Premier, Prestige, Piging! A Glimpse of Your Grand Feasting Options at Hillcreek Garden’s Food Selection

What defines a feast? Surely, what’s on top of your mind are unimaginable amounts and varieties of edible things—grazing tables of differently shaped finger foods, spread of big chunks of meat mains, fruit cornucopias, desserts stacked so high the tower leans, and different mugs with refreshing-looking unnamed contents. 

But a feast (banquet), or as we’d call it here, piging, isn’t as fantastically fragile; piging is very Filipino in that every dish is an expression of the chef’s love for cooking as well as a reflection of what would make guests happy. A real piging is curated from the best of the chef’s arsenal, customized for the banqueters’ preferences, and is created with a sense of character. 

At Hillcreek Gardens, we provide catering with character and bravado that features fantastical but familiar dishes that will certainly become your favorites. Read on and get a glimpse of a fraction of what you’ll expect from our Premier Banquet Menu and Prestige Banquet Menu when you book our catering for your next event.  

Starters

A feast can be an array of subsequent plates, a family style table spread, or a buffet lineup of different delicacies; however you want your feast, it always has to start with, well, starters! Every dish is designed to whet appetites and make you want more. Word of warning: these are gonna be good but please watch your appetite—you might not have enough space for the main courses!

Appetizers

There’s a bit of selection from appetizers alone. You can start off from our Premium choices like Chorizo Croquettas that are both sweet and savory, or Ranchero Springrolls in Pinoy Pico de Gallo that have a spring in each bite. You can also choose to turn starters into amuse-bouche from our Prestige menu which includes leveled up appetizers like the very delicately delicious Prosciutto Croquettes, refreshingly whetting Shrimp with Mango Salsa, and colorfully flavorful Baked Ratatouille with Gruyere Cheese.

Salads

If you like greens, you’re getting more than that; we’ll serve you up a taste of the freshest Tagaytay highland greens fresh from hyperlocal sources and even from our own gardens like our Fresh Plantation with Malt Vinaigrette and Kani Mango with Wasabi Dressing that are both available from the Premier menu. If you want to change your veggies up a bit, the Prestige menu has our sweet and tangy Sous Vide Pear and Fresh Feta with Honey Lemon Vinaigrette or our own Blue Room’s Caesar with in-house Peppered Bacon. Salmon lovers would be thrilled at our Smoked Salmon Niçoise with Dijon Vinaigrette but if you like something meatier, we also have the Grilled USDA Tenderloin Salad with Light Char Chili Vinaigrette.

Soups

Soups are meant to be heartwarmingly cozy but also usher your expectations for the excitement ahead. For a more familiar taste of local comfort, our Premier menu has Roasted Pumpkin & Carrot soup as well as our take on an asian favorite, Blue Room’s Egg Drop. Our Prestige offers a bit more variety: the Creamy Tomato, Fried Basil, & Herb Oil Soup is light and balanced; our Motley Mushroom with Truffle Essence is more robust and hearty; and the Roasted Chestnut Bisque is gentle on the palette.

Pasta

Pasta is like math: some people love it, some people don’t, but one thing is for sure, we all need it! At Hillcreek Gardens, we make pasta your favorite subject because you get to choose your noods (penne, linguine, spaghetti) and your sauce your way. Our Premier options house your saucy classics like Bolognese, Aglio Oglio, Alfredo, Marinara, and our special Spanish Sardines & Arugula. If you want your pasta to be a little more exciting, the Prestige menu has got standouts like the zesty Fermented Lemon Garlic Shrimp, the decadent Manchego Truffle Cream, the well-balanced Brie Creme Alfredo with Chardonnay, and our Slow Roast Beef Ragoût with a juicy and meaty punch. 

Mains

The ceremony, keynote talk, party-proper—every guest comes for the main event but every guest also stays for the event’s mains; main courses, after all, have the meat of it all. From seafood and beef, to pork and poultry, have your main dish your way. You don’t even have to choose just one; you get to have one of each!

Seafood

From the river to the sea, you don’t need to set sail to discover flavor; Hillcreek Gardens serves up deep flavors with our seafood menu. Premier options sets you up with our freshly hauled Seafood Medley and our twist on local flavors with our Three Hour Bangus with Olive Garlic Hash. If you want to go on a greater seafood expedition, the Prestige menu is more your flow. Bask in the refreshingly tender Mahi Mahi en Papillote, dive right into a helping of Salmon Fillet with Dill Crème and Herb Oil, and have a taste of conquest with the Blue Room’s King Bangus Sofrito.

Beef

Land ho! Apart from seafood, you can choose to enjoy prime cuts from our beefed up options. Choose from our take on local beef dishes like the juicy Beef Salpicao Fillet, the fall-off-the-bone tender Braised Shortrib Caldereta with Tri Olives, and of course our take on the Tagaytay-famous Bulalo Steak. Take flavors to the highlands with selections from our Prestige menu like Rache’s Beef Bourguignon Bone Marrow Jus, USDA Tenderloin Au Poivre Rainbow Pepper Fricassee, or our very own Hillcreek’s USDA Prime Blackened Beef Salpicao.

Pork

Is a feast really Pistang Pinoy without a pork dish? After all, we put the pig in piging that’s why Hillcreek Gardens knows to make sure we make pork perfectly. Taste international takes on pork dishes from our premium menu that includes South East Asian fusion dishes like Gochujang Glazed Spiced Ribs and Blue Room Tonkatsu Curry, Western inspired Slow Roast with Alabama Sauce, and the proudly local Bicol Express Spareribs. Power your pork options with our Prestige selection. The Porkbelly Porchetta with Altamia’s Stewed Liver Jus has bold but balanced flavors; enjoy a crowd favorite with the Pork Pata Tim with Banana Blossoms; and let us take you (baby)back in time with our intricate 1980s Pork Hamonado Roulade.

Poultry

Chickens can’t fly but we make flavors soar with juicy-liciously prepared poultry dishes. From the Premier menu alone, no bird has the same feather with our variety. Go asian with Chicken Pandan with Thai Fish Sauce, say bon appétit to a helping of 40 Cloves Garlic Fricassee, or go local with our very own Hillcreek Roast Chicken with Alfonso Pesto. You can also try Italian with Roasted Parmesan Chicken with Pomodoro Sauce, go bold with the Latin American flavors of Baked Rouille Chicken with Pineapple Chimichurri, and taste classic French culinary mastery with the Chicken Galantine Mushroom Velouté.

Desserts

After starters and mains, the battle of the belt might be reaching its height that’s why we offer up some sweet escape to cut through the savory punches. Your all-time favorites are all on the Premier menu with delectables such as Vintage Yema Cake, Choco Mouse, Mini Black Forrest, and Mango Panna Cotta.

If once isn’t enough, choosing the Prestige menu packages offers you twice the just desserts. You can choose for our uniquely crafted sweet creations like Black Banana Tiramisu Truffle Sphere that’s as delicious as it is Instagramable, the tarty freshness of Paris-Brest à la Fraise, the homegrown Ube Creme Brulee Cheesecake, and our very own Blue Room’s Macaroon. But it’s not over yet, choose from Tocino del Cielo, Brownies, Caramel Almonds, Mini Carrot Cake, and Bity Bites Banana Cake for your second helping!

Whatever catering package you go for, you get to have staples of your choice. Different rice options include Steamed Pandan Rice, Nori Rice, Tarragon Rice, and Blue Room Java Rice. You can also choose from Houseblend Ice Tea, Four Seasons, Lemonade, and Dalandan for drinks. Both Premier and Prestige packages have free flowing coffee and tea for you and your guests. 

There’s a feast, and then there’s a Hillcreek Gardens Tagaytay feast. Nothing about our flavors are abstract and fantastical; we offer deliciousness that’s customized and curated to match your preferences but exceeds your expectations. Book your event and catering with Hillcreek Gardens because we’ll always make sure that every guest of yours has a seat at our prestigiously premium piging.