Kiwa Korean Grill Dining at Solaire offers you a taste of Korea, fine-dining style. The lovely restaurant, named after a traditional roof tile, is not only perfect for romantic dates but is also welcoming for bigger groups or families.
The fiery home of pots and pans is a hotbed for the inspired. This is how an evening by Gas3nomic Culinary Events went.
Over the course of the blog, so many wine tasting events have come and gone. So much was learned, especially with so many new players in the wine distribution scene, introducing both old world and new world wines. But none could have prepared for the challenge of doing a pure Bordeaux wine tasting session. This made the Tuscany wine tasting in Italy seem like a grade school homework. Bordeaux, a…
You cannot not have seafood in the Philippines. With over 7,000 islands, seafood is a definite find in practically all of them… especially in cosmopolitan Manila where the economy bustles along with the raze of the restaurant kitchens. It’s been a big concern of late, however, that overfishing has resulted in diminishing quantity and quality of food. Lobsters that used to be bigger than arms (apparently they can infinitely grow),…
Head out into the wild, wild west as Spectrum offers yet another of their winning brunches. Say “Howdy” to their grilling station where you can come up with your own barbecue platter filled with steak, ribs, and lamb. You can also get fresh seafood cooked to your liking. A sure-hit among the kids are the corn on the cob, fries, and sweet potato crisps. Our little boy loved that…
Diamond Hotel’s Corniche invites you to the Fiesta de Sabores Españoles, A Spanish Food Festival, featuring Michelin-starred guest chef, Edgard Sanuy Barahona.
Margarita Fores of Cibo and Lusso (oh that Demi-pound burger is divine!) fame has been in the industry for more than a decade, and what comes out of the kitchen gets better and better. This was validated when she was named Best Female Chef of Asia this 2016. What will please people, is that if you need to have a banquet catered by the Cibo group, they can whip out something that…
If you think sea bass is priced as it is now because of its regalness as food, then you will be happy that the pun “There are other better fishes in the sea” can apply literally also to the distinct culinary world. There is this rare fish called Turbot. It looks like a relative of the Sole family, so you can’t really say that they are attractive. Found mainly off…
Most people know ice cream. Several people know gelato. Some people mistake gelato as like the Italian word for ice cream. It’s more than that (read through the graphic from left to right). And then there is gelato that just transports you to a world where everything is all right. That feeling was how we felt the first time we tried the world famous Dondoli Gelato in San Gimignano, Italy….
People place great value on items that are rare. But more than that, its value is more than mere rarity, but the complexity and the desirability that comes with something rare. For what value is something rare if it is not desirable? This is probably the thought process that the people of The Macallan Distillery have channeled into The Macallan Rare Cask. The Macallan distillery prides itself in its distinct means…
When you hear the word “promdi” (a local abbreviation of “promdi” / from the province), there always seems to be a negative connotation attached to the word. One that connotes a lack of culture and sophistication, alluding to the assumption of the simpler and detached-from-civilization lifestyle of those who live in the rural areas of the Philippines as compared to the cosmopolitan vibe of Metro Manila. You’ll hear this a…
As if an Eat-All-You-Can Lobster Buffet wasn’t enough.. Now, Heat in EDSA Shangri-La, Manila, literally fires up all their grills, griddles, and pans for those that love their beef. And they are not scrimping out on the quality: It’s Wagyu Beef in all stations! This will be happening every Saturday for the whole of 2016. Yep. You heard that right. The whole of 2016. These delectable bovines are yours for the…
It was a rainy Friday evening, the kind you dread going out into because of the traffic you anticipate. But this was no ordinary Friday evening. And our destination was more of a mission – something that has to be carried out at all costs. . A dinner at Cafe Ysabel with Chef Gene Gonzalez himself and good friends is not something to be trifled with. It was a generous…
Oh joy! Locally made buffala mozzarella! You’d think a lot more people would be dong this, given that we have a lot of water buffalos (carabaos) in the Philippines. We do have a version of it in the form of the “kesong puti”, but there are differences on how it is made, particularly the coagulating ingredients. And now, someone has seen that there is a demand for this. DVF Farms…
To people living in Metro Manila, the familiar places will always be somewhere in the central and a little bit to the north. Going down south of the Metro sometimes feels like already going to a provincial area. That’s how big a psychological barrier a toll-road gives to the brains of this bustling megacity. South of the metro is practically Paranaque, Las Pinas, and Muntinlupa, and the more affluent portion…
I think this video sums up how French people in Manila feel every time they step in and taste the mastery of Chef Marc Aubry of Champetre: It is from this animated movie named Ratatouille, where this awfully critical food writer by the name of Anton Ego is almost brought to tears as he tastes the French dish of the same name as the movie title, and the first bite…
The restaurant industry is not for the faint of heart. Given the growing interest and diversifying taste of diners though, there is always opportunity for a budding restaurateur to pique your curiosity and hold your taste buds (and bellies) in thrall. We all have our favorites and we all know one or two wildcards that we recommend to everyone we meet if they’re feeling adventurous. So as a food…
The Marriott Manila team has thought ahead and provided all of us with three new dining options, all found on the ground level of the Marriott Grand Ballroom: Allegro, Mian, and Crema.
This is what the Lazy Bastard’s Honey Parmesan dog can do to you: Instead of putting an effort into making home cooked meals, it has made me brown-bag seven hotdogs to feed a dinner for seven people, practically reducing my worth in society to an equivalent of the actual name of the shop: A Lazy Bastard. So much for being The Tipsy Cook. There’s something about the hotdogs they use at this…
In the vibrant and dynamic Fort Bonifacio food scene, Vyne has staked a claim on a rightful spot. With food as diverse as these, there’s no fear of ever being obsolete.
If there is one thing that baffles us here, it’s the ramen craze. In a hot and humid country like the Philippines, how can something like a piping bowl of hot ramen be the solution to the heat? And yet, waves upon waves of franchises straight from the Land of the Rising Sun set foot in places of high prominence to get attention in Manila. This is not one of…
Click here to go back to Part One of the Diageo Reserve World Class Bartender Philippines 2015 Bar Crawl and Send Off Party Rain still pouring and traffic building, time to soldier on to the next stop: Rambla’s Michael Tubiera Cocktails: Boy Juan-Der, and Night Duty Magtataho You look at Michael, and his very shy demeanor doesn’t seem to fit the somewhat outgoing and oftentimes overeager-to-please bartender you may…
