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What happens when the Construction King and the Snack King get together to open up a new restaurant? Philip Cruz is a scion of the FF Cruz construction family, known for building roads and major infrastructure around our metropolis. He went to high school in Australia, studied architecture at Pratt …

Once, in an interview, I commented on how the food world is so similar to the world of fashion. It relies heavily on subjective tastes, there is a distinction between haute and accessible, both worlds experience a lot of trends and, most importantly, there is a huge reliance on innovation …

MANILA, Philippines — Love steaks? In Taguig City, a restaurant claims to have the country’s first Mibrasa oven, a new method and equipment from Spain. “Cooking with the Mibrasa oven is the next generation for cooks like us,” said George Town’s Super Steak Chef Jin Ho Yoo. “With the oven’s …

MANILA, Philippines — With its long and deep history, Chinese cuisine is truly an integral part of the Chinese culture. It is not just one distinct cuisine but comprised of different regional styles of cooking. This Chinese New Year, diners can get a glimpse of the Imperial culture through specialty …

Who would have thought that a low-cost carrier that once offered sandwiches, drinks and snacks bought from Carrefour is now giving its competitors a run for the money when it comes to inflight food? Believing that no one ever really enjoyed inflight meals — even on Business Class — AirAsia …

MANILA, Philippines — There are no bad angles in this property,” enthuses David Anthony Baldwin, as he leads us to the spacious, open-air lobby of the newest luxury resort on Mactan Island in Cebu. Baldwin is the general manager of Dusit Thani Mactan, which ranks No. 2 on TripAdvisor’s best …

Here is a list of restaurants I enjoyed visiting the most for 2019 and what we always order in each restaurant. I hope you can try them for the new year. ShaoLongKan At Fort Strip, BGC. Cash only. With my mommy friends at ShaoLongKan ShaoLongKan is a new hotpot restaurant …

Just before the year ended, I managed to tick off one item from my bucket list: making hand-pulled noodles. And it happened in the back kitchen of Seda Vertis North’s Pin Wei (“Good Taste”) restaurant, the newest Chinese haunt in the heart of QC. With the prodding and cheering of …

MANILA, Philippines — The future is brighter and grander as Eastwood City welcomes 2020 with the most luminous New Year revelry. In partnership with Quezon City, the NYE celebration will be highlighted by a dazzling star drop, star-studded OPM performances and the introduction of the country’s first-ever City of Music. …

Chef Rob Pengson, formerly of the pioneering degustation restaurant The Goose Station, is back, and working like a man possessed with a mission, and most definitely a vision. After a two-and-a-half-year hiatus, Pengson opened Esqinita last May in Poblacion, a fun hangout that glorified Filipino and Asian street foods. He …