Ilustrado - Top Spanish restaurant in Intramuros, Manila

Manila - Someone recommended us to go to Intramuros to have our dinner and found this nice restaurant Ilustrado. The ambiance and food is really good.

Baked egg plant

The outside was crispy and the fillings was hot and juicy. This is one of Ilustrado signature dish.

Paella Ilustrado

This dish is a filled with meat and seafood and just nice for the 3 of us.

Baked Pampano

The flat-bodied, pan-sized pompano is easy to eat whole, a form that shows off the beautiful, silvery skin. The dish was deep fried and with a nice tomato based sauce.

Adobong Baagnet

Bagnet is a popular delicacy in Ilocos made from pork belly deep fried until crispy and blister on skin. Similar to usual adobo dish, bagnet cooked in a blend of garlic, soy sauce and vinegar.

Musicians

Sampaguita ice cream

Sampaguita was declared as the national flower by Governor-General Frank Murphy in 1934. Its white flower is believed to symbolize purity, fidelity, and hope. You can only taste this ice cream with the Sampaguita flower flavour here at this restaurant.

Frozen brazo de mercedes

This Frozen Brazo de Mercedes is a four layered cake that consists of a decadently delicious combination of fluffy meringue on top, chewy custard filling, vanilla ice cream and the bottom layer is the graham crust. The meringue taste was my favourite.

Yam ice cream

It was a good experience, good food and good company.

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Calesa around Intramuros

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Temple Street Night Market

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