Spirale Ristorante: "Vale ogni centesimo!"

Rating:	★★★★
Category:	Restaurants
Cuisine:	Italian
Location:	Davao City, Philippines

You can confidently bet your last piece of penne pasta when it comes to my visiting Italian restaurants which come highly recommended!
Italian and Japanese are two international cuisines I try my darndest to savor when I visit another place.


On 24th September 2011, after the extremely adventurous trip and butt-whomping rides through every imaginable vehicle to Camp Sabros and experiencing its soaring ziplines, my companions and I finally came back to Davao City.
I had promised Rina, my closest (and therefore favorite cousin) that she and I would have dinner together, have a talka-thon and that I'd hand over for her sweet tooth Manila baked sweets which were probably not good for her system...hahaha!

Chiara, (who was not able to be with us in Camp Sabros) was in Spirale Ristorante already with her family.
She had earlier recommended this eating place upon picking us up at the airport at an ungodly hour - with Cafe Firenzo beside it but of course they were still closed at that time.
It just whet my appetite.

We made a snap decision to go to Damosa Gateway (I keep blundering and calling it Damaso, probably from the fat friar in Jose Rizal's novels) to see how good their Italian offerings were.

Rina and I arrived just in time to greet and meet Chiara and her hubby before they left and thank them for the fun we had at their Camp Sabros.
Then it was time to get into the serious business of ordering and inhaling the delicious aroma of food which came our way, even if we were seated outside.

I was tasked to do the choosing and it was difficult because I loved all the descriptions in their menu selections.

I finally settled on Pizza Prosciutto (no surprise there) and Vongole al Chorizo for the pasta side. (I was sure my stomach pets wouldn't mind the carbo load late that night).



Cousins who like to eat together...


As for the flavor - I give them two thumbs up.
While it had only been recently that I had indulged in similar pizza (though oval-shaped) at Cibo in Manila, I think the arugula and prosciutto formula that Spirale slathers on their thin, crunchy-liciously crispy pizza were points ahead in being "home-made"-tasting.

The pasta was a tongue-pleaser too.
The baby clams were tender (they ought to be) and the stewed tomatoes coupled with the white wine sauce was just rightly thrown in together.
I usually avoid seafood-related pasta because my all-time favorite is the simple but divine arrabbiata, but this ristorante's version of the vongole was enough to make me more open-minded.

With just these two dishes, my cousin and I were stuffed to the gills, though I did manage to set aside a slice or two for Che (who was already at the Ponce Suites, photos of which are posted somewhere on this site).

I wish I had more time to stay, eat and talk with my cousin because its certainly one ristorante I would like to do a little more menu-exploration.

For the penny-pinching worker though, this might be one restaurant, which although you might like to eat at everyday - may not be that conducive to your wallet's continued health.
In comparison to Manila, where popular restaurants are more expensive, Davao still is relatively cheaper in terms of eating places which do give a broad variety of very fresh seafood - though I am not completely sure about the international cuisine side.

I can't label Spirale as a very expensive place, it is also not what I would call as very affordable.

My recommendation is that you try it at least once...and then you can save up your money to eat more frequently here as time goes by *grin*



Spirale Ristorante
Damosa Complex, Angliongto Road, Lanang, Davao City
Phone +63 82 234-6298