If you haven’t been to Fort Bonifacio over the past year, you will find that the old Pier One bar has now been replaced by a more permanent looking structure that houses some new goodies that is reviving that side of The Fort Strip. On the higher floors, URBN Bar and Kitchen [...]

I have a few staples when it comes to a beach vacation.  I need a beer or any other alcoholic drink in hand, a lounge chair, lots of inactivity, sun, sand, and sea. When it comes to Filipino beaches, we will always give Boracay as an example.  It has long been the top of mind [...]

This pic was taken last February, 6, 2013, in true En Route food paparazzi fashion:   Since the last quarter of 2012, there have been talks that the American breakfast food chain IHOP will be opening in Manila. It just seems fitting that the first IHOP branch will be in the ever trendy Fort Bonifacio [...]

Looks like the emergence of this new bar completes the evolution of what was the old complex of the Embassy Club. First, the Embassy Cafeteria turned into Draft Gastropub. Next, the large Embassy Main Club has turned into Aracama Filipino Cuisine (with hints of some loungey after-10 beats!). Now, the old Embassy Cuisine Lounge has [...]

The affluent partygoers of Manila will always remember the Embassy Superclub (and its sister establishments Cuisine and Cafeteria) that arose in the early 2000′s. And its reputation has been widely known to everyone, even those who are not familiar with the scene as well as its possible reasons for closing. With that, the people running [...]

This post is dedicated to a newly found foodie couple who felt totally victorious when they found out that they were able to suggest something that was worth featuring in En Route. (You know who you guys are. ‘Till the next food trip! ) Admittedly, even with a bit of research about Tuscano, not much [...]

Don’t we all look for a no-fail place, where we can hang out with good friends, get some tasty meals, indulge in some good drinks or distinctive beers, and just relax in the overall vibe of a music that matches the good taste of the food? People will always have that sanctuary of comfort. It [...]

    There have been a lot of foodie raves over Shi Lin’s Taiwanese style cuisine, with its delicious dumplings matched with relatively value-for-money prices. It helps a lot also that they are situated in the Podium in Ortigas, Powerplant Mall in Makati, and Commercenter building in Fort Bonifacio (It’s actually same building where Relik [...]

    It was unfortunate that only after  trying Gram’s Diner’s Lunch Special meal did other foodie raves come out about the diner: that one of the very things that should never be missed here is their Famous Beef Tapa (Yeah. That’s how it is written on the menu. Capital “F”). So like everything else, [...]

  Lucky to have tried this a few days after it opened, because by now, it will take some time to get a seat. Such is the demand for the goodness that comes out of the kitchen of  ’Cue Modern Barbecue. ‘Cue Modern Barbecue is just one of the many specialty restaurants that have emerged [...]

That new Bonifacio High Street Central complex has livened up the Fort Bonifacio area even more. What with its more distinguished selection of restaurants and lifestyle boutiques. It really knows what the market has been looking for. Part of what they look for is a more sophisticated experience of eating already familiar American inspired comfort [...]

In the Rockwell Center in Makati, there was this quaint little diner with bright colors and upbeat atmosphere that brings alive the heydeys of the 60′s and 70′s (Plus they had this great beer serving aptly called “Mugnanimus”). Gram’s Diner seems to be an institution in Rockwell, with its American Comfort Food selections flocked by [...]

After that little stint in Tajimaya’s Yakiniku, a certain fire seemed to have ignited deep down in the bowels: a craving for sampling some grilled Japanese goodies, simply called Yakitori. There is an appeal to meat cooked right before your eyes, served with its flesh still sizzling from its encounter with a hot pan or [...]

It seems like the Metro Manila foodie landscape is starting to appreciate the finer and more upscale gastronomic experience. What with the opening of the Bonifacio High Street Central, sparking an appetite to try something new while living out the cosmopolitan lifestyle that the relatively young working class work for through their hard earned money. [...]

  There really are days when after interacting with too many people around you, a lunch all by your lonesome actually becomes a welcome thought. Think of it as your little “me time” in a small place, slowly eating your meal, digesting both its contents and the morning frenzy that just happened. There’s no shortage [...]

 As of December 21, 2012, this place has already closed. From the outside, anyone can mistake this for anything. A furniture shop, some exclusive club, or some high end flower boutique as the name may suggest. But it is actually a sleek styled Japanese restaurant that fits the lifestyle trends of Fort Bonifacio.   Rose [...]