Sharing fab finds and good vibes...
I’ve been meaning to do a post on Bar Pintxos for some time now as I have enjoyed their pintxos and tapas several times at their original Alabang location. Fortunately or not, every time I go, I enjoy myself so much I forget to take photos. Just before Christmas, Bar […] Read more »
Taking advantage of the holidays, we took a short out of town trip to Antipolo to try a new restaurant I had heard about from a friend of mine. The place is called Tahanan Bistro and is part of the home of furniture maker and sculptor Benji Reyes. It took […] Read more »
Last week, we had the good fortune to grab the last two seats at the Neo – Singaporean Cuisine dinner of Chef Han Li-Guang at the Makati Diamond Residences Alfred Restaurant. Chef Han runs Singapore’s Labyrinth Restaurant which was awarded as one of Singapore’s Top 20 Restaurants of 2014 in […] Read more »
It’s a bit off the beaten track, since the development in the area is still ongoing, but if you are after some hearty food, meat especially, Pampas is the place to go. Pampas is onwed by the same group that put up another Argentinean restaurant, Gaucho, at Robinsons Magnolia several […] Read more »
I finally had the chance to try Discovery Primea’s premier dining outlet, Flame, earlier this month. Located at the 16th floor, the cuisine at Flame has touches of east and west. Pride of place is given to steaks prepared in their state of the art Josper oven, but they also […] Read more »
This year’s annual kaiseki dinner for the Ordre Mondial was, for the first time, not at a Japanese restaurant, but was held at Allium, a place noted for its degustation menus. I had eaten at Allium a few times before and have been impressed each time. Chef Mark Tan has […] Read more »
Once again, the annual Diner Amical of the Chaine des Rotisseurs is almost upon us and I get the not too difficult job of tasting the food and wine to be served at the most important dinner of the year. This year, we will be returning to the Makati Shangri-La […] Read more »
By now almost everyone knows that after 46 years at the top of Ayala Avenue, the Intercontinental Hotel will just be a memory by January 1, 2016. The hotel will be demolished to make way for a mixed use development and transportation hub. Rumors of its demise were being floated […] Read more »
For the final dinner of the year, the Ordre Mondial des Gourmets Degustateurs (OMGD) had a modern Basque dinner at the Tasting Room in City of Dreams. Although a Rhone dinner was originally scheduled, a modern Basque dinner was decided upon after learning that Chef William Mahi who runs the […] Read more »
It wasn’t exactly the best time to schedule an event. With Manila hosting the APRC summit, traffic disruption would be the norm for most of the week. Despite the inconvenience, I made sure to leave early enough to make it to Txanton, a new jamon and wine shop along Pasong […] Read more »