The name of the restaurant is Las Flores but, disappointingly, there are no fresh flowers. They are found embroidered on attendants’ blouses and framed on the walls.
Breakfast was prolonged on the day I had to judge coffee concoctions. And while I was tasked to taste about 20 cups, the sum of a teaspoon each must have just been half a regular cup.
One of the latest taste trends in the culinary world is the blending of salty and sweet flavors. Hence salted caramels have become very popular, whether as toffee, ice cream or even as a drink.
There seems to be a growing curiosity about what our national heroes ate. Many of the local TV shows have been asking me that question, requesting for an interview on the subject, even hoping that I do a cooking demo.
Chef Remi Vercelli of the Tivoli first joined the Mandarin Oriental chain at its hotel in Geneva, where he became chef de cuisine of Le Sud Paul Bocuse, a brasserie (that serves French food by Paul Bocuse) on the banks of the Rhone River.
The Christmas holidays are probably the most stressful time of the year, as the pressure to give presents and the lack of time to go shopping looms over many of us. The few who anticipate the rush early enough beat it by starting their gift-buying as early as September or October, but most of us join the madness at the very last minute.
The ’ber months have started and you may be planning your Christmas vacation. How about Great Britain? That is, if you’re not feeling like Ebenezer Scrooge and willing to splurge a bit.
Sometime in the ’90s, I was invited to be one of the judges of a cooking competition called the Bonlac Great Chefs of Asia. I don’t remember the exact details, except that we were served the best dinners prepared by a handful of chefs around Manila.
AHA Chef Instructor Joey Carpo shows how to cook and prepare Fusilli with spinach, ricotta cheese and raisins . Video by INQUIRER.net’s Cathy Miranda. Royalty-free music courtesy of Kevin Macleod
If steaks, homemade bacon and bone marrow tacos make you happy, ’Cue Modern Barbecue is the place for you.
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