PF Chang’s China Bistro started out in 1993 with a simple idea: California needs a restaurant that serves “authentic” Chinese food. Now it has over 204 branches in the US, with 13 others spread around the world.
To her numerous friends, Estee Rivera Wallace is the closest thing to being the Martha Stewart of the Philippines. Smart, resourceful and full of creative energy, Estee can cook a gourmet meal and decorate a room with equal aplomb.
Ensconced deep in San Juan City, deliberately away from the city hurly-burly, is Maimee’s Garden Café.
Hong Kong. Asia’s New York. That “concrete jungle where dreams are made of,” as Alicia Keys would put it. But for now, forget the dream-chasing for a moment—and just eat! With Holy Week just around the corner, it’s just a credit card and a quick flight away. Here are some places fit for a real chow holiday in Hong Kong.
Chef Philip Chia, one of Singapore’s noted Peranakan chefs, talks about his life, his food and his culture. Peranakan means “locally born.”
The event was billed as “Dinner in the Dark.” We wouldn’t see what we were eating and that made it all the more mysterious as to how that could be achieved. When our hosts were asked, they were evasive and so I said, we shall see. Oops, I forgot. We shall not see.
It’s not very often I get to meet a real angel. Last Wednesday, that was exactly what I got to do.
Since Ilocos Sur Gov. Luis “Chavit” Singson loves to entertain, practically his entire home—the gold-clad nine-story Torre del Baluarte—is devoted to public space.
Personalize presents by adding a sparkling touch with a beaded letter. It’s an easy way to add pizazz to wrapping presents.
Some readers have asked where they can see photographs of the medicinal plants listed by journalist-turned-chef Bert Clemeña. Reader Manuel Kiok has very kindly provided a link where readers can find photos of medicinal Philippine plants, at least.
Being beautiful, or at least doing one’s best to be attractive and handsome, is the loud call of today’s fast, modern world, dahlings.
