Antonio’s Purok 138, Barangay Niyogan Tagaytay City, Cavite Philippines Tel: +63 918 899 2866

Don’t skip the salads as Tagaytay offers the best greens in and around Metro Manila. Plus, owner/chef Tonyboy Escalante has mastered the art of the flavourful salad, like his pear arugula salad, which comes with foie gras, blue cheese and walnuts. For a taste of Mr Escalante’s favourites, order the Trio Sampler, which has beef fillet a la plancha with black pepper sauce, Chilean sea bass wrapped in prosciutto, and lamb cutlets in cardamom beurre blanc. But the house speciality is a dish called Spanferckel, which is a roasted boneless 40-day-old weaned pig stuffed with herbs and fennel and served with horseradish cream and homemade applesauce. Standing for over five years now, Antonio’s menu has proven to be as spoon-worthy as its ambience is swoon-worthy. It has consistently been considered among the top five restaurants in the Philippines and a favourite for proposals and intimate weddings.