Gourmet Food Within Reach - KANTO FREESTYLE!

Looking for a place where good food is served at a reasonable price and gourmet styled?  Then look no further for Kanto Freestyle Breakfast is just around the corner waiting for you.

Located in 4 key cities right now namely Mandaluyong, Quezon City, Marikina and Pasig, there is one location near your area to satisfy your food cravings.  Originally created targeting the lower working class, the owners aim is to give quality food, gourmet styled when serve at an affordable price.  The original target market didn't really embraced the concept but they were able to capture another market:  the middle and upper middle working class - the young urban working professionals.

This August, they held a blogger event through  Wazzup Pilipinas to help introduce new food items in their menu. Enjoy it as we enjoyed our moments consuming what was served that night.

This is one classic street food made with style. . . Scramble!  Its pink, refreshing and definitely sweet!  Something to satisfy your sweet tooth craving.  It has your classic chocolate syrup and frothiness with added sprinkles.  Instead of having it in small cups, you get to have it in a jar glass.

The Grilled Suman with Ube White Chocolate and Goya Ganache is one playful creation.  You have your local delicacy lightly grilled covered with two types of sauces that you need to be a near genius to think of.  I mean violet yam + white chocolate? It's one unusual mix but it works!  This sauce has the color and flavor from the yam, tempered with the silkiness of white chocolate and what you have is a violet yam sauce minus the grit.

The Toasted Ensaymada, Spanish Bread and Pan de Regla with creme de anglaise is simply yummy!  Three types of bread bathe in a creamy white sauce.  Three different bread textures creating three different bread taste when covered with their version of creme de anglaise (english cream).  It is irritatingly good!  Irritating because the play of flavor and texture creates a dance in your mouth!  It is that good.  Best eaten immediately or warm.

They also have a new take on sandwiches.  Try their Open Faced Chicken Longanisa Sandwich with Hollandaise Sauce.  Let me describe you this sandwich.  The bread used was baguette, a type of bread that has a crunchy crust with a soft chewy inside.  This the type of bread best with soups or dips.  It soaks part of the hollandaise along with the juice coming from the caramelized onion and longanisaI, binding the flavor and making it near 3-dimensional. The longanisa used was locally made and quite flavorful with the right level of pepper.

Welcome the Mr. and Ms of sandwiches.  Introducing the Croque Monsieur and Croque Madame.  This is their take of the classic ham and cheese sandwich with a twist.  For those who wishes to have that tang from tomatoes, then get the monsieur.  If you want an additional flavor from a perfectly poached egg with your ham and cheese, then get the madame.  For me, depending on my mood, I would go for the madame.  I simply love eggs with my sandwich.

Croque Monsieur

Croque Madame

For those cold days or those days when you simply wish for congee, Kanto Freestyle has something for you.  Their Bacon Congee topped with Poached Egg is a sure answer for those cravings of yours.  It's your typical congee minus the normal ingredients such as livers and such but in exchange, you have nicely cured bacon and egg.  The bacon oil gives added flavor to the congee making it taste different from your normal congee.  You could add your usual condiments to suit your taste.

Adding to their food offering is the Arroz ala Cubana.  Rice with ground meat and vegetables, topped with egg and banana fritters on the side.  A classic dish with the signature Kanto style of presentation and flavor.

They may have the word breakfast in their name but it doesn't mean, you have to follow the general time to eat your favorite breakfast meal.  Here at Kanto, you can have your breakfast any time of the day.  Enjoy their pancakes all through out the day!  Morning, mid-morning, lunchtime, late afternoon, evening or even early morning, they can serve you pancakes when you like it.

Try their Choco Chip Pancakes, Ube White Chocolate Pancakes, Goya Chocnut Ganache Pancake and their Mix Berry/ Strawberry-Blueberry Pancake.  All ready for you, depending on sauce availability, any time of the day.  Fluffy pancakes topped with syrups created for variety and your taste. Is it filing?  Yes it is!  3 fluffy pancakes with either butter or cream plus syrup specially created to match the type of pancake that you are having. This is one filling breakfast creation.

Choco Chip Pancakes

Ube White Chocolate Pancakes

Goya Chocnut Ganache Panacake

Mix Berry/Strawberry-Blueberry Pancakes

How about their drinks?  Do they have anything to offer worth going for?  Oh yes they do.  You could try any of their coffee creations and enjoy it.  For me, I enjoyed their cafe latte.  It has that flavor of arabica and barako and that aroma of another type of beans that I will not tell (trade secret).  It is best with brown sugar. Served both in iced and hot; I always go for the hot version.

Cafe Latte - hot

One thing worth mentioning his the untold advocacy of Vince Juanta, part owner and host for the night that we were there, and that is to help those teens that wishes to have a good life, away from the streets and learn a decent trade in the process.  Something that makes Kanto Freestyle Breakfast truly integrated with the community that they are in.

With the new offerings that they had now, this would only widen not only the food selections they have but also the type of customers coming in.  So if you are looking for affordable food, served hot and in style, then simply look for the nearest Kanto Freestyle Breakfast place in your area.  Its food served with style in a non-restricting ambiance.

Happy eating!