The Tourism Department is slowly easing up restrictions on travel destinations and dining places. It’s a delicate balance of allowing businesses to open as long as safety protocols are met. They have started encouraging local tourism to various provinces as long as all requirements are met before...
If you love your steak, miss eating out, and feasting on that pink, marbled slab of beef, then read on and celebrate! The carnivores of the world are getting a bad rap. Most of the food columns nowadays will wax rhapsodic about plant-based dishes—about healthier, leaner diets, and bring-up topics...
Here's to a cheesy breakfast, lunch, and dinner For years, Filipinos find comfort when eating the traditional breakfast silog . Its popularity is so great that the dish became the choice of meal that extended to both lunch and dinner. What's great about the combo meal is its ability to be...
Nothing could be more romantic than this Wheel of Fate (Photo from Enchanted Kingdom ) If binge-watching K-dramas during the quarantine made you dream of having the most romantic time, here's a place that will make that happen and even take it to new heights, literally. Famous Filipino theme park...
These days, nothing could be more romantic than a socially-distanced botanical set-up If there’s one industry that was hard hit by 2020 and had to diversify, "pivot," and even transition into an online, delivery service, it was our restaurant industry and the dine-in businesses community. To this...
This is part of a series of profiles on a new generation of leaders, thinkers, creators, innovators, and trailblazers across many fields in the country. The list is drawn under the theme “What’s Now, What’s New, What’s Next” in celebration of Manila Bulletin’s 121st anniversary as an...
Nunuk Nuraini, creator of cult favorite Mi goreng instant noodles, passed away Jan. 27, 2021, at the age of 59. The news of her death was confirmed by Nurlita Novi Arlaida, Indofood's head of public relations, in a statement to Kompas , Indonesia's local newspaper. According to reports, Nunuk...
We hate to break it to you Photo of the restaurant façade from Facebook; Giant siopaos photo from Barge Ramos Social media posts about a particular restaurant reopening brought joy to many Filipino foodies, thinking that it is the comeback of the famous Roxas Blvd. food spot Emerald Garden...
The role of nutrition in a pandemic Once again, the world is gripped with fear as the battle against COVID-19 is seemingly nowhere near the end. Even as pharma companies are trying to outbid each other over the fastest production of an effective vaccine, new strains have been found, rendering...
The food brand will continue to serve its customers online Photo from Elbert's Diner Facebook Famous for its great beef and premium cheese and baguette sandwiches, Elbert's Diner became a go-to place for many Filipinos craving for comfort food treats. Sadly, the beloved restaurant is about to close...
What are we going to be eating this year, from a forecast by one of the country’s biggest food and beverage companies In 2020, we saw the rise of home cooks, of pastries from sourdough loaves to ube pandesal , of sushi bakes, and of the Dalgona coffee, to name a few. The new year means a fresh...
This season calls for a milk tea-rrific kind of love “Hey Mister, 'donut' let the pandemic dampen your moment of Serenitea with your special someone.” More so this season of love as Mister Donut, one of the world’s biggest doughnut chains, teams up with the Philippines’ top tea shop...