Pressing the Panini
isn’t he a beaut? Over the holidays, I purchase a panini press, one of those sandwich makers with grooved metal plates. This one is from 3D, and it costs me just under P1,500. Sweet. For the more...
View ArticleKopi Roti: For Devotees of Soft-Boiled Eggs & Coffee
Kopi Roti group photo — I prefer the eggs without the soy sauce My Bin tells me that when he was growing up, his mom firmly believed that eggs would make him tall and strong. She’d run around the house...
View ArticleManila’s Tsokolate Shop
It’s spelled Tsoko.Nut and pronounced “choco-nut,” not “choco-dot-nut.” The word, ‘Batirol,’ – also known as batidor or molinillo (photo here) – attached to the name is there to remind people that this...
View ArticleLove Them Buns
Note: In honor of the month of lo-o-o-ve (pronounced: luuuv, draw out the ‘uh’), every post in February will be about gifts you can give your love(s), places to take your love(s), and most importantly,...
View ArticleHow To Break A Heart (1st of 2 Parts)
Note: In honor of the month of lo-o-o-ve (pronounced: luuuv, draw out the ‘uh’), every post in February will be about gifts you can give your love(s), places to take your love(s), and most importantly,...
View ArticleHow To Break A Heart (Last of 2 parts)
Note: In honor of the month of lo-o-o-ve (pronounced: luuuv, draw out the ‘uh’), every post in February will be about gifts you can give your love(s), places to take your love(s), and most importantly,...
View ArticleGrub at the Grotto
A grotto is a cave or cave-like excavation, and its Italian counterpart, la grotta is the name of a restaurant in Legaspi Village. Its somewhat esoteric location adds to its intrigue as a place far...
View ArticleMy Kind of Flowers
I’m not the type of girl that you can give flowers to. Yes, they’re nice to look at and all but invariably after a few days, those pretty things will wilt. And then they’ll die, leaving nothing behind...
View ArticleMy Little Mongolian BBQ Secret
In high school, my friends and I had a special activity to celebrate the end of exam week. When the last exam paper was turned in, we changed out of our uniform into what was then called ‘civilian...
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My Favorites At Escolta Restaurant, Plus The Peninsula’s New Cupcakes
It’s a short list but these are exceptional, my favorites from the buffet at the Peninsula Manila’s Escolta restaurant. I’m not a fan of buffets or, as they’re called now, interactive food stations,...
View ArticleA Little Down Time
It’s unusual for me to let more than a week go by without posting. But I’ve gone and done it and I offer no excuses — okay, well maybe just a few. As I slowly climb my way out of this holiday funk that...
View ArticleA Night with Two Private Chefs
It was a magazine article about a private chef who’d come back from several years abroad and decided to make Manila his home. At the bottom of the page were his contact numbers and the words, “Menus...
View ArticleTomatoes for Dessert
Food writers are often exhorted to “put meal to paper,†that is, to write about a meal while it’s still fresh in one’s taste memory. I stick to this rule as much as I can but sometimes… well,...
View ArticleDinner on the Porch
A portico was the principal porch or entrance to a Greek temple possessing an expansive roof and open sides. In Manila, it’s the name of a restaurant backed by years of experience in the industry that...
View ArticleBBQ at the Poolside
Most people I know are addicted to the prospect of an al fresco meal, and if that meal is anywhere near a body of water, then even better. Consider the proliferation of restaurants in Boracay and those...
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