(Unsplash) Cooking is a survival skill that many of us need to learn, especially when starting to live independently and aiming to save money. After all, takeouts and fast food can quickly deplete our wallets. However, identifying fresh ingredients, particularly in seafood, is another crucial...
In the Philippines, Holy Week is a time to reflect, get in touch with the Divine, and create meaningful moments with loved ones. Apart from the traditional Visita Iglesia and the Reading of the Passion, what brings families together during that time is food. As avoiding meat products is one of the...
Living along the shores of Manila Bay from the 1940s to 1960s, we never had to pay for clams, mussels, oysters, and other seafood. The bay was clean and shellfish was free for the taking. Almost all the bivalves were cooked like tinola, or briefly grilled until their shells barely opened....
A wood stove was all we had in grandma’s kitchen. To keep it going, my young cousins and I had to scour the neighborhood for fuel. Grandpa’s shop, which built bus and jeepney bodies, was a gold mine. Buses had wood body frames. Jeepneys sported uphostered wood seats with intricate solihiya...
Craving for that coastal seafood and barbecue experience but don’t have the time to drive long hours? Chef Robby Goco brings the good-old surf and turf dining experience with ROB’S (Ribs, Oysters, and Bourbon Shack) in the city. Located on the second floor of Newport Mall in Pasay City, ROB’S...
As the brothers, Cold Storage President Marco Qua and Vice President Morris Qua cut the ribbon to the relaunch of their Banawe store location. There was an unmistakable wave of nostalgia that wafted through the premises, freezer displays, and vitrine cases. For it was some 35 years ago that their...
From the group that brought Singapore’s Tung Lok Signatures to the Philippines comes a new Singaporean seafood concept. Focusing on offering the best of Singaporean-Chinese style seafood, Tung Lok Seafood opens its first branch in S Maison at Conrad Manila in Pasay City. Tung Lok Seafood...
Pampanga’s The Orange Bucket opens its biggest branch in Metro Manila It is an understatement to say that the Philippines is a foodie’s paradise. Each island and region has a champion dish to offer diners, not only serving culture and tradition on a plate but also Filipinos’ undeniable...
A new look for a new beginning ‘from farm/sea to plate’ Over the last two decades, Cold Storage Seafood has been championing local seafood within the Philippines and around the world. From a simple yet ambitious dream of bringing the best seafood from all over the world to the Philippines, all...
Namit gid ah! When we talk about Negros Occidental, the usual things that come to mind are its historical sites, Bacolod’s Massakara Festival, and, of course, the sugar cane. Dubbed Sugarlandia, this humble province located in the Western Visayas region of the Philippines is blessed to have vast...
ILOILO CITY – Red tide recurred in the waters of popular tourist destination Gigantes Islands in Carles town, Iloilo province, less than two months after the area was cleared of the toxin. WOMEN process scallops in Barangay Gabi, Gigantes Island, Carles, Iloilo. (Tara Yap) In a shellfish...
Although the Philippines has long been recognized as the world’s center of marine biodiversity, policies to protect marine life in the Philippine seas from illegal fishing and other human activities are not strictly enforced. As a result, almost half of the fishery products in the country, or...
