My Manila

"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea." ~Henry James, The...

"Everything's better with bacon and red wine!" ~Dianne Harman, American author Though not the last about Earth Kitchen ...

"Life is a combination of magic and pasta." ~Federico Fellini (1920–1993), Italian filmmaker Being the ravioli fan girl tha...

"Pork fat rules!" ~Emeril Lagasse, American celebrity chef I did mention that Earth Kitchen is not a vegetarian restaurant,...

"If I must choose between healthy and tasty, I go for the second; having only one life to waste, it might as well be a pleasurable on...

"You have to taste a culture to understand it." ~Deborah Cater, British travel writer At the risk of seeming like a food bl...

"…there are more different sausages in Germany than there are breakfast foods in America, and if there is a bad one among them then I...

You met Benny in the previous post; now I'd like you to meet Sammy. Eggs Sammy, to be precise. Another of π restaurant's variant o...

Traditional Eggs Benedict consist of two halves of an English muffin topped with ham or bacon, poached eggs, and Hollandaise sauce. π res...

Of course, one can't have a Filipino gift shop without food. The Manila Collectible Co. has gathered together a good array of food pro...

"charred beef, Asian greens, vegetables, roasted sesame dressing" – That was the simple description of the Kanji Beef salad in th...

I just discovered yummy new products from Gourmet Farms : lettuce and pesto chips—tasty, crunchy, all natural, no preservatives. Unfortunat...

An itinerant fruit vendor on the sidewalk outside the Immaculate Heart of Mary Parish church was selling green mangoes , sampaloc ( tamar...

Manila has had a love affair with ramen since last year, with lots of new restaurants claiming to serve the perfect bowl popping up. My hu...

Shelled, boiled then fried, or cooked adobo -style, salagubang ( Phyllophaga – May or June bugs) is apparently considered a delicacy in s...

Vendors outside the Immaculate Heart of Mary Parish church selling peanuts, corn, dried fish, suman and kakanin (Filipino delicacies usu...

Anthropologist Fernando Zialcita and Chef Gene Gonzalez 's " Exploring Filipino Taste in Seven Courses " is always fascinati...

The next time you eat Chinese dim sum dumplings, slow down and savor every bite. A lot of effort goes into making each small piece—from th...

Crispy Pata is a very popular local dish, even among Filipinos. Pata is Spanish for leg, and the dish calls for a whole leg of pork, which ...

One of the resorts on the Blue Lagoon side of Pagudpud , Ilocos Norte is the Kapuluan Vista Resort . Its designer used traditional nipa f...