XO46 Heritage Bistro Opens at SM Aura
To mark its fifth year, XO46 Heritage Bistro opened its fourth store at SM Aura Premier. Located on the 3rd floor, XO46 seats 86 with an intimate dining room for 10 people.
The new store sports a wide glass façade showcasing a traditional Filipino – Colonial dining room harking back to early turn-of-the-century homes. Matted brick walls, gold-gilded mirrored frames and back-lit capiz shutters are among the trimmings that make the interiors unmistakably XO. On the walls are framed antique photos and prints from the couple’s (owners Andrew and Sandee Masigan) numerous trips to Spain.
Armed with their passion and their 24 years in the food and restaurant business, Andrew, a food industry veteran, writer and businessman and his wife Sandee (Siytangco) – food stylist, writer and food fanatic, opened the first XO46 five years ago along Valero St. in Salcedo Village, Makati. At a time when most of the restaurants were foreign franchises, Andrew and Sandee pushed their advocacy for Filipino cuisine. “We’ve always believed that our food is just as good as the rest of the world’s. We should be the first to acknowledge that and not wait for affirmation from foreigners.”, says Andrew.
Five years since its first branch opened, XO46 has seen how the Filipino cuisine has been getting the share of the limelight it deserves in the global cuisine stage. And XO46’s newest branch in SM Aura is another testament to the world-class fineness of the Filipino food, with its regional nuances, endemic ingredients, and the sense of hospitality incorporated in its preparation from cooking to serving.
Bangus Salpicao
The restaurant’s fresh, modernized impressions on their authentic, slow-cook Filipino menu offerings have garnered a growing stream of patrons and it looks like putting up more branches in the future is inevitable.
Indeed, Filipino cuisine’s time has come and XO Heritage Bistro deserves to be proud.
Visit XO at SM Aura and experience Filipino food at its finest. For reservations, please call (02) 553-6566.
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