Adarna Food and Culture, Kalayaan Ave.

Menestra Favorito

₱294.00

An old-fashioned ham, chorizo and vegetable soup. Brings back childhood memories of the simple pleasures of sipping hot soup while eaves dropping on the adults

Pancit Musiko

₱185.00

A popular Ilocano noodle soup with a quirky musical name traditionally served to marching bands during fiestas. Homemade miki with sauteed pork, chicken, atchuete oil and spices play the notes to this dish

Chicken Mole Soup

₱162.00

Chicken chunks in savory coconut milk with pechay and spices. A dish reminiscent in their Southeast Asian Heritage

Sigarillas Salad

₱154.00

Adapted from a salad served by the long-time cook of the convent school. Light and refreshing winged beans, onion and tomato dressed in a citrusy vinaigrette and sprinkled with Ilocano bagnet bits

Ensaladang Bukid

₱130.00

A popular salad brought to farmers for lunch usually with a grilled meat or fish and hot steaming rice. Talong, sitao, okra and kamatis served with their chunky Adarna shrimp dip

Fried Vegetable Lumpia

₱93.00

Traditionally served as an afternoon snack, the versatile vegetable roll through time has become an all-occasion, all-time Filipino table mainstay, 4pcs.

Lumpiang Freska Kabitenya

₱149.00

This lumpia traces its origins to Cavite. A selection of Bahay Kubo vegetables like bataw and patani in homemade lumpia wrapper with lechugas Tagalog, cracklings and shrimp. Served with traditional paalat and garlic, 2pcs.

Minanok na Talong

₱155.00

No chicken in this vegan special known in Quezon Province and Mindanao! Smoked coconut and spices enliven this dish for an uncommon take on the eggplant - a vegetable introduced by the Spaniards to the Philippines

Tokwa Veggie Kari

₱163.00

A festive vegan dish of tofu crumble and vegetables cooked in spices common in Sulu, Tawi-tawi and Basilan such as cumin, chili and turmeric. Mild or spicy as you like it

Spicy Intramuros Gambas

₱294.00

An old-time favorite of shrimps in spicy garlic-olive oil to start your meal or to enjoy with a glass of wine and some quiet time

Dinakdakan

₱134.00

A favorite Ilocano delicacy prepared the authentic way! Tasty slivers of pork twice cooked and flavored with fresh spices. It is said to be the original sisig. Remember to order beer or wine with this GI treat!

Victory Joe Wings with Fresh Tomato Salsa

₱392.00

During the peacetime, Filipinos discovered the pleasures of eating Hello Joe or Victory Joe food such as corned beef, luncheon meat, beans and fried chicken from American soldiers. Adarna's spicy take on a classic favorite

Sweet and Spicy Dilis

₱37.00

Crisp, spicy, fun dilis!

Tokwa Rebosado

₱120.00

Crisp tofu patties served with a fresh tomato salsa. Fun as an appetizer or as a vegan entree

Bicol Express

₱298.00

A chili, pork and shrimp dish that is true is sure to get your engine smokin'! Coconut milk tempers the heat of the pepper for a smooth finish

Leyte Humba

₱210.00

A dish of pork liempo knuckles cooked till tender and gummy in a sweetish-soya sauce with banana blossoms, black beans, shallots and spices. Peanuts and fried saba give texture and sweetness to this homegrown delight

Gising-Gising

₱185.00

Grilled pork belly strips simmered till tender in coconut milk flavored with chili bagoong and crunchy kangkong is great on top of hot rice and divine paired with grilled fish. This dish hits the spot!

Adobong Batangas ala Adarna

₱210.00

The base recipe for this pork dish was generously shared by the architect-granddaughter of a prominent family from Batangas City. Adarna uses the original ingredients with other traditional cooking methods on a defining Filipino classic

Grilled Pork Chop with Salsa Monja

₱185.00

Classic all-day treat! Pork chop marinated overnight and grilled - served with salsa monja. Salsa monja or nun's sauce originated in nunneries in the 1600's. Shallots, olives and spices are aged in vinegar and olive oil till just right

Serving choices: With One Egg(₱200.00), With Two Eggs(₱215.00)

Piassok

₱335.00

Hankering for something really different? Experience this exotic Sulu dish of beef chunks cooked slowly in smoked coconut cream and ten spices till tender - buttered, grilled and sliced just before serving. Great with beer or red wine

Tagalog Pochero with Roasted Eggplant Dip

₱320.00

A hearty soup traditionally served on weekends when families would sit down for long lunches and on through dinner. Beef chunks simmered till tender and flavored with chorizo Bilbao and vegetables. Gat. Marcelo H. del Pilar’s favorite Sunday repast. Served with spicy eggplant sauce

Kare-Kare

₱395.00

Attributed to Pampanga, kare-kare is a dish that links us with other Southeast Asian cuisines with its use of ground roasted peanuts - a rarity in Philippine cooking. The intensity of bagoong complements the subtlety of this dish. A favorite of the revolutionary Dr. Pio Valenzuela

Pamplina

₱360.00

Sliced beef tripe stewed with chorizo Bilbao, Vienna sausage, garbanzos and white beans. A dish that dates back to the Galleon trade and therefore influenced by Mexican flavors. Rarely seen on the Pinoy table nowadays but was still quite common until the 1960s. Taste it and remember...

Kaldereta Espesyal

₱560.00

A signature Kapampangan dish! Beef stewed in tomatoes and spices till all the flavors come together. Olives, quezo de bola and chorizos Bilbao and Pamplona provide that old world flavor. A glass of red wine complements this zesty dish

Seafood Special

₱485.00

A true-blue Manila family shares an Iberian style seafood dish of shrimps, scallops and fish in a flavorful tomato-olive oil sauce topped with bell pepper, fried onions and parsley

Camaron Rebosado

₱366.00

Before the Japanese tempura became popular, Pinoys were already enjoying the pleasures of this deep-fried shrimp dish for decades. A crunchy treat for children of all ages. Served with a sweet-sour dip just like in the old days

Sinanglay na Tilapia

₱185.00

Catanduanes cooks a pechay-wrapped stuffed tilapia in coconut milk with turmeric, ginger, garlic and onion. A creamy interplay of flavors and texture

Grilled Stuffed Tilapia in Banana Leaves

₱124.00

This spells comfort food. This is a a dish owned by Filipinos all over the country especially those living near fresh waters. Best enjoyed with sigarillas salad and white wine or beer. Oh, and feel free to eat with your hands

Rellenong Bangus

₱175.00 - 480.00

A generous single or family serving of hearty fish goodness with all of the good stuff. Served with homemade atchara

Serving choices: Single(₱175.00), Family Size(₱480.00)

Chicken Relleno

₱480.00

Roasted chicken stuffed with chorizo, ham, quezo de bola, nuts, dried fruits and everything nice! Courtesy of a 1940's recipe notebook. It takes a whole day (or more) to prepare this flavorful dish making it a measure of the importance of the occasion and the guests. Enjoy this treat with white wine or light beer. Good for 2-3 persons

Victory Joe Wings with Fresh Tomato Salsa

₱392.00

During the peacetime, Filipinos discovered the pleasures of eating Hello Joe or Victory Joe food such as corned beef, luncheon meat, beans and fried chicken from American soldiers. Adarna’s spicy take on a classic favorite

Grilled Chicken Breast Fillet

₱345.00

With Pepper kesong Puti Boursin, Bacon and Mango Salsa. Smoky, juicy chicken breast grilled with bacon and stuffed with pepper kesong puti boursin and mango salsa. Adarna plays out ol' flavors in good ol' Pnoy taste

Torta Espesyal

₱15.00 - 165.00

Anytime, anyday comfort food. The goodness of fresh eggs steamed with olive oil and spices on a banana leaf with a selection of simple and fancy fillings. Filling with rice and nice and light with pandesal

Filling choices: With Ground Shrimp and Pork(₱155.00), With Crabmeat(₱155.00), With Potatoes(₱98.00), With Quezo de Bola and Kesong Puti(₱165.00), With Bell Pepper and Onion(₱100.00), 4 pcs. Extra Order of Pandesal(₱15.00), 6 pcs. Extra Order of Pandesal(₱22.00)

Pancit 1913

₱295.00

Chinese panciterias popularized this favorite take-home one-dish meal that working people, rich and poor, would willingly queue for as a take home treat for their loved ones after a long day’s work. Good for 2

Pancit Anamita 1930

₱277.00

Named after a person or a place? Who knows what mystery lies behind its name. This sweetish pancit with its interesting addition of water chestnuts, wood ear mushroom and kutchay lives on to tickle their palate

Pancit Tondo 1800's

₱160.00

In 1840, a foreign visitor noted that pancit and gulaman were the two favorites of Manilan's cutting across class boundaries. It was popular among cockpit aficionados as well as among the niñas of Manila

Pasta Pinoy

₱124.00

Pasta steadily gained popularity after the 2nd World War and Pinoys have embraced it as its own. A glass of wine or soda with the pasta spells party!

Pasta Alegre

₱190.00 - 285.00

A veggie and nut pasta tossed in olive oil, spices and a special local vinaigrette adds a subtle Pinoy kick to this Adarna original. Grilled squid complements this all-day goodie

Serving choices: Without Squid(₱190.00), With Grilled Squid(₱285.00)

Steamed Rice

₱21.00 - 80.00

For Filipino's, a proper means eating rice otherwise its not!

Serving choices: Single(₱21.00), Family (Good for 5)(₱80.00)

Garlic Rice

₱25.00 - 110.00

Hot garlic rice is traditionally served during breakfast - but you do not have to wait for the next day to enjoy it! Goes well with any dish

Serving choices: Single(₱25.00), Family (Good for 5)(₱110.00)

Batanes Yellow Rice

₱70.00 - 150.00

From up north, a rice dish so simple it is elegant. Turmeric, garlic and bits or pork flavor the rice for a special treat (chicken option available)

Serving choices: Single(₱70.00), Family (Good for 5)(₱150.00)

Platong Malolos

₱16.00 - 128.00

Rich bite-sized Malolos pandesal with grilled kesong puti marinated in garlic-olive oil and your choice of meat with a drink, a good book or quiet conversation what could be a better way to spend a break on a busy afternoon? A merienda served in genteel Filipino homes

Serving choices: Pandesal with Kesong Puti(₱128.00), With House Chorizo(₱27.00), With Ham (Additional)(₱59.00), 4 pcs. Extra Pandesal(₱16.00), 6 pcs. Extra Pandesal(₱121.00)

Chocolate Cake

₱113.00 - 1197.00

Perfected through several decades by a Filipino-Spanish family, this chocolate delight has made many occasions very happy indeed

Size choices: Per Slice(₱113.00), 9" Diameter(₱940.00), 12" Diameter(₱1197.00)

Buttery Ensaimada with Quezo de Bola

₱50.00 - 95.00

A friend who traces her lineage to a prominent Pampango family dreaded the whole day it took to make a few dozen ensaimadas. Many families claim to have the secret. This is one of those the secret family recipes. Served warm and buttered with newly grated quezo de bola

Serving choices: Per Piece(₱50.00), With Quezo de Bola Slices(₱95.00), With Ham(₱88.00), With House Chorizo(₱76.00)

Kesong Puti and Langka Fry

₱95.00

Original Malolos, Bulacan carabao cheese and home-sweetened langka in a crisp wrapper with mango cream sauce. A surprise treat, 4 pcs.

Banana Peanut Roll

₱75.00

Ripe saba banana with roasted peanut cream in a crisp wrapper drizzled with old fashioned caramelo sauce, 3 pcs.

Platanillos con Mangga

₱43.00 - 165.00

Yes, Pinoys had (still have) a crepe! Warm crepe twirled into a cone, filled with a light cream and finished with rhum-buttered mango

Serving choices: Regular(₱165.00), With Ice Cream Additional(₱43.00)

Adarna Halo-Halo

₱128.00

Homemade minatamis - macapuno balls, camote, saba, langka, gulaman, sago and pinipig with a smooth mound of milk-ice. Suddenly, it’s summer again

Ice Cream

₱43.00

All-time cool sweet delight! Ask about today’s selection. Per scoop

Ang Morena

₱75.00

Subtly-flavored chilled coffee flan with coffee syrup and cashew nuts served in a Carnival coupe for a perfect ending or beginning

Red Wine

₱110.00 - 728.00

Serving choices: Glass(₱110.00), Bottle(₱728.00)

White Wine

₱107.00 - 706.00

Serving choices: Glass(₱107.00), Bottle(₱706.00)

Beer

₱42.00 - 75.00

Serving choices: San Mig Lite(₱42.00), San Miguel Pale Pilsen(₱42.00), Cerveza Negra(₱75.00), Super Dry(₱42.00)

Batangas Brewed Barako

₱60.00 - 165.00

Batangas-grown coffee freshly brewed upon order just as Filipinos like it. Fresh and hot

Serving choices: By the Cup(₱60.00), By the Pot (3 cups)(₱165.00)

Rico Tsokolate

₱100.00

A cup of rich, thick Batangas chocolate in your hands. A quiet table at Adarna while the rest of the world rushes outside. That is luxury. Indulge

Hot Tea

₱60.00 - 165.00

A selection of teas to suit your mood

Serving choices: By the Cup(₱60.00), By the Pot (3 cups)(₱165.00)

Fresh Pinoy Fruit Shakes

₱85.00

The best fruit shakes are made with fruits in season! Please ask your host about today’s ripe selection

Viva Tsokolate

₱110.00

Remember the time when a tall, frosty glass of rich chocolate prepared at home always made up for a bad day at school? It still works

Gulaman at Sago

₱65.00

Red cubes of jiggling gulaman with tapioca sweetened by brown sugar caramel in iced pandan water. One of the all-time forbidden childhood street delights! Worth getting a spanking for

Felicidad

₱134.00

A special cold luxurious drink made from eggs, cream and milk with a splash of rhum and vanilla. Nice with a naughty streak. An unauthorized deviation from a secret, originally wholesome, family recipe. Sneak a taste today!

Coke

₱30.00

Sprite

₱30.00

Royal

₱30.00

Sarsi

₱30.00

By the Glass

₱49.00

Bottomless

₱85.00

Sinigang na Sugpo sa Batuan or Catmon

₱397.00

Pancit Molo

₱140.00

Almondigas

₱125.00

Rellenong Sugpo

₱280.00

Red Velvet Cupcakes

₱35.00

Per piece

Morisqueta Tostada

₱175.00

Set 1

₱420.00

Chicken Mole Soup, Ensaladang Bukid, Grilled Stuffed Tilapia, Adobong Batangas ala Adarna, Steamed Rice, Iced Tea, Kesong Puti and Langka Fry

Set 2

₱438.00

Chicken Mole Soup, Ensaladang Bukid, Humba, Pancit Tondo 1800, Steamed Rice, Iced Tea, Banana Peanut Roll

Set 3

₱440.00

Chicken Mole Soup, Sigarillas Salad, Tagalog Pochero with Roasted Eggplant Dip, Grilled Stuffed Tilapia, Steamed Rice, Icd Tea, Kesong Puti and Langka Fry

Set 4

₱444.00

Chicken Mole Soup, Fried Vegetable Lumpia, Humba, Pancit Tondo 1800, Steamed Rice, Iced Tea, Banana Peanut Roll

Set 5

₱456.00

Roasted Pepper Soup with Grieben, Sigarillas Salad, Sinanglay na Tilapia, Grilled Pork Chop, Steamed Rice, Iced Tea, Kesong Puti and Langka Fry

Set 6

₱434.00

Sigarillas Salad, Tagalog Pochero with Roasted Eggplant Dip, Rellenong Bangus, Steamed Rice, Iced Tea, Kesong Puti and Langka Fry

Set 7

₱466.00

Roasted Pepper Soup with Grieben, Lumpiang Freska Kabitenya, Adobong Batangas ala Adarna, Grilled Stuffed Tilapia, Steamed Rice, Iced Tea, Banana Peanut Roll

Set 8

₱443.00

Pancit 1913, Grilled Stuffed Tilapia, Tagalog Pochero with Roasted Eggplant Dip, Steamed Rice, Iced Tea, Banana Peanut Roll

Set 9

₱490.00

Fried Vegetable Lumpia, Tagalog Pochero with Roasted Eggplant Dip, Grilled Chicken Breast Fillet with Pepper Kesong Puti Boursin, Bacon and Mango Salsa, Steamed Rice, Iced Tea, Kesong Puti and Langka Fry

Set 10

₱500.00

Lumpiang Freska Kabitenya, Tagalog Pochero with Roasted Eggplant Dip, Rellenong Bangus, Steamed Rice, Iced Tea, Banana Peanut Roll

Set 11

₱500.00

Roasted Pepper Soup with Grieben, Lumpiang Freska Kabitenya, Kaldereta, Steamed Rice, Iced Tea, Kesong Puti and Langka Fry

Set 12

₱515.00

Roasted Pepper Soup with Grieben, Ensaladang Bukid, Adobong Batangas ala Adarna, Pancit 1913, Steamed Rice, Iced Tea, Banana Peanut Roll

Set 13

₱520.00

Roasted Pepper Soup with Grieben, Lumpiang Freska Kabitenya, Adobong Batangas ala Adarna, Rellenong Bangus, Steamed Rice, Iced Tea, Kesong Puti and Langka Fry

Set 14

₱540.00

Chicken Mole Soup, Sigarillas Salad, Piassok, Rellenong Bangus, Steamed Rice, Iced Tea, Banana Peanut Roll

Set 15

₱530.00

Roasted Pepper Soup with Grieben, Ensaladang Bukid, Victory Joe Chicken Wings, Humba, Steamed Rice, Iced Tea, Banana Peanut Roll

Set 16

₱540.00

Chicken Mole Soup, Pancit Anamita 1930, Hmba, Rellenong Bangus, Steamed Rice, Iced Tea, Banana Peanut Roll

Set 17

₱540.00

Chicken Mole Soup, Fried Vegetable Lumpia, Kare-Kare, Grilled Pork Chop with Salsa Monja, Steamed Rice, Iced Tea, Kesong Puti and Langka Fry

Set 18

₱550.00

Roasted Pepper Soup with Grieben, Fried Vegetable Lumpia, Gising-Gising, Chicken Relleno, Steamed Rice, Iced Tea, Kesong Puti and Langka Fry

Last updated on 10/27/2009. Prices are subject to change without prior notice.