{"id":51074,"date":"2025-09-09T18:00:40","date_gmt":"2025-09-09T10:00:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/?p=51074"},"modified":"2026-06-01T15:40:13","modified_gmt":"2026-06-01T07:40:13","slug":"taupe-dining","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/location\/philippines\/taguig\/taupe-dining\/","title":{"rendered":"Taupe Dining in BGC: Chef Francis Tolentino’s Culinary Playground of Filipino Delights"},"content":{"rendered":"

Taupe Dining<\/strong>, led by Chef Francis Tolentino<\/strong>, is a Michelin Selected restaurant<\/strong> located at The Meridien Tower 2 in BGC, Taguig<\/strong>, offering contemporary tasting menus that showcase Philippine ingredients through global flavors, seasonal produce, and modern culinary techniques.\u00a0<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"IMAGE from Taupe Dining’s Instagram account<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

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The intimate dining room, which seats approximately 30 guests<\/strong>, provides a minimalist yet sophisticated setting that allows the tasting menu and its ingredients to take center stage.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

\"\"IMAGE from Taupe Dining’s Instagram account<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Chef Francis Tolentino began his culinary journey in Miami and New York before returning to the Philippines, where he built a career as an executive chef and restaurateur. Over the years, his culinary philosophy evolved toward championing Philippine ingredients through a more elevated and intentional approach, ultimately leading to the creation of Taupe, his first fine dining concept.<\/p>\n

\"\"Chef Francis Tolentino\/IMAGE from Taupe Dining’s Instagram account<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

At Taupe Dining, local ingredients are transformed into refined dishes that balance familiarity and innovation. Every course highlights the restaurant’s commitment to supporting local farmers and producers<\/strong> while presenting Philippine ingredients in new and unexpected ways.<\/p>\n

The Elements Tasting Menu<\/strong>, is a seasonal menu that explores the elemental forces of fire, air, water, and earth<\/strong>. Guests may choose from a 10-course menu (Php 8,000)<\/strong>, 8-course menu (Php 6,900)<\/strong>, or 5-course menu (Php 4,900)<\/strong>, with the five-course option available Tuesdays to Fridays<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Among their\u00a0 must-try dishes is the Blue Crab Ice Cream Sandwich<\/strong>, featuring poached blue crab transformed into a savory ice cream layered between chicken skin biscuits with mango gel, Osetra caviar, and cold-smoked roe.<\/p>\n

\"\"Blue Crab Ice Cream Sandwich\/IMAGE from Taupe Dining’s Instagram account<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Another standout is the Wet-Aged Hamachi<\/strong>, prepared with longan, calamansi snow, and avocado pur\u00e9e through curing and brining techniques that enhance its clean and delicate flavors.<\/p>\n

\"\"Wet-Aged Hamachi\/IMAGE from Taupe Dining’s Instagram account<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

The menu also features a reinterpretation of Filipino flavors through D<\/strong>ry-aged A5 Wagyu Ribeye<\/strong> wrapped in black squid ink pasta and paired with kadyos pur\u00e9e and beef tendon demi sauce.<\/p>\n

\"\"Dry-aged A5 Wagyu Ribeye\/IMAGE from Taupe Dining’s Instagram account<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Through its tasting menus, Taupe continues to showcase how local ingredients, modern techniques, and global influences can come together in a dining experience that is both distinctly Filipino and internationally inspired.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Taupe Dining in BGC is a Michelin Selected restaurant by Chef Francis Tolentino that showcases Philippine ingredients through contemporary tasting menus and global culinary techniques.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":67275,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69,12,14,7668,6643],"tags":[6536,6537,6206,6534,8859,6533,6535],"class_list":["post-51074","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-filipino","category-taguig","category-bonifacio-global-city","category-contemporary-dining","category-for-business-meetings","tag-chef-francis-tolentino","tag-filipino-fine-dining-restaurants","tag-fine-dining-restaurants-in-manila","tag-taupe","tag-taupe-dining","tag-taupe-dining-by-chef-francis-tolentino","tag-taupe-in-bgc"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51074","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=51074"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51074\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":67280,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51074\/revisions\/67280"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/67275"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=51074"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=51074"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=51074"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}