Before Café Ysabel finally closes shop by the end of July at its original location on P. Guevarra Street in San Juan, chef Gene Gonzalez hosted a culinary demonstration of old, reliable Filipino recipes and indigenous cooking techniques.
The announcement in late 2016 that Café Ysabel would close its doors was met with sadness by diners with fond memories of the restaurant.
It started when chef Gene Gonzalez sent me a jarful of classic Spanish pastry argellanas that I finished all by...
There wasn’t much on Wilson Street in San Juan in the early 1980s.
