Their kitchen under their sister company, Academy Asia School of Technology and the Arts Inc. which started. in April 2013, is located at one side of the restaurant. It's a technical. vocational school that focuses on preparing its students for hospitality. industry. They offer Culinary Arts, Baking & Pastry Arts, Food and Beverage
The place is cozy, good for dining with family. Malunggay pesto is so delicious. Ive tried their tres leches cake and halo halo cake that are not too sweet which is better for tasting. Salted caramel brownies are yummy for your sweet cravings. Banana loaf is not left on the table. Ube mamon is just fine for me. Yum!
When you say Marikina, what comes to your mind? Well aside from the quality of shoes, food are really popular at this place. And it seems like there's no stopping them to be continuously known as food haven. Aside from the well-known Lilac St where a wide arrays of restos are located, there is this new restaurant that for sure food enthusiasts will be very much excited about. Say hello to MARIQ Cafe & Restaurant!
The yummy, preservative-free dishes made from natural ingredients are sure to be rich in flavor and will only leave you feeling full and satisfied, unlike some of the fast food dishes that will make you feel ill from all the preservatives.
MARIQ is a fresh, casual and modern Filipino dining restaurant that offers the best dishes of Marikina City. Their restaurant has a homey yet elegant ambience.
My favorite dishes from are Beef kare-kare, Prawn salpicao and Malunggay pasta. Everything was really delicious and I'm so inlooooove with their CAKES! You’ll be surprised at their cakes because it’s not the usual flavors that you see from cake shops. Every cake has a distinct flavor and definitely a must try!! They had us try their Halo halo cake, Quezo de Bola Cheesecake, Chocolate cake and Langka Sansrival.
If you love desserts, YOU MUST TRY THEIR HALO-HALO AND QUEZO DE BOLA CHEESECAKE!!
For starters, I like their Embotido and Quezo de Bola Cheesecake. The restaurant is spacious, price range is average and most of their dishes are good for sharing. Staff weren't well-trained yet at the time of our visit but that shouldn't discourage you from trying out their food. If you live in Marikina like me, you can easily pass by Mariq and have a quick dinner before going home. They don't accept debit/credit cards yet but don't worry, there's a BDO branch/ATM beside it.
Named after Marikina City’s old name “Mariquina”–“Mariq” for short–this casual modern-Filipino restaurant specializes in Mariquina’s heritage cuisine. Only 2 months old, Mariq Cafe + Restaurant is the sister company of Academy Asia, which uses the Mariq’s kitchen and bar as a training ground for its students in the culinary, pastry and bartending programs.
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A few weeks ago, I got a invitation to attend a foodie event at the newly opened MARIQ Cafe + Restaurant at Dragon Street Marikina City. Duh! They got me at the Dragon Street! lol
Raffy, had a Filed Planner Launch at Bonifacio High Street that day, along with the yearly Blogapalooza Event at Novotel Araneta Center Cubao. To cap the day, we headed to MARIQ. I frequent the Gil Fernando Area near San Roque coz my son Jarod has been doing his Speech and Occupational Therapy. MARIQ is a 2 month old cafe + restaurant walking distance from the main road. It is relatively easy to find even if you commute, located behind BDO and DBP Banks.
MARIQ Cafe + Restaurant is a fresh-casual modern Filipino diner that has Markina City`s very best food products as their center pieces. According to its owner Cindy Dolera, who grew up in the shoe capital the restaurant`s name came from the old name of Marikina. A bit of trivia Mariquina is also the name of a beautiful, virtuous, polite and intelligent lady named “Maria Cuina” who was savvy business woman, a traveler came to the town and asked for the its name, a resident replied “Maria Cuina” thinking that what was being asked was the name of their admirable lady. Since then, the story spread throughout and the town was known as “Mariquina”.
MARIQ offered delicious Filipino dishes with no additives or ASG. The main features of their menu are dishes originated from Marikina City. Like the Everlasting (Meatloaf or Embotido), Piniñyahang Manok and Hamonado. They also have a great selection Filipino Desserts; cakes and pastries available. Check out the display above! Raffy lingered in front of this display when we first came inside.
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Marikina just continuously surprises foodies like me, especially with the birth of every new restaurant within the area, offering breakthrough food concepts to its dining clients. You can observe that the restaurant owners aren't just trying to be at par with the rest of the competition in the food industry, but they also continue to help out Marikina boom in the food business.The city is now emerging as one of the go-to cities in the metro that's worth visiting to if you wanted to go on a food trip. If you are considering of dropping by Marikina, I suggest that you include MARIQ Cafe + Restaurant in your bucket list of places to dine in!
Their restaurant showcases mostly classic Filipino dishes, prepped up with a modern touch to them. MARIQ served us their banner dishes, everlasting and pininyahang manok. Apparently, these dishes are just some of the Marikeños favorites. Everlasting is actually MARIQ's own version of embutido (cured dry sausage). You would find this very good the moment you pop it into your mouth, as the yummy flavors linger in your palate.
The tangy taste of pineapple is very evident in the pininyahang manok dish, and it worked out just fine with the coconut cream. You can tell that the chicken was cooked well since its meat is really tender.
MARIQ's kare-kare was delectably made, and you can easily tell that I liked it so much judging from the amount of kare-kare and rice I had that night. I love how MARIQ presented their kare-kare with a nice, thick sauce to it, displaying the right balance of sweet peanut-ty taste and saltiness in a dish.
Other must-haves in MARIQ's menu are their garlicky shrimp salpicao, sweet and tender pork humba, and the ampalaya salad--all of which are really good, but the latter is deserving of an award. Yes, the ampalaya tasted bitter, but that was actually complemented with the flavors of onions, tomatoes, and dilis (anchovies) that was tossed together in the salad with it.
My favorite from all the dishes that I got to try from MARIQ's menu is their porchetta. The meat was infused with the lemongrass, garlic, and ginger flavors. It was baked for three hours, aired overnight, and was finally put into the oven again for another two hours. The efforts exerted in putting this dish together are all so worth it, given that the people behind making this dish created a masterpiece. The pork skin had the perfect crunchiness to it, opposite the meat that was so tender and tasty to its core.
One of the highlights of the entire course are MARIQ's cakes. I suggest that you try out at least two varieties of cakes in case you get to visit their restaurant. Their halo-halo cake is a piece of art. It had this nice ube flavor to it, which was perfectly combined with the sweetness and creaminess of the leche flan and the crunchy texture of rice crispies. I am also in love with their quezo de bola cheesecake. It is somewhat similar to an ensaymada, but even better, with the load of cheese in it. We also got to try out their chocolate and sans rival cakes, and they definitely didn't disappoint either.
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