Award winning actress, health inspiration and budding tennis star, Iza Calzado has a tumultuous history with food. In her teenage years, she was rumored to have dieted on Skyflakes for 3 straight days then rewarded herself with a family sized pizza and pasta at Pizza Hut. Iza Calzado has tasted all colors of the rainbow in her lifetime and today we are showing you her list of favorite restaurants in Manila that she’s saved on Booky. Now wiser and more radiant than ever, her list is reflective of current eating preferences, which Iza describes as ‘wholesome ingredients, less carbs, prepared in clean manner with a weekly piggy day.’ Here is Iza’s list of favorites on Booky:
Uno – Tomas Morato Ave
Iza’s favorites are the halibut, seabass or seabream dishes
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195-C Sct Fuentebella cor Tomas Morato, Quezon City
+63 2 374-0774
Seryna – Little Tokyo
Iza’s favorites dishes here are the salmon rolls and hamachi jaw
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2277 Chino Roces Ave, Legaspi Village, Makati
+63 2 894-3855
Rural Kitchen of Liliw Laguna – Legaspi Village
Iza’s favorite dishes are the pork adobo and sinigang ng salmon
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104 HRC Center Building (next to 7/11), Rada Street, Legaspi Village, Makati
+63 2 779-8073
Kitchen 1b – Legaspi Village
Iza’s favorite dishes are the lamb curry and the coco pork ribs.
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G/F, KL Tower, Gamboa Street, Legaspi Village, Makati
+63 2 403-5405
Nomama – Tomas Morato (or Capital Commons)
Iza’s favorite dish is the half cooked tuna steak
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G/F FSS Building, Sct Tuazon, Quezon City
+63 2 9214913
The Peninsula Lobby – Makati Ave
Iza’s favorite dishes are the chicken and pork adobo and the halo-halo
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The Peninsula Manila, Ayala Ave cor Makati Ave, Makati
+63 2 887-28888
Azuthai – Pasay Road
Iza’s favorite dishes are the duck red curry and the steamed apahap
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G/F Milkyway Building, 900 Arnaiz Ave, Makati
+63 2 817-6252
Maria Luisa’s Garden Room – Ayala Ave
Iza’s favorite dish is the mussels in wine and cream sauce
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Recoletos Street cor Ayala Ave, Makati
+63 2 552-7051
(guests should be with a member)
B & T Mexican Kitchen – Tuscany Estate (or Greenhills)
Iza’s favorite dishes are the lamb or chicken salad and the carne asada burrito
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Upper Mckinley Road, Mckinley Hill, Taguig
+63 2 917 896 -9939
People’s Palace – Greenbelt 3
Iza’s favorite dishes are the Vietnamese chicken salad and lamb mussaman
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G/F Greenbelt 3, Esperanza Street, Makati
+63 2 729-2888
Iza hopes you enjoy these restaurants as much as she does. To see Iza’s original list of favorite restaurants she sent us using Booky, click on the link below.
Iza’s original Favorites list from Booky