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Starting at 12mn, URBN BAR gets packed with party people from all over the metro. It’s a popular events place for launching products and holding company events because of its spacious interiors and industrial-looking ambiance. But one of the things I love about URBN is the contemporary comfort food they serve during dinner by Chef … Continue reading URBN BAR & KITCHEN: The Secret Yummy Dinner Food of @URBN_BGC
SARBAY FEST is the biggest beach party in Mindanao. Since 2006, it has been held around the third weekend of May in Gumasa Beach, Glan, Sarangani to celebrate the area’s beauty and to conserve Sarangani Bay. It is one of the best beach parties to culminate the summer season in the Philippines. Here’s a photo essay … Continue reading The SARBAY FEST Hangover?! (A Photo Essay of the Biggest Beach Party in Mindanao @SarbayFest)
SABOTEN is the original and largest Tonkatsu chain from Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan. It has been serving its famous tonkatsu since 1966 and has branches in Japan, Korea, Taiwan, Singapore, China, Hong Kong, Canada, Thailand, and now in the Philippines. 🙂 The restaurant’s name means “cactus”, inspired by the plant’s vitality and persistence despite harsh conditions. Although … Continue reading SABOTEN Philippines: The Original Tonkatsu Flavor Now in Manila!
San Miguel Lifestyle Brews BITES & BREWS BAR Crawl is a bar hopping experience with a group of bar crawlers over food and beer pairing of San Miguel Premium All Malt, San Miguel Super Dry and Cerveza Negra. It’s a new way of meeting people, experiencing the different Gastro pub in the metro over unlimited … Continue reading BITES & BREWS: San Miguel Lifestyle Brews Bar Crawl Experience!
Text by Nikka Sarthou and Photos by Michael Chua The SISIG. A Filipino favorite that is traditionally made with pig’s ears and served on a sizzling plate. This humble dish is said to originate from Pampanga but is now known outside the country, thanks to the feature of renowned chef and television host, Anthony Bourdain, who raved … Continue reading CHEF BAB’S SISIG: “A lot of restaurants serve sisig but only Chef Bab of @MercatoCentrale can offer eight variants at one time!”
Red Clogs Down the Five-Foot-Way™ A Chinatown Walk is a 3.5+ hours heritage walking tour of Singapore’s Chinatown created by Journeys Singapore. It’s one of the inspiration behind the Chinatown Food Tour by Ivan Man Dy in Manila. Here’s a photo essay review of my first walking tour experience in Singapore: Your Awesome Singapore Series: … Continue reading SINGAPORE CHINATOWN WALK: Red Clogs Down the Five-Foot-Way™ (A Review) @VisitSingapore
Related Blog Post: LEVANTE: Announcing…. The Mercato of the East! LEVANTE EASTWOOD is a Night Food Market every Friday at the Eastwood City organized by the Mercato Centrale group. It caters primarily to the people in Eastwood and around the surrounding communities East of Metro Manila. LEVANTE stands for the Yummy East. The name literally means ‘the East’ … Continue reading LEVANTE EASTWOOD: Finally, the Mercato of the East @EastwoodMall! @LevanteEastwood
MAPLE is the high-end All-Day Breakfast restaurant by the Pancake House group with its flagship store in San Antonio Plaza. We like Pancake House, and it’s our comfort breakfast food with our boys. But recently we noticed the taste is getting too commercialized, the serving of the pasta is getting smaller, and the flavors are … Continue reading MAPLE: All Day Breakfast @ San Antonio Plaza, Forbes Park Makati
P.H.A.T. PHO (short for Pretty Hot and Tempting Pho?) is the Vietnamese Resto created by Jason Hyatt of The Abaca Group in Cebu. There’s not a lot of Vietnamese flavors in Cebu, and Abaca Group’s Vietnamese concept is interesting with Vietnamese Chef Ahn Sy Hoang or Chef Bruce. In contrast to the other Abaca restos, … Continue reading PHAT PHO: A Vietnamese Kitchen @TheAbacaGroup @PhatPhoCebu
UPDATE 1/12/13: SM AURA EATS: 10 Most Awesome Restaurants @SMAuraPremier to Kick Off Your SM Aura Food Trip this 2014! SM AURA PREMIER is the high-end shopping mall of Henry Sy’s SM Group, located in the Bonifacio Civic Center in Taguig. Some call it the SM Mothership because of its unique design and because it’s the … Continue reading SM AURA: Premier Shopping & Foodie Supermarket Haven + Sky Park @SMAuraPremier Taguig! (First Impressions)
