La Cocina de Tita Moning: Be a Don and Donya of the Modern Times

La Cocina de Tita Moning

A guided tour with their staff will fill you in on the history of the Legardas, including their passions and interests.

La Cocina de Tita Moning

Here is Don Alejandro’s library, which houses rows and rows of reading materials.

La Cocina de Tita Moning

Don Alejandro is also a photographer, and has set aside a part of the house for his camera collection (which is amazingly huge). Make sure to look for his photograph of the Roxas Boulevard in the ’30s. You’ll be in awe.

La Cocina de Tita Moning

He is also a OB-gynecologist by profession. Here is his former clinic where he attended to his patients.

La Cocina de Tita Moning

Inside the clinic remains a real skeleton of a human body.

La Cocina de Tita Moning

Near the entrance door is their souvenir shop where you can purchase their homemade bottled specialties like the Queso de Bola Spread and the famous Salsa Monja. You can also buy postcards of Dr. Alejandro’s photographs here.

La Cocina de Tita Moning

The living room is well-lit and fully-furnished. Several photos of the family are on display, including cute family portraits. Paintings also hang here, including the original La Inocencia by National Artist Felix Ressureccion Hidalgo and a painting of a woman in a black dress by Juan Luna no less.

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The grand piano of the Legarda family

La Cocina de Tita Moning

La Cocina de Tita Moning

Who would believe that these are made from paper mache? Amazing art!

La Cocina de Tita Moning

The family has a vast collection of antique radio equipment. Dr. Alejandro being an avid member of the Philippine Amateur Radio Association, it is no surprise that they had hold a big collection over the years.

La Cocina de Tita Moning

Tita Moning and her daughters, on the other hand, were into ballet. Their dressing room displays their ballerina dresses, portraits and items that embody the old world Filipina.

La Cocina de Tita Moning

Check out this ballerina set!

La Cocina de Tita Moning

We don’t want to spoil you on the other treasures of the house, so visit it yourself and discover the wonders inside!

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