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.
In fashion and in pizza, thin is in. That was the general feeling one got at the recent launch of Greenwich Pizza Thins.
These places serve cronuts in Manila. Remember, call before you go.
How does one introduce the country’s food to a group of foreign students who are unaware of our cuisine? Where does one start?
I was pleasantly surprised to see an old colleague when I visited S&L Fine Foods. Turned out, chef Philip Golding joined the company four months ago as culinary consultant, and just two weeks before, was appointed its chief operating officer.
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