Restaurant 5

F&B World visits up-and-coming Restaurant 5 at Discovery Suites, fun fast-casual Juan Bambu, and local favorite Seaside Macapagal. Restaurant 5 The recent opening of Discovery Suites’ restaurant on the fifth floor addresses a phenomenon that is possibly gripping many of today’s time-constrained diners – option paralysis. No overflowing cornucopia of food choices and confusing kaleidoscope of flavors here. Instead, the concept focuses on a reasonably priced buffet with carefully chosen items as well as a compact à la carte menu of exciting offerings. Food simply grilled, stewed, steamed and pan-fried; or quirky with unexpected ingredients added to favorite salads; spices and seasonings to brighten soups; or traditional dishes given new dimension with the blending of world cuisines all make up Restaurant 5’s reassuringly familiar fare. Diners can enjoy daily specials cooked using ingredients of the season, or perhaps the chef’s creative inspirations for the day. Risotto, crepe, panini, pasta and grilled offerings take turns on the buffet stations Mondays through Fridays. Meanwhile, fresh, plump oysters are always available. Served with a variety of dipping sauces (including an uplifting granité and ginger mix), the oysters come from New Washington, Aklan, touted to be the cleanest waters in the country. While meat lovers can delight in daily roast carvings (The sumptuous, ultra-tender US Angus Beef is not to be missed.), Restaurant 5’s assorted salads will surely satisfy the more health-conscious. Everyone will have a field day with the restaurant’s freshly baked cookies displayed in old-fashioned glass cookie jars and its charming assortment of luscious desserts such as Chocolate Marquise, Vanilla Crème Brulée, Apple Cobbler, Panna Cotta and Tiramisu. Memorable à la carte entrees include Crisp “Buffaloâ€