MEDIUM RARE Jullie Y. Daza It was the shot heard around the world. Right on cue Anderson Cooper compared America’s so-called “gunslinging” culture with Japan’s strict gun control laws, a fact that did not help former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe escape an assassin’s bullet during a campaign...
MEDIUM RARE Jullie Y. Daza After 54 years as a culinary landmark – Quezon City’s steak house – Alfredo’s will soon be removed from its site on Tomas Morato Ave. The two-storey structure designed around pine logs will be replaced as a high-rise condo, the way to go as developers have been...
Or why I would prefer Angels Kitchen over a Michelin star restaurant serving nouvelle cuisine ANGEL DISHES Clockwise from top left: Caesar salad, beef salpicao, gambas con huevos, and beef caldereta Between a Michelin star restaurant serving nouvelle cuisine and a Michelin star restaurant serving...
MEDIUM RARE Jullie Y. Daza PBBM has 110 million reasons to fuel his confidence in a nation united and working together. At The Manila Hotel last Monday, the celebration was all about looking forward to another 110 years of peace, prosperity, happy moments to collect as elegant memories and...
MEDIUM RARE Jullie Y. Daza Until the day he left Malacañang, President Duterte never made good his promise to vaccinate, by force or by good intentions, the stubborn, pigheaded senior citizens who see no value in being protected by science from the deadly coronavirus disease. Which was more...
Isabelle Daza (left) holds a photo of her late father businessman Bong Daza as her mom Gloria Diaz looks on. (Instagram) From the morning inauguration of President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. to the reception in Malacanang, actress-television host Isabelle Daza had it all covered. On Instagram,...
MEDIUM RARE Jullie Y. Daza And he’s off and running! “Your dreams are mine.” In English, once, and Filipino, four times. What is the dream? “The changes we seek will offend no one,” just as “I did not offend any one of my rivals during the campaign. I saw little incompatibility with my...
MEDIUM RARE Jullie Y. Daza There’s a 90 percent chance of rain today. Will PBBM and his 1,250 guests experience a rehash of the legendary “Marcos weather” at his inauguration? Will the sun come out shining instead? Whatever the weather, the forecast should read something like this, “A day...
MEDIUM RARE Jullie Y. Daza Like him or hate him, respect him or despise him, admire him or condemn him, he could no more avoid us than we could him. It’s a safe bet to say Rodrigo Roa Duterte was the most colorful, most loud-mouthed, most foul-mouthed, hardworking-est chief executive with the...
MEDIUM RARE Jullie Y. Daza His people describe him as “unconventional,” a “radical.” If he doesn’t mind my saying so, he’s an iconoclast, “one who attacks traditional ideas or institutions; one who destroys sacred images.” This is one tough guy who caused another toughie, his chief...
The best duck legs in Mandaluyong can be found in this casual French bistro at Shangri-La It was a lunch courtesy of my usual host. Every afternoon, my friend goes to “school” and played poker at the casino. Most times, he wins. Not much, but enough to invite us for lunch. His first invite was...
MEDIUM RARE Jullie Y. Daza This guy PBBM is fearless. In the words of farmer-Rep. Argel Cabatbat, “like a general going to battle” instead of calling the shots from a faraway armchair. Brilliant move! – former DA secretary Manny Piñol Excellent decision! – outgoing Senate President Tito...
