Satisfying experience in a gastropub
There are some days when it just all goes terribly wrong.
August 22, 2013
There are some days when it just all goes terribly wrong.
Savor something Malaysian without having to leave the country.
I first met chef Ed Bugia five years ago when he opened Pino restaurant. At the time, I was already taken with his creativity and the deep flavors of his cuisine.
Fashion designer JC Buendia has found a new avenue for expressing himself. After spending the entire day in his Quezon City shop, by night Buendia attends to his new role as the face of Poppins.
One morning in May, my friend Joel and I wandered around SoHo in search of breakfast. “I’d be totally okay with Dunkin Donuts,” I said, thinking about those maple sausage pancake bites.
Until I visited its Makati branch, I thought Wine Depot was just a wine shop. Turns out, it’s a restaurant as well. The menu lists tempting dishes not ordinarily found in other dining places.
Undecided on where to have lunch, we went to a tried-and-tested Italian restaurant which has become popular among regular lunch diners.
I’m feeling a bit silly for having discovered this restaurant after everyone else. Everybody seems to have been to or knows about 2nds, or knows someone who’s been to 2nds, or, in the case of one of my friends, has been to 2nds but didn’t know he had been there.
Since everybody is crazy about cupcakes these days, and nearly everyone else is trying his/her hand at making one, here’s a basic recipe for a moist, hearty carrot cupcake with a thick coat of icing.
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