Manda Centrale: The Mercato Central Experience Comes to Mandaluyong City

Good news to all food enthusiasts who continuously hunts for new and exciting places to eat. The Mercato Centrale foodie experience is now closer to my home as it arrived in Mandaluyong City! 
From the same oragnizers of the famous Mercato Centrale night food market in Bonifacio Global City , Taguig comes MANDA CENTRALE, the night food market and bazaar in the heart of Mandaluyong. Manda Central opens yesterday at the Mayflower Parking area, Greenfield District (formerly EDSA Central), in front of Greenfield Corporate Center, 88 United Street, MandaluyongCity (near the corner of EDSA and Shaw Boulevard).
MANDA CENTRALE brings together your favorite Mercato Centrale vendors like Carlos Kitchen’s Crunchy Belly, Lu Chi’s Mega Pork Siomai, Edgy’s Food Trip and Drinks, Big Bob’s Charcoal-Grilled Burgers, Piper’s Pan’s cakes and Mio Gelati’s premium ice cream. Along with new and innovative food, drink, pastry and dessert finds like B. Wings Buffalo Chicken, Gino’s Brick Oven Pizza, Let’s Salsa’s Mexican inspired dishes, Miss Sweets Cupcakes, Moshi Moshi’s authentic Japanese food, PAJ Grill’s inihaw na liempo and Panchados oversized pandesal with savory beef mechado.

These are the some of the food I liked during my taste-test  in last night’s Manda Centrale launching event. 

B. Wings Buffalo Chicken  


Carlo’s Kitchen Crunchy pork belly 

I wasn’t able to take pictures of the pastries from Sweet Story Bakeshop. 
“We are very excited to be share the Mercato night food market experience with our friends from Pasig and Mandaluyong!” shares Anton Diaz, co-organizer of MANDA CENTRALE and also the popular food and travel blogger behind www.OurAwesomePlanet.com. “Mercato has always wanted to serve this bustling foodie area, but we were just waiting for the right location for the night food market. We think that the Greenfield District area is a perfect location because it is in the heart of Mandaluyong where we can serve not only those who live and work in the area, but also those who commute or drive down EDSA Northbound after work.  This is a great place for a well-deserved foodie break!”
“We are on the lookout for up-and-coming food entrepreneurs who live in the area, and we want to give them an opportunity to shine in the market.” Adds television host and magazine editor RJ Ledesma, the other co-organizer of MANDA CENTRALE. “Among the entrepreneurs we look forward to are the students from the nearby colleges and universities along with the Pasig and Mandauyong-based homemakers, cooks, chefs and bakers who want to share their dishes with fellow food enthusiasts.” 
Aside from variety of food choices, MANDA CENTRALE marketgoers can also enjoy live acoustic performances and monthly bazaars. 
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Manda Centrale at Mayflower Parking Area, Greenfield District, Mandaluyong is open every Wednesday, Thursday, Friday from 6:00pm to 3:00 am. For updates on the newest vendors and activities at Manda Centrale, please like www.Facebook.com/MandaCentrale or follow @MandaCentrale.  For vendor or bazaar inquiries at MANDA CENTRALE, please email admin@mandacentrale.com or contact 09178401152.  Please get in touch with us soonest as slots are limited.

Foodie Adventure from North to South

What are your plans for the coming weekend? If you want to satisfy your culinary cravings this weekend, you’re just lucky to have two choices! The Mezza Norte night food market opens in Quezon City on Thursday and the Ulimate Taste Test holds its ninth round in Alabang on Sunday!

From the organizers of the popular Mercato Centrale food market in Bonifacio Global City, Mezza Norte in UP-AyalaLand Technohub along Commonwealth Avenue, Quezon City brings together the best in home-cooked foods and pastry and dessert finds that the North has to offer, along with your Mercato Centrale favorite food stands! Mezza Norte opens on Thursday (July 26) and will be open every Thursday, Friday and Saturday from 6:00pm to 3:00am.


This event is organized by Anton Diaz, the man behind the popular food and travel blog www.OurAwesomePlanet.com, the Ultimate Taste Test 9.0 is an opportunity to try out and personally critique different specialty foods and new or soon-to-be-launched dishes straight from the kitchens of up and coming and popular food entrepreneurs from all over Metro Manila. 
Among the winners of the previous Ultimate Taste Tests are Dulcelin Gourmet specialties, Supreme Brazo, Angus Beef Tapa, Risa Chocolates, Carmen’s Best Artisan Ice Cream and Merry Moo Premium Ice Cream.  The Ultimate Taste Test Version 9.0 will be on Sunday (July 26) starting 6:00pm at the Soderno Night Food Market in Molito Commercial Center, corners of Madrigal and Commerce (in front of Alabang Town Center), Alabang.


If you are interested to enter your food and/or products in the Ultimate Taste Test, please contact
contact rache@diaz.ph or 09175318949.