Ristras

I just had my Mexican craving satisfied last weekend. And I never thought it will be satisfied in a BIG way. After months of craving a planning which doesn't go as planned, we finally went all the way to Wilson to have lunch at Ristras. Ristras is the Mexican restaurant of the family where Charlie's and Cyma belong as well.

 The ambiance was cozy enough but nothing fancy, which would give you the instant hit that it is a cantina. Anj has been here several times and she knows how much we can order based on our appetites. I was quite surprised when she said 1 burrito, 1 quesadilla and 1 nachos will be enough for us--and indeed it was. 

We ordered the burrito and they will make it in front of you. You could see from the counter the ingredients for the dishes. On a huge tortilla, we were first asked what kind of rice we wanted and we opted for the Lime Cilantro Rice.

We were then asked what two kinds of meat we wanted. We opted for the Chicken and Carnitas (shredded pork) since Shai doesn't eat beef.

Then then topped it with veggies, cheddar cheese, jalapeno, and a variety of sauces like salsa and sour cream.

 We opted for the wet burrito which they will bake with cheese sauce on top.

 Shai didn't have much of a choice with the quesadilla since we had beef toppings for it. The big tortilla was loaded with cheddar cheese.

 And then the meat toppings then baked.

 It was served with veggies, salsa and sour cream on top.

 Lastly we had the nine layer nachos. The nine layer means that the dip has nine different layers of ingredients. these were 2 kinds of beans, slasa, corn, sour cream, grated cheddar cheese, jalapeno, olives and nacho cheese (as substitute to guacamole which was not available that time)

 Every dish we had were bursting with flavor. I love how tasty the lime cilantro rice is on the burrito. The meats for the burrito and quesadilla were tasty with the ingredients used for marinating and slowly cooked. Flavors of different ingredients would burst in your mouth after every bite.

We had a little bit of difficulty dipping our chips into the dip for nachos so we laid it out and made it ball park style. Ball park nachos are available too.

I wasn't able to note the prices for each item as getting lost going to the place just made us so hungry. The food was all worth it though. Sans and I were busy taking food photos since it looks so good as well. We each spent about 250 PHP each which included the sodas we ordered. I will opt to try the Margarita slush next time or the Mexican beers. 

How to get to Ristras: From Ortigas Ave (coming from EDSA), make a left turn at Wilson St. Make a right turn at J.A. Santos St and go straight. Ristras will be on your right after about 10-15 meters.