In this week’s episode on How To Make My Weekends Awesome, I Googled a place I’ve never been in – and luckily I stumbled upon La Casetta De Britt, a fine-looking restaurant that’s just located in my hometown. I knew this place is packed with Instagrammable cafes; but restaurants that look like you need to make a reservation for a dinner for two, I’m not so sure. This place is tucked away in the same subdivision where San Beda Rizal Campus can be found, a place that’s scarce of public transport that Grab can only pick you up if it was only dropping off someone else. I suppose there are tricycles somewhere to bring you out of the subdivision but I had no idea where to find them.
The place is small and cozy, and I reserved an al fresco table in case it’d be too crowded on the inside. Luckily, they were having a slow lunch, and there were only a couple of other tables occupied while I was there. It was easy to take pictures. I was low-key imagining it would be a balcony or a deck but it wasn’t – so it was again me and my expectations disappointing myself. I suppose it’s a perfect place to eat lunch with bae on a lazy weekend with not much to do.
La Casetta de Britt serves Italian-inspired cuisine, from green salads and appetizers to pasta, pizzas, and main course. Since I went there all by myself and only need to buy what I could consume, I went for a salad, the main course, and a smoothie.
Insalata di Mango. I wanted the burrata salad but I wasn’t gonna spend 600 bucks and insalata di mista wasn’t available so I got the one with fresh mangoes in it, along with romaine lettuce, walnuts, cheese, cherry tomatoes, and raisins in blue cheese dressing. I should have said to hold off the raisins just because I don’t eat them. All in all, it was a great salad in a hefty serving. But I should say it was something I could easily make at home if I wanted to.
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| Insalata di Mango |
Oven-Baked Salmon with Lemon Butter Sauce. The last time I went out to eat alone, I had steak (and a pretty good one that I am still thinking about it now), so this time I decided to shy away from meat. Salmon looked good, and it being oven-baked sounded even better. I also asked for mashed potatoes and mixed vegetables to go along with it, without taking into consideration the fact that I already had a large bowl of green salad. The salmon was a bit dry, and I am not sure if it was because I took a lot of pictures and shaky footage of it first before I finally started eating, or it’s how oven-baked salmon is supposed to be, or it’s just really plain dry. Of course, I still ate the whole thing but was forced to leave the vegetable behind because I was starting to feel full. Looking back, maybe I should have just tried the pasta. That penne arrabbiata looked delish.
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| Oven-Baked Salmon with Lemon Butter Sauce |
Blue Moon. This smoothie was dark purple in color and has blueberry, orange, mango, and kiwi. I am looking back right now and realizing that I ate healthy things that weekend lunch (hoorah!). It was made of fresh fruits and that’s basically what’s special about it.
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| Blue Moon |
La Casetta de Britt is not the most convenient place to visit unless you have a private car (I got there via Grab and pinned the building name, not the restaurant itself). While the food is fantastic, I’ve been to places where I could eat the same type of food and quality and pay much less. But it made my weekend awesome, so there’s still a good side to it.