It was one whole week of me craving for Italian food, especially pasta. Aldous invited me to go all the way to UP Town Center to try Mama Lou's Italian Restaurant. It was raining that night, but my craving for Italian food did not stop me to brave the harsh weather.


I have known Mama Lou's when they opened their branch in Nuvali. And from the reviews of fellow foodies, Mama Lou's received a good rating and a decent ravings. OS when I was invited to try their dishes, who am I not to oblige?

Here are some of the dishes we tried that evening:

Italian dishes are really one of the interesting cuisines I've tasted. The taste varies from different regions. Gone are the days that the only Italian dish I know are pasta and pizza. I was invited to a dinner to meet an Italian chef. Chef Giorgio Matera is the brain behind the Italian restaurant La Piadina. Bringing his passion of Italian cuisine, Chef Matera have been satisying hungry tummies for years.




La Piadina invited foodies to launch a whole new array of dishes that will surely attract your cravings for more Italian dishes. Surprisingly, the new dishes does not include a new pizza dish, but other Italian dishes that will make you appreciate the cuisine even more.

Panizza is a derivative of a pizza and a panini. It is made of thin crust pizza cut into strips which are topped with arugula and alfalfa sprouts and hand rolled like pinwheels. Panizza is a new concept for me late last year when I first tried it here. My favorite thin crust pizza eaten in a different way is much more better and Panizzas ultimately became my favorite kind of pizza.

C'Italian Dining is one of the frontrunners of Panizza in the country. They started at Angeles, Pampanga and have proud of their panizza since 2004. Now, they have 2 different branches in the metro, one in Salcedo Village and one in Ortigas, Now on its first year, C'Italian Dining Salcedo have been truly a gem in this highly upscale community.


C'Italian Dining in Salcedo Village has that posh rustic interior which makes the restaurant the classy kind considering its location. I have been seeing them there, but somehow they exude first class in every corner of their restaurant. Despite all these first impression, C'Italian Dining t is quite the opposite of what I have perceived.

For every celebrations, we can't help but treat our loved ones to something special. With a lot of restaurants catering different types of cuisines for pechant taste buds, it is still a shock that often we can't find seats on our favorite restaurants. It seemed that fellow foodies seemed to have linked minds and dine at a specific retsaurant at the same time.

Booking tables, specially on well known restaurants have been a headache. Good thing there's Eat out Manila app which takes care of this dilemma.


Eat out Manila is a booking/reservation app which helps you book tables at different retaurants all over the Metro. It was my first time being invited by Eat out Manila. The venue was at The Itlaian Market, Resorts World Manila. The Italian Market is one of the new restaurants who accepts table reserviations via Eat out Manila app.

The Italian Market is affliated with its sister company Murrays New Orleans. They offer heartful and savory Italian cuisine made by their Italian chefs. They are known for their brick oven pizza, which is a common way to cook pizzas in Italy


The store was big and had the al fresco feel despitebeing located inside Newport Mall. It resembles of that cafes and quaint restaurants you'll find in Italy. I'm more excited to try Italian pasta and pizza that night that my tummy is already doing backflips!. Here's some of the dishes served to us that night: