{"id":25421,"date":"2018-10-01T17:58:17","date_gmt":"2018-10-01T09:58:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/?p=25421"},"modified":"2024-03-07T09:27:30","modified_gmt":"2024-03-07T01:27:30","slug":"trufa-pasta-bar-in-salcedo-village-makati-lets-you-make-your-own-pasta-dish","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/location\/philippines\/makati\/legazpi\/trufa-pasta-bar-in-salcedo-village-makati-lets-you-make-your-own-pasta-dish\/","title":{"rendered":"(CLOSED) Trufa Pasta Bar in Salcedo Village, Makati Lets You Make Your Own Pasta Dish"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify\">The famed Make-Your-Own Pasta bar, which first introduced the flavors of Barcelona\u00a0and Manila in their Legaspi Village branch, opens a new branch in Makati! Explore all forms of pasta at<strong>\u00a0Trufa Pasta Bar<\/strong>, your neighborhood\u00a0Filipino-Spanish\u00a0pasta bar in Salcedo Village.<\/p>\n<p><em>Also read:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/location\/makati\/salcedo\/experience-pasta-goodness-in-many-ways-at-trufa-pasta-bar-in-makati\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Experience pasta goodness in many ways at Trufa Pasta Bar in Makati<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-25428\" src=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/10\/Trufa-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/10\/Trufa-2.jpg 800w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/10\/Trufa-2-290x194.jpg 290w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/10\/Trufa-2-768x513.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><em>Trufa Pasta Bar in Salcedo Village\u00a0<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">If you&#8217;re quite familiar with the restaurants around Legaspi Village, you must&#8217;ve heard of this Filipino-Spanish pasta bar located\u00a0along Esteban Street. With an aim to <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">be part of every community and to be present in every village,\u00a0<strong>Trufa Pasta Bar<\/strong> has opened its doors\u00a0at the\u00a0friendly neighborhood of Salcedo Village, also in the city of Makati.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Trufa Pasta Bar is the brainchild of <strong>Ms. Patricia Espino<\/strong>.\u00a0The restaurant started out as a school project and has now become the Barcelona city-inspired pasta place that lets you experiment and create your own pasta plate.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-25425\" src=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/10\/Trufa-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/10\/Trufa-3.jpg 800w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/10\/Trufa-3-290x194.jpg 290w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/10\/Trufa-3-768x513.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><em>Patricia Espino, owner of Trufa Pasta Bar<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">As\u00a0she studied in Barcelona,\u00a0she fell in love with the city, the culture, the people and the lifestyle\u2014the reason why Espino wanted to bring home her experience to Manila\u00a0by introducing\u00a0<strong>Trufa Pasta Bar\u2014<\/strong>a\u00a0Marriage of Barcelona and Manila Flavors.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-25441\" src=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/10\/Trufa-4-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/10\/Trufa-4-1.jpg 800w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/10\/Trufa-4-1-290x194.jpg 290w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/10\/Trufa-4-1-768x513.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">A garden but with a city vibe interior, inspired with the owner&#8217;s apartment in Barcelona: Wood and Black<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-25429\" src=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/10\/Trufa-4.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>Trufa, a Spanish\u00a0term for a truffle, is the owner&#8217;s favorite ingredient. She named the pasta bar after Truffle not\u00a0only because it was her favorite but because she sees truffle as an interlock of everything.\u00a0<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Truffles have many layers and with every single layer, it gives you a different touch, smell, and feeling\u2014which is what they want people to experience\u00a0at Trufa.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-25436\" src=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/10\/IMG_0341.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/10\/IMG_0341.jpg 800w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/10\/IMG_0341-290x218.jpg 290w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/10\/IMG_0341-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><em>Tapastalog<\/em><\/span>\u00a0(<span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><em>Php 295)<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>At Trufa Pasta Bar, you don&#8217;t just get to customize your pasta. You\u00a0may also have a taste of their unique pasta offers available on their menu like the\u00a0<strong>&#8216;Tapastalog&#8217;<\/strong> on organic fusilli pasta. It is their best-seller and it definitely embodies the\u00a0flavors of both Barcelona and Manila.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">If you&#8217;re looking for something that has a stronger taste, try their <strong>Chorizo Picante<\/strong>. It&#8217;s a pasta with Ilonggo chorizo and tomato sauce topped with red pepper flakes making it an\u00a0extra fiery dish.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-25434\" src=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/10\/featured-image.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;font-size: 10pt\"><em>Chorizo Picante Php 295\u00a0<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Trufa Pasta Bar takes pride\u00a0in their recipes and ingredients. The\u00a0<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Bolo\u00f1esa,\u00a0Spanish meatballs, and Chorizo are all hand-me-down recipes from the grandmother of\u00a0Espino&#8217;s friend from Barcelona. The chorizo, on the other hand, is sourced from Iloilo, while the ravioli, sauces, and salsas are all homemade.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>How Does the DIY Pasta Bar Work?<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-25435\" src=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/10\/DSC02372.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><em>Ajillo Pasta (Php 195)<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Choose Your Salsa<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">This is where it all starts. The sauce gives the flavor of the dish you want to eat. Depending on your preferred flavor, you can customize the sauce and choose from an array of different sauces they offer. Tip: Choose to be bold and daring. Mix and match flavors and you might find an interesting pasta combo.<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify\">\n<li><strong>Choose Your Pasta<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Pasta is like the main piece of art. It is the base and the soul of the dish.\u00a0Trufa lets you choose from over 10 different pasta shapes with every pasta\u00a0prepared <em>al dente<\/em>.<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify\">\n<li><strong>Choose Your Alegria<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">After choosing your salsa and pasta, time to add a few more tweaks to your dish. A little tip: add some toppings to your pasta like chorizo, cheese, salmon,\u00a0or mushrooms to add flavors to your dish.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">The best part here in Trufa? It&#8217;s not just your usual selection of pasta. What makes this pasta bar even more\u00a0interesting is that they\u00a0also serve tapas, Pastaella <em>(a combination of pasta and paella)<\/em>, and Ensaladas.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"571\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-25437\" src=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/10\/IMG_0575.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/10\/IMG_0575.jpg 800w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/10\/IMG_0575-290x207.jpg 290w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/10\/IMG_0575-768x548.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><em>Gambas Al Ajillo Php 495<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">For appetizers, try their<strong>\u00a0Gambas Al Ajillo,\u00a0<\/strong>made of\u00a0tiger prawns with spicy garlic olive oil and chili served with french bread. It&#8217;s a certified Trufa favorite that will definitely give you a spicy kick to jump-start your main course. For vegetarians,\u00a0<strong>Quinoa<\/strong> consisting of quinoa, zucchini, black olives, and apple would be a good choice.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-25440\" src=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/10\/Copy-of-IMG_9662.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/10\/Copy-of-IMG_9662.jpg 800w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/10\/Copy-of-IMG_9662-290x218.jpg 290w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/10\/Copy-of-IMG_9662-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><em>Quinoa (Php 300)<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Aside from pasta, they also offer pastries and coffees, making this pasta bar an all in one stop for every single craving. For those who want to try different kinds of pastries, you can munch their cookie platter which includes a <em>Chocolate Chip Cookie (Php 80),\u00a0Trufa\u00a0Cookie (Php 120), &amp; Bocadillo Dulce (Php 80)<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"571\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-25438\" src=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/10\/IMG_7950.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/10\/IMG_7950.jpg 800w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/10\/IMG_7950-290x207.jpg 290w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/10\/IMG_7950-768x548.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><em><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">Cookie Platter: Chocolate Chip Cookie (Php80),\u00a0Trufa\u00a0Cookie (Php 120) &amp; Bocadillo Dulce (Php 80).\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">For coffee lovers, they also offer a wide range of bold coffee, freshly roasted from Bacolod. A cup of coffee typically ranges from Php 80 &#8211; Php 150 and you may have it in store or to-go.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"571\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-25439\" src=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/10\/DSC02122-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/10\/DSC02122-2.jpg 800w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/10\/DSC02122-2-290x207.jpg 290w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/10\/DSC02122-2-768x548.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><em>\u00a0Coffees Php 80 &#8211; Php 150<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Trufa Pasta Bar also offers not just coffee but they also have a wide variety of Italian wine and craft beers. They have an on-going <strong>promo of\u00a0<\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong>Unlimited Sangria Every Thursdays<\/strong> and a\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">20% off all alcoholic beverages from Monday to Saturday from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Trufa Pasta Bar is open, Mondays to Wednesdays from 11:00 a.m to 10:00 p.m, Thursdays and Fridays from 11:00 a.m to 1:00 a.m, and weekends from 12 nn to 10:00 p.m. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Visit their Salcedo Village branch at\u00a0Paseo Parkview Suites G\/F, Valero corner, Valero St. cor, Sede\u00f1o St., Makati City. For inquiries, you can call them at\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">0917 804 5011. For updates, you can visit their Facebook page at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/trufasalcedo\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Trufa Pasta Bar + Salcedo<\/a>.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><em> This first appeared on Philippine Primer Japanese Magazine\u2019s October 2018 issue.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The famous make your own pasta bar featuring a marriage of Barcelona and Manila in Legazpi Village is now finally in Salcedo Village Makati! Experience all sorts of Pasta here in Trufa Pasta Bar, your neighborhood Filipino-Spanish pasta bar!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":25434,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69,196,29,20,30,112,3111],"tags":[859,2312,743,2311,2298,2313,2310],"class_list":["post-25421","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-filipino","category-fusion","category-spanish","category-legazpi","category-salcedo","category-makati","category-salcedo-village-restaurant-2019","tag-barcelona","tag-ms-patricia-espino","tag-pasta","tag-pasta-bar","tag-spanish-restaurants-in-makati","tag-trufa-bar-in-salcedo-village","tag-trufa-pasta-bar"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25421","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=25421"}],"version-history":[{"count":27,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25421\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":50197,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25421\/revisions\/50197"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25434"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25421"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25421"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25421"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}