Lunch Buffet for P695 in Alba Spanish Restaurant near MOA

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Alba Restaurant in Two E-Com near Mall of Asia (MOA)

Alba holds a good memory for me because it is where (though not the same branch) I started my baby steps towards becoming a food blogger. It was one fine day of  May 2012 when my mom and I decided to have a lunch buffet in the Makati Branch of Alba. Although I was already blogging that time, venturing into the world of "food blog" hadn't totally crossed my mind yet. As a matter of fact, if you'll take a look at my blog post about that lunch experience, you'll notice that it just looks like a journal documenting what transpired.

This is why I was experiencing euphoria as I was drafting and writing this blog post. I couldn't help but think that maybe Alba served as one of the primary catalysts that morphed me into a food blogger that I am right now.

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Alba's Set Up and Interior - cozy and classy

I did a lot of talking already, so let me now share with you our dining experience here in Alba which, in a nutshell, was just above satisfactory.

As we were cordially ushered in our seats, we were immediately served with a warm soup. This notion just made a great first impression which were sustained as far as service is concerned.

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Corn and egg soup freshly served as a warm welcome!

This corn and egg soup was heavily incredible with all its simplicity and smooth flavor and taste. It may not look so special in the photo, but when I look at the photo, I see imaginary colors and flair coming out of the soup bowl.

After downing all the heartwarming soup, I immediately scanned the buffet table with a camera on-hand to take photos. I have to be honest with you, I wasn't able to taste everything, but anyway, I included here almost everything you can find there on the buffet table.

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Gambas Pate (Shrimp Pate), Garlic Mushroom Pate and Cheesy Pate

My favorite among the three pate available was the Gambas Pate. It just tasted so amazing and memorable, unlike the other two which I found a little off.

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Tortilla Espanola - Traditional Spanish Potato Omelet

One of the dishes that wildly called my attention was the lechon which I found really photogenic. Too bad when I decided to take photo, it looked like this (after people started feasting on it):

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A Fiesta Favorite Lechon in Alba Restaurant

Well, unfortunately, it didn't taste as good as it looked primarily because of the cold temperature of the dish that made the skin wrongly soggy and rubbery. Luckily, there was an alternative for it which was the Lechong Kawali which I really loved!

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Lechong Kawali - crunchy and tasty the way it should be!

This lechong kawali was crunchy not unlike the other one. This just brought out the goodness in this fried dish. Plus, adding some sauce to it just made everything so wonderful!

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Cold Cuts and Salami for appetizers

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Salad for a fresh start here in Alba Restaurant Lunch Buffet

Tuhod y Batoc

Stewed ox-kneecap & chuck with brown sauce, mushroom, green & red pepper

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Tuhod y Batoc - a fusion of Filipino and Spanish Cuisine

Although this dish could have been more tender, I like how it tasted. The flavors from the spices and ingredients used such as the bell pepper, herbs, mushrooms and whatnot were present making it "likable".

Now, even if Alba is a Spanish cuisine restaurant, it still serves some other cuisines too albeit few, such as this buffalo wings.

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Sweet Buffalo Wings in Alba Restaurant

What I admired most about the buffalo wings was the sweetness (i.e. close to the taste of a barbecue) and the rather subtleness of the spiciness. However, if you are really fiery-hot-hungry, you may fail to appreciate what this dish can offer.

Croquetas de Pescado

Croquettes of fish served with aioli sauce

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Croquetas de Pescado - balls of goodness!

One of those dishes that I frankly fell in love with was this croquetas de pescado! These fried croquettes of fish simply tasted amazing combined with the close-to-perfection frying. Oh, one thing that you should never forget when eating these is the aioli sauce. It stunningly brings out all the greatness in the croquettes! This is what I call simply amazing!