A night before the grand finals of a culinary contest, 12-year-old Samantha was no different from a bride with pre-wedding...
To mark my in-laws’ golden wedding anniversary, we brainstormed on where to go and celebrate.
For cooking beginners, I was told the best way is baking. Everything is exact—the amount of ingredients, the time of cooking, the temperature required.
The Center for Culinary Arts or CCA has produced quite a lot of successful chefs in its 15 years of existence. It has given diplomas to 5,000 industry practitioners, 2,000 offshore chefs, 800 restaurateurs and 10 celebrity chefs—and that is just scratching the surface.
Man Wah at the Mandarin Oriental, 5 Connaught Rd., Central, Hong Kong (tel. 852-25220111); Din Tai Fung, G/F, 68 Yee Woo St., Causeway Bay (tel. 852-31608998); Dim Dim Sum Dimsum Specialty Store, 21-23 Man Ying St., Jordan (tel. 852-27717766), open daily, 10:30 a.m.-1 a.m.
“In Quezon, you’ll go nuts with coconuts,” says our tour guide, Tina Diasanta-Decal, who operates Kulinarya Tagala, a food and culture tour of southern Tagalog (Laguna, Quezon and Batangas).
There’s no denying that the province of Pampanga is known for its delectable dishes. But in the city of San Fernando, apart from exciting culinary fare, affordable fashion and the province’s vibrant culture are taking center stage.
“We need to establish Filipino restaurants abroad,” observers note. “In major cities there is always a Chinese, Indian, French, Japanese restaurant—but no Filipino restaurants!”
The Hotel and Restaurant Association of the Philippines (HRAP) will host the 28th edition of Chefs on Parade (COP) at the SMX Convention Center from Feb. 28 to March 3. At the recent launch at Resorts World Manila’s Passion Restaurant, COP 2013 is set to be the grandest yet. Celebrity master chefs have confirmed their attendance and there will be more attractions packed into the four-day extravaganza.
Even before the Kasambahay Bill became law, Diamond Hotel Philippines, in partnership with the Punlaan School, has been trying to uplift the lives of household helpers.
