Many years ago, at the Subic Bay Yacht Club where he was then a chef, Ed Quimson challenged me to try one of his offbeat creations: bagoong with mayonnaise, eaten with rice. Naturally, I was skeptical. That sounded more like a formula for hogwash than a dish that anyone would care to eat.
Aged wine and cheese are better than the new vintage. Some restaurants consistently serve delicious food through years and years of operation, never deviating from food quality and efficient service. Then, after a good satisfying meal, a good cup of coffee will provide perfect satisfaction.
Every Filipino can make a contribution to increasing country pride in his own not-so-small way. Whether it be cinema (Brillante Mendoza), music (Charice Pempengco), sports (Pacquiao, Ina Flores), fashion (Monique Lhuillier), the beauty of the equation is that if one shines, the rest of the country shines with him. Despite the extra-judicial killings and electoral fraud, we can nevertheless stand tall, thanks to these happy little bluebirds who fly beyond the rainbow and raise high the Philippine flag!
The top winner of the Doreen Gamboa Fernandez (DGF) Food Writing Award 2010 wrote about “wet pancit,” his childhood code name for the soup dishes with noodles that he preferred. Caesar Horatius Mosquera’s wet pancit were almondigas, misua with sardines, chicken sotanghon and batchoy, all of which he considers “small comforts that continue to remind me of love, of family and of home.”
All of us have our favorite cuisine. Mine will always be Japanese. I love the way the Japanese present their food—simple, neat, creative color combinations. The food is mostly healthy and, of course, yummy.
Who does not know “Tanging Yaman,” “Hindi Kita Malilimutan” and many other church hymns penned by Fr. Manoling V. Francisco, SJ?
Perhaps already weaned from Batman, Spider Man, the X-Men, Astro Boy and other comic superheroes, some of today’s youth are casting about for real, flesh-and-blood heroes who are not imbued with superhuman powers.
The 54th edition of Manila FAME (Furnishings and Apparel Manufacturers’ Exchange), called “Weaving Dreams,” brought together three major sourcing event brands in the country—manilanow, CebuNext and Bijoux Cebu—for the first time in nearly 30 years.
When she’s dusting painting frames and glassware, style icon and entrepreneur Lourdes “Doody” de Tuason is no slacker. She is dressed in a black Alexander Wang dress with a trendy cutaway hemline and appropriately shod in sexy sandals. Her look is retro, what with the big hair, soft flips and the trendy cat’s eyeliner.
Ayala Museum partners with Philips to use LED lights for more sustainable and energy-efficient illumination
The Chinese New Year is not for another three months or so, but the way people are talking about it (at least those I have been in contact with in the recent weeks), you would think it was just around the corner! In case you didn’t know, we are entering the year of the Water Dragon this Jan. 23, 2012.
