It all started with a simple phone call. Christophe Bourrie, Remy Martin’s ambassador for the Southeast Asian region, was making his rounds and discovering how some clients in the area have stored the precious Louis XIII cognacs as long as the 1940’s. It then gave him the thought that there might be someone out there who he has not yet met that has an even older bottle. And the only…

Look what came out of the occasional visit to the Rustan’s Supermarket’s liquor area: Casa Noble Tequila Tequila, personally, has always been a tricky liquor to deal with, as most of the exposure to this has been in the glorious youthful days where shots after shots are downed with reckless abandon. But something about this Casa Noble Tequila seemed way more different. Might have been the packaging. Now having better knowledge…

Suckers for rooftop bars and restaurants? You are not alone. This is why Chef Jessie’s newest venture named “100” sparkles like a little gem in Eastwood in Quezon City. What makes this even better is that it has incorporated a revolving floor on the perimeter of the cylindrical building.   A revolving restaurant concept has not been around in Manila for a very long time. The last time was during…

Ok, so you may have seen the Postcard from Amsterdam Centraal to Paris, the peculiar situation of suddenly finding ourselves in Charles De Gaulle Airport instead of taking the night train, and also getting the night train from Civitavecchia to Rome, Italy. You will see that one thing being mentioned a lot here is the Eurail Global Pass.   To get to that, let’s talk a little bit about the…

A United States Visa. Some people actually kill for it (Which of course automatically makes you ineligible to be granted one). Setting foot into America is actually one of the great Filipino aspirations that the 3% of the upper echelons of local society may take for granted. But with a showing of honest work, good moral standing, and a good reason that the US Embassy will believe that you will…

This was a belated birthday dinner celebration.  We reached Serendra hungry and we were looking for a nice dinner place with good meat. You know the food is good when the beginning of the conversation is marked by the first bite.  And no matter how many topics you branch out into, every bite will bring you back to raving about the food. Duo Steakhouse and Wine Bar offers you a…