You can rarely go wrong with any of the established Japanese Restaurants in Little Tokyo in Makati City. There will always be a natural tendency to weed out those that serve the same type of food that is inferior to its neighboring restaurant. And so it has come to pass that the frequent diners in [...]

And the inflow of foreign restaurant branches continue to pour into the Philippine food scene. For the last part of 2012 to early parts of 2013, Philippines based The Bistro Group of TGI Fridays fame has been busy bringing in and creating new restaurant concepts for the sit down, non pretentious casual diner. Modern Shanghai [...]

Dilingers in Greenbelt Makati has actually gained some popularity from the foodie and yuppie scene in Manila for quite some time already, with everyone raving about its sophisticated ambiance and authentic buffalo wings. But other than that, no one else has made a compelling reason to merit a visit. Then recently, one tip about how [...]

This is a tribute to a Vietnamese restaurant whose value was overlooked until it has closed, and has morphed into something new somewhere else. Dear Aquaknox: Your grand looking restaurant with high ceilings to match your tasty Vietnamese cuisine will be missed from the streets of Pasay Road in Makati, where you have been replaced [...]

  One of the leading purveyors of quality craft beers in the Philippines has opened a bottle shop for a laid back in-store experience on the finer dimensions of beer. Global Beer Exchange bottle shop in Magallanes is the brainchild of Jim Araneta, whose aim is to share a more refined experience of drinking high [...]

When an intense craving for the Japanese kind begins to envelop your whole brain, and for all valid reasons you are situated in the Philippines and not in Japan, the best bet to get quality Japanese grub would automatically lead you to Little Tokyo in Makati. Then when you get there, you still have to [...]

  . If you are a restaurant owner that wants to get a lot of foot traffic and public buzz, it is unconventional that you would hide your food service establishment from people as you significantly hurt your chances. Only those who are confident that what they offer is special can hiding a restaurant become [...]

There are a few places that become a mainstay for people. Something like a default place to go to if nothing special or unique comes to mind. Here at En Route, there are quite a few: Dinelli in Burgos Circle Fort Bonifacio for great sausages, cheese, wine, and free wi-fi Yabu: House of Katsu for [...]

On to more tapas bars in Manila, this time situated in a place ironically overlooked in the Greenbelt 3 area: Cerveseria. Cerveseria is a Spanish restaurant and tapas bar dishing out its interpretation of Spanish Cuisine. In the event that you have a difficult time looking for it, it is near the more established Kitchen Restaurant. [...]

There was this French / European bistro named Savoy that popped up in some of the searches a few months ago, and strangely is that it was somewhere in Kalayaan Avenue in Makati City. Not everyone would believe it, though. After all, Kalayaan Avenue has the notorious reputation as a place for escorts, drunk expats, [...]

Back in the launch of Trufflefinder, it was a treat to find out that there is more than one speakeasy in Manila. But before that, there was one place that has been in our hearts, and in the hearts of the CNNGo people that featured this place. Blind Pig in Makati is probably one of [...]

Recipes by Cafe Metro has been around for more than a decade in the Manila food scene, with its carefully selected menu from Asian/Filipino cuisine with slight Western food influences, making sure that the mix is just the right balance that the common non-discriminating Manila food goer can enjoy without any prejudice. And over the [...]

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 [...]

Who knew that somewhere just within the outskirts of the red light district of Makati City stands a good replica of an Enligsh Pub filled with all things sports complemented by some of the best beers in the world? Howzat (A play on the Cricket term “How’s That?”) Sports Bar is situated somewhere in Kalayaan [...]

Enjoy the comforts of Swiss dining when you try Chesa Bianca along Yakal St. in Makati City. A perfect way to relax over dinner on a Friday night.

Nothing exudes the air of Christmas more than a big crowd gathered amidst a spectacle of lights. Ayala Land does it again as they feature the dancing lights at the Ayala Triangle Garden in Makati.