In these times of heart disease and unhealthy lifestyles, more and more people are starting to embrace and get into a healthful lifestyle.
There’s a little place called Paul Calvin’s Deli at the Fort Bonifacio Global City that serves good and healthful food, and they have been catering to the appetites of the neighboring offices for months now. I had the pleasure of having dinner there upon an invitation of a friend of mine, and I was pleasantly surprised with the variety of dishes available. Eating healthful here does not mean eating bland and unexciting food.
There’s a mini vegetable salad bar, with choices of dressing and fixings. Main courses on offer are fish and meat dishes. I especially loved the fish fillet with tofu and black beans. The fish and tofu were tender and not rubbery, and it was seasoned just right.
Aside from these, there’s also a pasta station where Chef Paul personally prepares your order. You can choose from different noodles, sauces and ingredients. Just tell the chef what you want, and he’ll prepare it for you.
And what dinner would be complete without dessert? At the end of the buffet table is a selection of sweet endings- a platter of fruits, tarts, kakanins like maja, petit fours and a very unusual leche flan— it had carrots! I’ve never had leche flan with carrots before, let alone even hears, seen or thought about putting carrots in one, but this turned out to be so good. The carrots didn’t over power the custard’s taste at all.
There are also breads available, as the first floor of Paul Calvin’s is actually, well, a deli, where one can buy bread and sandwiches . The breads are baked by Paul Calvin’s at their kitchen in Rizal. 2 of their specialties are the malunggay bread and malunggay loaf. The malunggay bread was another surprise, because I was expecting it to taste like malunggay, but it didn’t at all. It had a little sweetness, was very moist and reminded me a bit of banana cake.
Paul Calvin’s serves buffets for lunch and dinner. If you’d like to try it, the lunch buffet will set you back for Php 275 and Php 375 for dinner, per person.
Paul Calvin’s Deli
Unit 1111 Forbes Town Center,
Bonifacio Global City, Taguig
Tel. no. 856-5900 / 660-5839