The list of major food hubs in the Metro goes on; but today, I choose Banawe. Plenty of great restaurants have come from this winding Quezon City thoroughfare. The latest one? Wild Indigo. Neon...
Pablo Bistro can look intimidating from the outside. I used to walk past it everyday and try to catch a peek inside: all the expats enjoying breakfast or brunch under orange chandeliers and around...
Where can you get good Hawaiian food in the Metro? Ono Burgers and Barbeque! Ono Burgers and Barbeque is the newest restaurant venture of Brick Oven Group Inc. Although this particular restaurant...
The French are known to be fickle with their food. Have you seen Ratatouille? The French Chamber of Commerce and Industry in the Philippines (CCI France Philippines) recently celebrated their 30th...
Noor is one of the newer, hipper restaurants along Forbestown Road. My expectations? Hip, cool, and very cosmopolitan. All were met. Although Noor may come off as rather intimidating – with its...
Of course this would end up on my IG stories. Everything else does these days, after all. The surprising thing, though, is that people have been messaging me all day because of this. “Where is...
I first came across Más Tapas Bar scrolling through Instagram; amid all the pictures of freshly baked breads, beautifully decorated cakes, and melted cheese, I suddenly saw four colourful pintxos...
There’s something cozy about Vietnamese cuisine. Perhaps it is the freshness, perhaps it comes from the flavors, or perhaps it is the oxymoron of the ingredients’ simplistic complexitiy. Simply...
There’s something about jewelry that attracts a crowd. Much like moth to a flame, I am instantly drawn by objects that shine, especially ones that are 18 carat. The scintillation is hypnotic and I...
“We are the deviants to what is commercial.” I am speaking to Chef Emman Galvez who sits across from me on a metal stool. His managing partner, Mrs. Isabel Co, is herem as well, and we talk for...
Along the corner of Sgt. Esguerra and tucked away behind the shade of a handful of trees, is Quezon City’s newest Vietnamese eatery. Only a few weeks old and tucked away in an unobtrusive little...
Just when you thought the dessert industry couldn’t get more creative, Tokeru appears, your next favorite dessert stall in SM Megamall. I’m one of those people who has an insatiable sweet tooth....
The smell of homemade waffle batter and coffee beans perfume the air, a wonderful aroma that reminds me of breakfasts on Sunday morning. In White Camp Coffee & Kitchen, sunlight streams in...
Few things in life are as indulgent as a steak dinner: seared, served, and seasoned with only the best. I’d love to be a full-time carnivore, but my dietician says that’s not an option. With...
There are two windows by a corner of the room and through both of them, soft sunlight filters. It’s this and not the playful aesthetic—not the pops of purple and yellow nor the art-deco...
There’s nothing quite like foreign food made specifically for the Filipino palate. While CargoFish does nothing to compromise its authenticity—sourcing their vinegar and, heck, even their...
A few months ago, I made the best out of my ASEAN passport and decided to go to Vietnam for two weeks. It wasn’t a spur of the moment decision; it took me three months to plan everything from...
Article by Ryanne Co / Photos by Jeanne Dizon Art enthusiast? We hear you. Museums are great, but not when you feel disconnected from the pieces themselves. Fortunately for us, a certain museum in...