{"id":67387,"date":"2026-06-05T09:51:31","date_gmt":"2026-06-05T01:51:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/?p=67387"},"modified":"2026-06-05T09:51:31","modified_gmt":"2026-06-05T01:51:31","slug":"rekdi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/cuisines\/filipino\/rekdi\/","title":{"rendered":"Rekdi in Makati: Modern Filipino Dining Destination"},"content":{"rendered":"

Rekdi<\/strong> is a three-story modern karinderya<\/strong> located at Poblacion<\/strong> in Makati<\/strong>, owned by acclaimed filmmaker Director Erik Matti<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Designed as a place where guests can eat, drink, and gather, the concept draws inspiration from the Filipino karinderya, much like how an izakaya functions in Japan or a bistro in France.<\/p>\n

\"\"IMAGE from Rekdi’s Instagram account\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

The space offers a multi-level experience<\/strong>, with cocktails on the ground floor<\/strong>, dining areas across the upper levels<\/strong>, and a menu centered on Filipino flavors interpreted through contemporary techniques.<\/p>\n

Rekdi describes itself as a modern karinderya where diners can mix and match dishes with their choice of starches, whether bread, noodles, or rice.<\/p>\n

\"\"IMAGE from Rekdi’s Instagram account\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

Behind the scenes, Rekdi operates with both a commissary kitchen and an on-site restaurant kitchen. While ingredients, stocks, sauces, and preparations are handled in advance, every dish is finished to order over fire and grill during service.<\/p>\n

The restaurant emphasizes that dishes are cooked fresh rather than reheated, with the final cooking process taking place in the dining kitchen.<\/p>\n

\"\"IMAGE from Rekdi’s Instagram account\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

Among its must-try dishes offerings is the Black Sesame Dandan Noodles<\/strong>, made with black sesame paste, vinegar, ginger-scallion oil, sriracha, and the restaurant\u2019s house chili crunch.<\/p>\n

Rekdi uses taochiam noodles<\/strong> rather than traditional pasta, drawing inspiration from noodle dishes commonly found in Bacolod resulting to a distinctive texture that complements the restaurant\u2019s approach to Filipino comfort food.<\/p>\n

\"\"Black Sesame Dandan Noodles\/IMAGE from Rekdi’s Instagram account\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

The restaurant also introduces limited-run specials such as The Black Goat<\/strong>, a char-grilled goat patty made with a blend of goat meat and pork back fat, paired with mackerel kimchi velout\u00e9, mascarpone sumac onion salad, and mulberry jam.<\/p>\n

\"\"IMAGE from Rekdi’s Instagram account\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

Complementing the food menu is a cocktail program that includes playful interpretations of Filipino favorites. One example is the Jack-Coke Boba Gulaman Highball<\/strong>, a combination of Jack Daniel\u2019s whiskey, Coca-Cola syrup, vanilla, and chewy sago and gulaman inspired by classic Filipino party drinks.<\/p>\n

\"\"IMAGE from Rekdi’s Instagram account\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

Combining Filipino comfort food, contemporary cooking techniques, cocktails, and communal dining, Rekdi presents a modern take on the traditional karinderya experience.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Rekdi in Poblacion, Makati is a modern karinderya by filmmaker Erik Matti serving Filipino-inspired dishes, noodles, grilled specialties, and cocktails across a three-story dining space.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":67409,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69,284,112],"tags":[8881,8883,8877,8879,8120,8878,8882,8880,8876,2144],"class_list":["post-67387","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-filipino","category-poblacion-makati","category-makati","tag-cocktails-makati","tag-dining-in-poblacion","tag-erik-matti-restaurant","tag-filipino-food-makati","tag-makati-food-spots","tag-modern-karinderya","tag-noodles-makati","tag-poblacion-restaurants","tag-rekdi-makati","tag-restaurants-in-poblacion"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67387","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=67387"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67387\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":67410,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67387\/revisions\/67410"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/67409"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=67387"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=67387"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=67387"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}