French cuisine takes over once again at The Manila Hotel as the historic property joins the worldwide celebration of Goût de France 2026 with a specially curated dining experience at the hotel’s Champagne Room. Available until May 31, the limited-time set menu highlights classic French flavors...
The Claudio Teehankee Foundation and the Manila Bulletin Publishing Corporation recently held a book preview of Veritas Integritas Justitia: The Life and Times of Claudio Teehankee at the historic Club Filipino in Greenhills on the occasion of Chief Justice Claudio Teehankee’s 108th birth...
The restaurant that’s the current talk of the town is Tadhana, and it is a homecoming of sorts for Chef Frances Tariga. It’s located on the penthouse floor of the Levanto Building on Jupiter Street, Makati, and it features a tasting menu that I’ll salute for inventiveness, playfulness,...
Recently, I found myself back in QC again, this time inside World Kitchens at Gateway Mall 2, where World Cellar has added another layer to the district’s growing and reinvigorated food scene. Wine bars and wine appreciation events are hardly new in Metro Manila, but what makes World Cellar...
After a long day of work, there is something deeply comforting about walking into a restaurant that feels like a friend’s kitchen. That was exactly the feeling I had stepping into Flow by Chef Kevin Uy during a recent media preview in Makati. The lighting was soft, the space warm, and the room...
It was a miracle the event even happened. An open-air pop-up venue in the middle of the high summer afternoon in the concrete jungle that is BGC. Imagine the heat. Yet everyone in the food beat still came. This author included. Last May 14 at Uptown Parade, BGC, the entire foodie industry flocked...
Afternoon tea has always carried a certain elegance to it. Tiny sandwiches, delicate pastries, warm cups poured across polished tables. But at Ascott Makati, tea became something more immersive, woven into a broader campaign centered on what the property calls “the art of fine living.” The...
Food, drinks, music, lights, experiences. Every event or invite I attended from IQOS has always been a whirlwind of enjoyable emotions and feelings, and this recent shindig curated by PMFTC, Philippine affiliate of Philip Morris International, is exactly just that. We first went to Nobu Manila for...
One realizes very quickly, sitting through “Spain Fusion: The Premium Experience” at The Westin Manila, that this was not simply another luxury food showcase where chefs fly in, cook a few pretty plates, smile for photographs, and leave. What unfolded instead was closer to a masterclass on how...
I have now, I think, crossed over to the “one drink is enough” crowd, or maybe the “aging club kids” segment of my life. Gone are the days when I could eat, drink, and party until dawn, then still have enough steam and gumption to go to the office and work till late afternoon, then proceed...
Whisky and cocktails tend to carry their own rituals. Some prefer a slow pour in a quiet bar. Others move from one round to the next in louder rooms, stretching the night a little longer than planned. At Newport World Resorts, the week unfolds as a celebration of both World Whisky Day on May 13 and...
Across Filipino households , there is a growing effort to choose food that balances value, health, and convenience, finding their way through simple hacks that still result in delicious cooking. Expressing one’s love through cooking can be simple and practical yet thoughtful and meaningful. A big...
