{"id":24048,"date":"2018-08-02T13:00:30","date_gmt":"2018-08-02T05:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/?p=24048"},"modified":"2019-03-22T17:52:25","modified_gmt":"2019-03-22T09:52:25","slug":"alchemy-in-makati-a-beacon-of-european-cuisine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/restaurant-type\/bar-and-resto\/alchemy-in-makati-a-beacon-of-european-cuisine\/","title":{"rendered":"Alchemy in Makati: A Beacon of European Cuisine"},"content":{"rendered":"

Alchemists believe the Philosopher’s stone<\/a>\u00a0can turn cheap, amalgamated metals into gold.\u00a0Alchemy Bistro Bar<\/strong> in Poblacion believes their fusion of classic European-French cuisine and an eccentric laboratory filled with potions and concoctions will surely get\u00a0its customers\u00a0to visit the place over and over again.<\/p>\n

\"\"Alchemy Bistro Bar gives off a mysterious glow in Poblacion.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

At night, Alchemy Bistro Bar exudes a\u00a0peculiar mauve from the outside, as if a beacon to draw Poblacion’s passersby with its mysterious glow. Inside the lair is a relaxing vibe, first, with its main lounge called the Elixir Lab<\/strong>. Located on the first floor of the small restaurant, the hall is a hearth of live bands, fine food,\u00a0and beverages. It also sports small, enthralling items\u00a0which resemble an actual laboratory with test tubes and oblique glasses, adding to the eccentricity of the place.<\/p>\n

\"\"The Elixir Lab is the main lounge where live bands perform and good food are served.\u00a0<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Upstairs, revelers may sample potions from the open bar located in the Philosopher’s Patio, where DJs also frequent the voguish place to join the excitement. Among the range of concoctions available in their bar include non-alcoholic mixes, smoothies, fruit shakes, and juices, as well as alcoholic mixes like vodka, gin, rum, tequila,\u00a0whiskeys, and brandies.<\/p>\n

\"\"The Philosopher’s Patio serves fine drinks from their open bar.\u00a0<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Within the bistro, family and friends may also engage in good conversation while waiting for their hearty serving of thin-crust pizza, fresh from the Solaris Oven. <\/strong>The place is one of the most popular parts\u00a0of the bistro thanks to the brick furnace shipped from Italy. A selection of pizzas, among which are Chorizo Daviola<\/strong> and Quatro Formaggi<\/strong>, range from Php 350 to Php 480.<\/p>\n

\"\"The brick furnace of the Solaris Oven bakes thin crust pizzas for family and friends.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"Alchemy serves thin crust pizza fresh from the oven.\u00a0<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

With Chef Tina Moscardon\u00a0at the helm of Alchemy’s, the bistro’s menu is a fusion of flavors from Italy, France, and all of Europe.\u00a0A few of their best sellers include their Slow-Braised Lamb Shank<\/strong> (Php 775) with a side of couscous, beans, and pine nuts;\u00a0Fillet Au Poivre\u00a0<\/strong>(Php 1,230) on a bed of mashed potatoes, steamed carrots, and Brussel sprouts; and their Half-Pound Burger <\/strong>with a side of fries.<\/p>\n

\"\"Slow-Braised Lamb Shank (Php 775)<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"Fillet Au Poivre (Php 1,230, service charge not included)<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"Half-Pound Burger<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Born in 2014 to stars Chef Tina, who studied at the Le Cordon Bleu Culinary School, and Engineer Gordon Currie, Alchemy has the right fusion of good food and fine elixirs that will make you feel the electricity of one of Manila’s hippest place\u2014Poblacion.<\/p>\n

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\u00a0This first appeared in Philippine Primer Japanese Magazine\u2019s August 2018 issue.
\n<\/em><\/span>Images courtesy of Alchemy Bistro Bar
\nFeatured image grabbed from Alchemy<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

While alchemists believe the Philosopher’s stone can turn amalgamated metals into gold, Alchemy Bistro Bar in Poblacion believes in the fusion of classic European-French cuisine with a variety of potions and concoctions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":24075,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[284,112,42,2125],"tags":[2146,287],"class_list":["post-24048","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-poblacion-makati","category-makati","category-bar-and-resto","category-poblacion-2018","tag-alchemy-bistro-bar","tag-poblacion"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24048","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24048"}],"version-history":[{"count":18,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24048\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30482,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24048\/revisions\/30482"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24075"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24048"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24048"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24048"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}