Apartment 1B

Over the years, Apartment 1B has become a personal favorite. I'm sure everyone has that one restaurant they can rely on for meals at absolutely any time of the day--breakfast, lunch, brunch, dinner, coffee...you name it--and Apartment 1B is that rare place for me. I always feel the most at home here...so at home that I would not mind eating alone, which is the whole point of the restaurant anyway. I love the cozy table setups featuring sofa chairs and rugs that mimic...well, an apartment setting. I also realize that no matter how long I've been away, every time I come back, the servers are still the same.

They had a new specials menu that night. It's always nice seeing a restaurant expand their menu, regardless of whether or not they already had a good, original one to begin with. There is always room for improvement!

Pimm's

My mom usually encourages us to order cocktails, wine, or champagne when we're out for dinner. I never realized how others might see this as worrisome, despite our orders not involving any hard alcohol, especially when K is around because she looks like she is forever 13...which she is not. It just makes me all the more appreciative of how awesome my mother is for giving us this little bit of freedom even when she is around.

K's kid-friendly mimosa because someone had school the next day, hehe.

Mom's Mojito 

R approves of her drink! 

Spot the not

I think that's why we are all so comfortable talking to our parents about drinking and not at all afraid to be seen drinking. They know what goes on because they were teenagers once upon a time, so we appreciate the trust and try our best to be responsible at all times. I mean, check out my refreshing dalandan shake. 

I will miss this when I leave! Is there a US equivalent of dalandan?

Featuring K's French study notecards. How responsible ;)

We all ordered different salads for starters. R got the Asian Salad, I had the Arugula salad with the watermelon chunks, my mom had some sort of a blue cheese with walnut salad, and K ordered the caesar salad...I told you she was forever 13.

Asian Salad: white cheese, grilled chicken, papaya, sweet potato,
ginger lemongrass dressing 

Wheat bun, ground turkey breast, gruyere cheese, cranberry, alfalfa sprouts

R and I decided to split the turkey burger for our main course. I'm not a fan of burgers, but I adore Apartment 1B's turkey burger. The turkey patty is always just right and the cranberry sauce is amazing. I love the touch of alfalfa sprouts, too.

That was one of the special main dishes they had that night. If I remember correctly, it was lapu lapu with some sort of a truffle sauce. Good stuff.

K ordered the half roasted chicken.

To end our meal, we decided to share two types of dessert. You can't leave a restaurant with the tagline of "gourmet comfort food" without satisfying your sweet tooth. If you don't have one...how are you human? Without a doubt, Apartment 1B desserts are a must-try! #effubody #whatdiet

White toblerone cheesecake with raspberry coulis

This cheesecake was so rich! No wonder it's their bestseller, it's divine. I felt like they garnished it with too much whipped cream, and I was never fond of whipped cream. It tastes like air, as dumb as that sounds.

Frozen pie: vanilla ice cream, oreo crust, walnuts, chocolate, caramel sauce

Dissected turtle pie! YUM.

This turtle pie was glorious. It was like a snickers bar in ice cream cake form...but so much better. I haven't had good ice cream with this many toppings or mix-ins in a long time, so I enjoyed this rare, sinful treat.

I feel like I usually prefer something less chocolate-y and typical, which I thought the frozen pie would be, but they were both equally delicious. To our surprise, even my mom who always eats clean and has an insane amount of self-control devoured spoonfuls of dessert. "Gym fuel!" she says with a smirk.  So now she uses MY excuse. 

SAVAGES

You know the food is good when girls forget about being ladylike and end up with plates that look like the ones above.

Apartment 1b

E-101 G/F One Rockwell East Tower, Amorsolo Drive

Salcedo Village, Makati

869-3530