When
I first read about Leona Art Restaurant near Maginhawa St. in
Quezon City, I imagined the place to resemble an art gallery with
paintings and sculptures..and I thought, I'd like to eat there. Well, I'd really wanted to start a huge "food trip project" on Maginhawa St., which, along with its side streets, has become widely-known as a haven for food lovers because so many restaurants have mushroomed there in the past few years. And when I
had the chance one day to go to Leona together with the kids, I grabbed it and
never let go. Haha! There was no painting in there, nor sculpture to
admire, however, and I only found a country-style place that's nice,
alright..and cozy too. Well, there were hanged posters here and there
and trinkets for sale, which somehow made me feel like being in an art
restaurant. Well, yes, somehow. Haha! But their pizza..the pizza! It got
me in. Okay...I'm now an official Leona fan..except for one thing which
I'll tell later. Their pizza is thin-crust and oh-so-good! No fuss,
straightforward, crunchy and delicious! At just P499, we got three
10-inch pizzas. We also had chicken pesto pasta which was yummy as well,
with a serving big enough to feed two persons (if you have another
order, like a pizza), at P165. I had ice cream for a sweet ending and it
gave me a pleasant surprise. You see, I didn't like, almost never ate
vanilla ice cream but what could I do, they didn't offer any other
flavor (which made me wonder). No choice but to eat vanilla ice cream.
But in fairness, it got me hooked - very smooth and creamy. Yummy! Anyway, take a look at food at Leona Art Restaurant:
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| Pepperoni Pizza |
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| Onion and Pesto |
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| Three Cheese |
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Thin and crunchy. Yum!
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| Chicken and Pesto pasta |
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| Vanilla ice cream - a cup of happiness! |
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| Melon shake |
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| Pitcher of iced tea |
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| Love, love, love the sunshine in my coffee. |
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| The bric-a-brac here are for sale. |
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| There's a turtle in the glass tank at left. |
As
I said, I loved everything at Leona except for one thing - the coffee.
For me it was downright bad. Truth to tell, I stopped drinking coffee
after that cup, till after more than a week. I had such a bad memory of
the taste of their house blend coffee. Was it just me? Maybe..I don't
know..I hope so! Despite this, I know I'll be drawn back to Leona by
that delish pizza and pasta. And vanilla ice cream. Haha!
(Note: This post also appeared in my blog The Awesome Grind
which I've decided to discontinue)
