same fashion one would receive guests in his home. The lemongrass iced tea was refreshing while the warm ladyfinger toasts loaded with their decadent queso de bola spread was truly appetizing that I even brought home a jar!After taking our orders, a guide gave us a tour of the mansion (which I’ll write about in a separate post). We found out that Tita Moning is actually Doña Ramona, the wife of Don Alejandro of the illustrious Legarda clan.After exploring the casa, we were seated on our designated table in the comedor. The set-up itself is already remarkable as rose petals and lit candles were attractively placed on the elegant table cloth. I was excited to use the Legardas’ antique collection of china, glassware and silverware.Adding to the experience is a personalized print-out of the menu we will be having. A small campana is also placed at the head of the table to call the staff, just like how they did back in the good old days.For our lavish multi-course meal, they first served bread and butter. Of interest is the salsa monja on the table. It is a condiment made of pickled shallots and olives made by nuns for the Spanish friars to accompany meals. It is suggested that you eat it together with the other dishes to make it more delicioso.For starters, we had two kinds of ensaladas—(1) fresh organic greens with herbs, poached egg, roasted pumpkin & davao goat cheese, and (2) salad with caramelized walnuts and cheese.Their sopa de oro (cream of pumpkin soup) is very rich, delicious and filling.Next, is whole baked lapu-lapu and grilled eggplant with homemade vinaigrette. I must say that this is the best-tasting baked lapu-lapu i had! It is oven-baked in olive oil & garlic.I noticed that the waitresses were scooping the food on our plates instead of placing the serving dish on the table. I guess this is how the “old rich” dined in the 1930s.We then had Tita Moning’s signature dish of slowly roasted pork with its own cracklings served with candied sweet camote. The candied sweet camote alone is too die for!As if it is not yet enough, we also had tender lengua cooked in white wine, sautéed fresh vegetables and their famous paella valenciana served in a dainty paellera.To cap it off, we were served with a Legarda original, the bread pudding topped with candied pili nuts. This is unlike the usual pudding that i was accustomed to because it is soft and like leche flan. And the hot choco is good for that afternoon siesta too!Though the cost of dining here is about PhP 1,000 to PhP 2,000 per person (at regular prices), it is definitely worth every centavo. Muy deliciosio food served in style is definitely priceless.

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