A WHOLE line of Cebuano dishes starts the 2011 buffet offerings at Cabalen, the popular eat-all-you-can, eat-all-you-want buffet restaurant. This month, as a tribute to Cebu’s well-known Sinulog Festival, Cabalen features some of the best Cebuano dishes like Seafood Tinola, Ensaladang Talong with...
WHAT EXACTLY is the famous (or infamous) jumbo siopao? Or, what is real comfort food? Curiosity drove us to check out two restaurants in different areas of the metropolis to find out what jumbo siopao and comfort food really are.
BETH WHISPERED to me once, “That’s what we Chinese call ‘pangloko restaurants.’” Many new Chinese restos that have opened in the last two decades can be referred to as such. One obvious sign of this is the lack of local Chinese diners in the place. When in Hong Kong and not knowing where to eat, I...
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I MET UP with Tito Ricky Soler last week at a Philippine Heritage Library gathering for writers—an “association of individuals involved in the writing profession.” Attendees include, to mention only a few, National Artist for Literature Frankie Sionil José, Elmer Ordonez, Nelson Navarro, Charlson...
A BANANA HEART looked quite elegant on the front page outlining the schedule of speakers at the MadridFusion 2011, the ninth gastronomy summit in Madrid, Spain. While Filipinos will find that ordinary, to many international visitors at the event, the pink hearts must have looked exotic. Far away...
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