The Rustic Bistro
Autumn & Early Winter Menu
Warm and cheering gastronomic delights inspired by the liliw baandacks
A Countryside Full Course Menu
Our menu is laid-out for a course-by-course meal adventure.
Hors-d'œuvres
Bite-size dishes before appetizers.
Serving time:
15 to 20 minutes
Apéritifs
Alcoholic beverages - cocktails, beer or wine - to stimulate your appetite. Mocktails (non-alcoholic forms of cocktails) can be substituted.
Serving time:
15 to 20 minutes
Appetizers
Mini dishes signaling the start of your countryside dining.
Serving time:
25 to 30 minutes
Entrées
Luscious, just for the Spring-Summer season! It's all about La Scarpetta: breaking our artisan pita and mopping 'em in our sauces!
Serving time:
40 to 50 minutes
Dessert
Our refined sweets to end your meal; inspired by the Liliw Boondocks landscape.
After-Meal Drinks
Hot and cold beverages to cap your rustic experience.
The Cocktail Hour
Cocktail, refined lagers and Italian wines for your idyllic after-meal lounging.
A Set Full Course Gastronomy
Elevate your gastronomy by expanding your Entree into a multi-course experience.
The Set full course meal can only be availed for every order of Entree of 550.00 exclusive of your chosen Entree's price. (One Entree is to one Set Full Course Meal)
A Set full course includes Hors-D'œuvres, Aperitif, Soup, Salad, Dessert and After-meal beverages.
Each course in the set is fixed.
First Course: Hors-D'œuvres
Exquisite bite-size dishes to soothe your taste buds after a long drive to The Rustic Bistro, served before appetizers and a good match to Apéritifs.
Jalapeno, Tomao and Queso Fresco Galettes
Freshly baked butter pastries enveloping slathers of handcrafted queso fresco (soft cheese), jalapenos and vine-ripened boondocks tomatoes. A piquant prelude to a snazzy dining expedition in the liliw boondocks.
P280.00
Recommendation:
Best paired with white wine. Please ask for assistance for our recommended wine variety
Baked Cucumbers and Vintage Cheddar Skewers
A boondocks celebration of new world and old world ticklers, alluring as the dualities of banahaw and san cristobal! Roll your tongue in Autumn cucumbers vis-a-vis sharp cheddar cubes aged for twelve months. Dip each skewer in our artisan mascarpone cheese for your lyrical finish
P280.00
Recommendation:
Best paired with white wine. Please ask for assistance for our recommended wine variety
Cristobal Minis
Six mini pastries celebrating the bold and robust personification of mount san cristobal in liliw folklore. Each pastry is filled with this season's harvest of mashed spuds and legumes and a complementing guava dipping sauce
P280.00
Recommendation:
Best paired with white wine. Please ask for assistance for our recommended wine variety
Old World Aperitifs
Sweet, citrus and bitter concoctions with old world spirits to steer your countryside mood.
Autumn Sangria
Our offbeat sangria to warm your heart with the cooling weather. A synthesis of citrus and tangy flavors accentuated by our italian pinot grigio wine, peaches and green grapes. Cin, Cin!
P190.00
Rustic Leaves
An impish prelude to a frolicky dining time in the rustic bistro! Soak up boondocks joy with the fruity and spicy union of jamaican rum, guava, strawberries and chocolate liqueur
P190.00
House Wines
A toast to leisurely days spent in the liliw boondocks is best made with two gregarious grape varieties from the mountainous region of abruzzo, italy. Our dry abruzzo-originating house wines are grown, aged and bottled for the rustic bistro.
Serving:
Per goblet: 170.00
Choices:
Medium boiled red montepulciano d'Abruzzo
Fresh White Trebbiano d'Arbruzzo
Lager for the Lionhearted
Choices:
Budweiser (American Lager): 140.00
Beck's (German Large): 160.00
Ale for the Sublime
Choices:
Guinnes (Irish Stout): 240.00
Stella Artois (Belgian Malt): 180.00
Aperitif: Old World Wines
Legendary Italian wines exclusively bootled for the Rustic Bistro. Italian wines are historically heralded for their rapturous impact to the palate and the earnest joy they irrigate to one's deepest nature. Our four landmark wine varieties are the sum and substance of life in the liliw boondocks, from the temperamental microclimate, the bohemian way of life and the continuous pursuit for individuality
Pinot Noir IGT
A most wistful dry red wine, so forthright with its depth and subtlety notwithstanding the complexity of its cultivation. Each sip coaxed rumination and stirring cerebration. Ahh, that "sideways" moment! (Wink, wink!)
Serving:
Per bottle: 1,500.00
Pinot Grigio IGT
The joy of life in a bottle of pinot grigio white wine: gregarious, gleeful and utterly buoyant. The play of citrus notes is thoroughly contemplations and mellifluous deeds
Serving:
Per bottle: 1,400.00
Negroamoro IGP
A bold red wine evincing the staggering allure of Italy's salento peninsula. It is an exhibition of daring earthy flavors and waggish fruitiness: sweeping, propelling, climaxing, and rolling. Suffice it to say, negroamaro is every fountainhead's solace.
Serving:
Per bottle: 1,400.00
Lambrusco
A historic grape wine dating back to the etruscan age, lambrusco is one of the oldest and formidable wines our world has brought forth. Grown in the fertile region of emilia-romagna, this sparkling dry red wine is your lullby in the liliw boondocks
Serving:
Per bottle: 1,400.00
Second Course (Appetizers): Single-Serve Appetizer
Hot Tomato Soup with Butter Crust
A medley of sweet, peppery and notes of fiery flavors from our stewed tomatoes and parmigiano-reggiano cheese. Pierce the crust into the soup to extract a buttery and chunky texture into this heartwarming delight
P180.00
Greek Yogurt, Lychees & Autumn Vegetable Salad
Animate your palate with a mingling of sweet, nutty and piquant flavors derived from lychees, roasted autumn vegetables and flax seeds, tossed in our artisan green yogurt
P180.00
Baked Cabbage & Vintage Cheese
Comfort food honoring humanity's patience and candidness for gastronomy. Savor the nuances of aged cheese baked into every layer of autumn cabbage slices, topped with honey and olive oil dressing
P180.00
Second Course (Appetizers): Artisan Black Bread Platters
Black Bread & Curry Dip
Stewed spices simmered to a perfect sauce transform to glorious curry dip accompanying your black bread. An ideal pairing for a palate in search of piquancy and sharpness
P360.00
Black Bread & Baked Ricotta
Embrace everything artisan with the rustic bitro's price and joy: Black bread and ricotta baked to a joyous delight! Served with salsa verde made flavorful with herbs grown in our farm and mediterranean extra virgin olive oil
P360.00
Black Bread & Bean Dip
A lifting dip featuring the harmonizing earthy flavors of pulped sessame seeds, stewed yard-long beans and mediterranean olive oil. It's sensational pair to our nutty black bread this season!
P360.00
Third Course: Pieces de Resistance Entrees
The Rustic Bistro's masterpieces! Served with paratha bread for your La Scarpetta experience!
Neromezo
CAN'T MISS! Divinely plus stuffed pizza oozing with four varieties of hot and gooey cheeses, including our handcrafted queso fresco and cheddat aged for twelve months. All thes, in an envelope of a bold artisan dark crust. The Neromezo experience is all about breaking bread and dipping every bit in our signature salsa verde
P450.00
Geronimo!
WHOPPING! A steak honoring old and new world flavors, geronimo! (yes exclamation point included0 is a gargantuan bone-in beef rib-eye steak for spunky gourmands
P1,100.00
Duck Confit and Orange Rum Sauce
A MUST! The pivotal dish for the plucky epicure with the most discriminating taste. We're proud to serve you organically grown ducks endemic in laguna and baked to velvety tenderness, drawing our pleasurable gamey flavors with our rapturous orange rum sauce. France's sunday dinner special is no in the liliw boondocks!
P650.00
Tomahawk
Created for the audacious gourmand. Crusty and tender, you're sure to get rendered with all the sublime boodocks sensations! This fire-grilled frenched sirloin pork steak is served with our dainty bearnaise sauce
P620.00
Filet Mignon
SPLENDID. A beef afficionado's delight featuring exceptional tenderloin cooked to a succulent sear with our boondocks herbs. Our premium filet mignon is paired with a fruity strawberry dip and classic red wine sauce
P650.00
Otoro Steak
The ritziest bluefin steak in our neck of the woods, created for the epicurean fish savant! Catapult your soul with the naturally sweet and ravishingly buttery flavors of otoro, the most lavish belly cut from our japanese bluefin; further elevated with our artisan yogurt-garlic sauce
P520.00
**Add 550.00 per entree for a SET full course meal. Includes hors-d'aevre, aperitif, soup, salad, dessert and after-meal beverage
Third Course: Comforting Entrees
Barbecued Beef Rib Steak
Beguiling beef ribs simmered in our very own concoction of herbs and spices. A conflation of chewy tenderness and that elementel smoky flavor every meat lover craves for. Oh, and our ribs are solid & ample as mount banahaw!
P650.00
The Rancher's Beef Bourguignon
The quintessential casserole for the meat aficionado in you! Stewed for fifteen hours with the Rustic Bistro's own pinot noir wine, this dish is a tally of beef short ribs, seven-week-old pancetta, parmigiano-reggiano cheese and italian olives
P480.00
Duck Stew
In a fast-paced world, our duck stew reminds any gourmad of a time when rich gamey flavors were derived instrinsically, stewed for long hours to extract sapor fit for the soul. Our duck stew is an poignant epicurean journey, of red game meat slowly cooked in its own fat for that fascinating succulence, livery and sleek taste
P480.00
Moussaka
The ultimate vegetable casserole layered in baked aubergines, black-eyed peas, lentils, vine-ripened tomatoes, queso fresco and vintage cheeses. Luxuriate in the refined flavors brought forth by this season's pot-roasted boondocks vegetables: Sweet, full and uplifting. You will understand what it is to burrow your palate in fluffly clouds!
P650.00
Roasted Garlic Soup
The ultimate comfort dish as we trek deeper into the colder months in the liliw boondocks. Our roasted garlic soup narrates the story of hours-roasted garlic bulbs stewed in a medley of herbs grown in our farm, onions slowly caramelized to gently release their sweetness and creamy yogurt made in your kitchen
P350.00
**Add 550.00 per entree for a SET full course meal. Includes hors-d'aevre, aperitif, soup, salad, dessert and after-meal beverage
Third Course: Artisan Delicatessen Pasta Entrees
Curated deli pasta, the kind that'll make you sigh with extreme pleasure. Includes the perfect wine pairing!
Pancetta Carbonara
Rice and velvety white sauce made solely from our own pasteurized eggs and parmigiano-reggiano cheese. Our artisan pancetta is cure in our very kitchen for seven weeks! Proud to serve you traditional carbonara and pancetta on a bed of tuscan lignuine
P340.00
Smoked Salmon Aglio e Olio
Pasta for the salmon-and-garlic lover in you! A scrumptious blend of roasted garlic, our produce of herbs and cold-pressed olive oil. Opulently flavored with parmigiano-reggiano cheese, the world's "kind of cheeses", and our very own artisan smoked salmon.
P340.00
Smoked Tuna and Mussels Pesto
Our bistro pasta defined by a palatable medley of herbs grown and cultivated in our very own farm, paired with artisan smoked tuna and pan-seared mussels. Topped with parmigiano-reggiano cheese!
P350.00
**Best paired with The Rustic Bistro's Pinot Grigio White Wine
**Add 550.00 per entree for a SET full course meal. Includes hors-d'aevre, aperitif, soup, salad, dessert and after-meal beverage
Third Course: Fresh Pasta!
Handcrafted fresh pasta, artisan cheeses, Autumn and winter vegetables from liliw farmlands and premium garnishes. By Jovel.
Boz Scaggs Blues
(Deconstructed Lasagna) Our cold-weather hallmark pasta, boz scaggs blues is the ultimate embodiment of life in the liliw boondocks: ruminating, stirring and eloquent. Our deconstructed lasagna mirrors the great boz scaggs' musical brilliance: layers of vintage cheese sauce and fresh pasta, crowned with stewed beef tenderloin and baked cold-season vegetables
P460.00
Shrimp Cannelloni
Lean back and partake the nobleness of handcrafted pasta inundating your soul with our cannelloni, egg pasta shells cocooning artisan ricotta, cheddar aged for twelve months and stewed mindanao-sourced shrimp. Our shrimp cannelloni is served with puttanesca sauce and creamy white sauce steeped in italian pinot grigio wine
P460.00
Cheese Ravioli & Smoked Aged Beef Sausages
A spectrum of textures from our handcrafterd ravioli with soft artisan cheeses on a bed of stewed fresh tomatoes and parmigiano-reggiano cheese. Oh, it gets better with our our heavyweight smoked aged beef sausages! Strappin!
P440.00
**Best paired with The Rustic Bistro's Pinot Grigio White Wine
**Add 550.00 per entree for a SET full course meal. Includes hors-d'aevre, aperitif, soup, salad, dessert and after-meal beverage
Third Course: Classic Bistro Entrees
Endearing comfort dishes, palatably sublime and oozing with countryside charms.
English Fish and Chips
A boondocks nod to England's utmost comfort food! Crisp fillets of deep-sea pollock enveloped in pinot noir-flavored batter and crunchy slices of locally grown spuds paired with our artisan mayonnaise and orange-infused barbecue sauce
P420.00
Lengua Tostados
A big nod to the marvelous latin american masa harina and a meat lover's swashbuckling choice, beef lengua! Elevating the dish are rich slathers of queso fresco cheese, our homegrown baby spinach and herbs, baked black-eyed peas, vintage cheese sauce, green chili salsa and coriander salsa. Truly a definitive dish for every gourmand seeking layers of astounding flavors
P420.00
Steak Sandwich
An exuberant dish for sandwich aficionados who take their bread and meats with utmost seriousness. Picture this: Artisan bread snuggly embracing premium beef tenderloin strips, white wine sauce, pickled tomatoes, whipped soft cheese and orange barbecue sauce. A serious cold-weather ohh-la-la treat, that's for sure!
P360.00
Zeppelin Chicken
Balmy days, breezy wings: It's the perfect milieu for our zeppelin chicken! Roasted for seven hours and crusted with our herbs and parmigiano-reggiano cheese, the zeppelin presents natural forthright succulent flavors. It's a statement of countryside dining: sincere flavors rocking you to gastronimic bliss
P440.00
**Add 550.00 per entree for a SET full course meal. Includes hors-d'aevre, aperitif, soup, salad, dessert and after-meal beverage
Fourth Course: Epicurean Desserts
Your consummate style of ending your glorious meal. La dolce vita!
Cannoli
A rustic ode to the sooting melodies of endemic and migratory birds in the winter season, our cannoli will sweetly sooth and cradle you to esoteric joy! Gently sink your teeth, through flaky tubular pastry steeped in italian rose wine, all the way to cushiony-sweet ricotta and strawberry filling. Countryside's ambrosial life, indeed!
P260.00
Country Sweet Pies
The liliw boondocks is an amalgamation of endless earnest skies, fluffy clouds and dulcet air. Everything dreamy in the countryside is encapsulated in two pieces of pies stuffed with crunchy walnuts, cashews and pepitas enveloped in our sublime savory pie crust
P260.00
Diliman Moxie
A confection homage to diliman's excitingly dark energy, of dark cake with a plhalanx of melted chocolates, bittersweet orange syrup and butterscotch filling!
P170.00
Rum Bulls
The pleasurable and proper sweet for the idyllic adult. These chocolate and butter cookie balls are soused in aged rum made from St. Croix canes in the caribbean. Savor four pieces of bucolic delight under magnificent countryside skies!
P230.00
Moscato D'Asti
The rustic bistro's snazzy italian dessert wine, aged and bottled exclusively for us. With an alcoholic content of just 5.5% it hints of peaches and orange blossoms. Ohh-la-la!
Servings:
Per flute glass: 240.00
Per Bottle: 1,400.00
Fifth Course: After-Meal Beverages (Cold Brews)
Cold beverages created for a refreshing countryside expedition
Butterbeer
Our most enchanting concoction! Magic, wizardzy and wands at play inspired by the harry potter universe. Safe to say, It's non-alcoholic
P180.00
Yogurt & Fruit Mixer
Fizzy and fruity yogurt mocktail (non-alcoholic) for the whimsical idler. Creamy and dreamy, sweet and tangy; a toast to naughty innocence in the countryside!
P170.00
Ginger Lemonade
Freshly pressed lemon juice and ginger essence. Proud to share with you ginger grown in boondocks farms
P90.00
Cream Soda
Our effervescent summer cooler of vanilla and cream!
P90.00
Rustic Soda
Light, bubbly and fizzy! We're all about sparkling fresh fruit extracts. Ask our servers for today's specials
P90.00
Strawberry Iced Tea
Cold brewed tea and strawberries. Yep, we brew our own tea leaves!
P90.00
Fifth Course: After-Meal Beverages (Hot Brews)
Hot beverages created for a refreshing countryside expedition
Drip Arabica Coffee
Naturally sweet arabica coffee grown in the cordillera highlands. Our arabica beans are roasted to a dark profile, unique to the rustic bistro's taste. Experience a full-bodied brew, just like old times! No syrup here!
P90.00
Fresh Press Arabica Coffee
For the spunky coffee purist! Our french press version has double the natural sweetness of dark roast cordillera arabica beans and a touch of vanilla. It's good for sharing!
P190.00
Special Hot Chocolate
Sweet and spiced, this hot chocolate is your definite comfort drink after a long day. An absolute blend of milk and dark chocolates!
P160.00
Brewed Indian Black Tea
The cooling weather warrants a comforting drink from the historic land of india. We know you deserve only the best tea leaves, brewed and served hot for your pastoral musings
Serving:
With one pot refill: 120.00
The Cocktail Hour
It's an all-day thing in our neck of the woods!
Bukang-Liwayway
As dawn breaks of mount banahaw, a captivating myriad of lush greeneries unfold. Each swig of bukang-liwayway evokes this intoxicating moment, with hints of cucumber, lime and white rum
P180.00
Takip-Silim
Twilight transpiring across laguna de bay is a spectrum of playful pinkish glow. It's a spellbinding spectacle captured in takip-silim. Indulge in this succulent mix of sparkling water, strawberries and dry gin.
P180.00
Pink Summit
A day of toiling deserves a worthy drink reminiscent of fluffy pinkish clouds on pleasant autumn day in the boondocks. Elevate your senses with this blend of strawberries, cream and tequila
P180.00
White Pig on Balete
We're harking back to that supernatural event in this very farm and sharing it to you. A sweet escapade captured by the sweetness of coconut milk and tangy pineapples in this rum blend
P180.00
Irish Coffee
For the adventurous coffee lover, made special with a shot of whiskey, an espresso of 100% arabica coffee, cream and organic coconut syrup
Serving:
Hot: 180.00
Rum-Page
Hey, hey, chocolates gone wild! Oyez, this hot chocolate cocktail has authentic jamican rum, white creme de menthe and melted chunks of german chocolates!
P190.00
Prices are subject to change without prior notice.