Saucy or dry; multicolored or strictly brown; wrapped or stripped; spicy or sweet; garlicky or truly vinegary. Adobo in all its forms took center stage at the “Adobolympics” of Makati’s Legazpi Sunday Market to mark Independence Day three Sundays ago. Twelve teams battled it out for the first-ever Adobolympics Torch and the bragging rights for [...]
By Ivan Maminta and family. Makes for four servings: 300 g chicken breast, cubed 300 g pork belly, skin off, cubed 30 ml vegetable oil 6 pc garlic cloves, thinly sliced 2 pc shallots, minced 60 ml Kikkoman soy sauce 180 ml Datu Puti premium cane vinegar 80 ml water 3 tsp black pepper corn, [...]
South African chef Hylton Le Roux describes “Pan-Asian” as modern European cuisine with a local spin. He recognizes that Filipino food has a distinct sweetness, even the savory ones, so he makes his French dishes in the Philippines a little sweeter, spicier. Le Roux is the second featured chef in The Establishment’s guest chef series. [...]
Two years ago on a trip to Zamboanga City, I wanted to see Dapitan as well, curious about Jose Rizal’s place of exile. But I was told it was too far to go by land. If you look at the map, you’d have a sense of just how far it is, south to north. And [...]
The look like pinecones that just came out of a bonfire. With their rough texture, bumpy appearance and irregular shape, they’d probably be considered the ugly duckling in the mushroom family. Yet they’re the most prized of fungi, coveted by chefs and desired by gourmets. Found only during a short season (usually between late fall [...]
Manila Peninsula has a new chef—Samuel Linder. Some of you may know him from Aubergine fame, and if you do, expect plenty of good things. Linder, originally from the small village by the lake of Brienz in the center of Switzerland, is now Old Manila’s chef de cuisine. For 10 years, he was head chef [...]
The first time I tried Thai food was at a dinner given by a friend, Chito Recto. The invitation was to Flavors and Spices in Makati. At that time there was a buzz about this place, which had just moved from Mile- Long on Amorsolo Street to Greenbelt. I had no idea about the cuisine. [...]
When I think of the Queen City of the South, its lechon is always top of mind. Which is why when I get the chance to talk to my favorite Cebuano chef, Bricks Nemenzo of BelCris foods, we end up talking about Cebu lechon. Like many Cebuanos, he knows his lechon. When I asked him [...]
For actor-director José Mari Avellana, who died of aneurysm Sunday, it was an all-too-brief Indian summer. But while it lasted, it was a dazzling, sometimes heart-stopping, reminder of all the brilliance, substance and drama that must have attended the high noon of the man’s career in Philippine theater and the arts. In January 2008, 15 [...]
At the onset, it seemed like an unlikely pairing: Louis Vuitton, one of the world’s biggest and most recognizable luxury brands, and SOS Children’s Village, one of the world’s largest NGOs dedicated to helping disadvantaged children. But this seeming disconnect didn’t stop Paris-based LV from forging a five-year partnership in 2010 with the Imst, Austria-based [...]
High up there on the list of people’s social nightmares is forgetting a person’s name. I’m sure you have found yourself in a situation when someone greets you so warmly, and you cannot for the life of you remember who that person is. The more you panic, the more you forget. Of course, it goes [...]
