The Philippine food scene may be entering a new dimension with the industry now looking at the food truck craze that will be starting very soon. Some may think it is an old concept. Mobile food shacks already prowl the streets on three wheels courtesy of modified motorcycles, or the famous “Jolli-jeeps” ironically situated in [...]

    This post is actually a result of a conversation about craving shawarma in the En Route Facebook page. There were three contributions, but one was at the far end of Quezon City (where apparently there is a SECOND Mindanao Avenue in that place). The other one was a very famous name from before [...]

Yes. Why would anyone go eat at Uncle Moe’s? Why would anyone want to be in a spartan concrete room adorned with heavy stroke paintings, walls echoing an eclectic mix of Sade’s Smooth Operator, TLC’s Creep, All Saint’s version of Under the Bridge, and then switches to “Homebase” from Cafe Del Mar’s 6th album? Here, [...]

There was a time in the history of the Philippines when the whole archipelago was engulfed in a battle for the best shawarma (that war was back in the mid- to late 1990′s. It wasn’t so long ago). That garlicky, meaty, flavorful wrap became a late-afternoon snack staple that caused quite the long lines, similar [...]

An invitation to try the different flavors of India by Namaste was something we couldn’t pass up. Here’s a look into how authentic Indian food is for dining-out occasions.

You say kabob, I say kebab.  (To-mah-to, to-may-to.)  Better yet, we collectively call anything skewered as barbecue.  More commonly spelled as BBQ. Thanks to our friends at Myfoodtrip, we were able to try out Kebab Factory in the Burgos Circle of Fort Bonifacio and add to our list of Indian-Persian restaurants.  It was one of [...]

  When the Greenbelt complex was built, it set the standards for aspirations of the Metro Manila folk when it comes to having a good night out in town. Bars, restaurants and movie theaters here are always a pleasure to visit and patronize. And it continues to do so until this day. So one night [...]