A little over a week ago, I attended MIDA Food’s 20th anniversary dinner at Enderun. MIDA Food is the company behind Pacific Bay Seafood. Since I don’t go to the wet market, I buy almost everything from the supermarket. Pacific Bay Seafood has always been my go-to brand for tuna, gindara, halibut, and other types…
Cafe 1228 at New World Makati Hotel
Around 2 weeks ago, we celebrated our friend’s birthday at Cafe 1228 in New World Makati Hotel. This is where the buffet is, lol. They’re open from 6am to 10:30pm daily. They have a promo going on right now — if you have a BDO credit card, you get 50% off the buffet rate and…
Bakit Perla, Besh? (Why Perla, Bestie?)
Forgive my title. I know some people find these new fangled Pinoy slang terms like bes / besh / beshie among many others annoying. Couldn’t help it. I was actually tempted to write this entire post in Tagalog. This is because Perla is a homegrown Philippine brand available only to people in this country. Lucky…
Festa Italiana at Cucina, Marco Polo Ortigas
Last June 10, my daughter and I attended a Master Cooking Demo by Chef Andrea Delzanno at Marco Polo Ortigas. Some years ago I would’ve passed up this chance, thinking what’s the use? I don’t cook anyway. But things have changed. I’ve been cooking for almost a year now. I want to improve. I was…
A Tribute to all Fathers
I don’t have a shortage of father figures, even if my own dad wasn’t around all that much when I was growing up. I had a really cool grandpa who was an aircraft engineer. He wanted nothing else but to take my sister and I to Disneyland. My dad has 3 younger brothers who all…