ABKD

ABKD is what the Tagalog alphabet was once called; it’s also the name of a restaurant and bar in Poblacion that serves modern Filipino dishes like silog (meat with garlic rice and egg) (PHP200/US$3.87 – PHP289/US$5.59) meals and ensaymada (PHP45/US$.87), a sweet brioche-like pastry.

At night, the place turns into a bar that serves beer, wine, and cocktails. Its second floor also houses a more intimate bar called Ñ, with Filipino-inspired cocktails like the Poblasioned (PHP360/US$6.96), a twist on the Old Fashioned made with bourbon, a reduction syrup made with the local Red Horse beer, bitters, and Islay Mist. There’s also the Manila Gold (PHP250/US$4.83) made with dark and white rum, mango, coconut milk, mint leaves, and bitters.