In the halcyon days before cable television, when there were only five channels to choose from, I guested on a breakfast show and demonstrated before a groggy audience how to cook mussels in white wine.
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Twenty-fifteen is the year Filipino cuisine went global, thanks to Madrid Fusión Manila. The three-day event in April ultimately put the humble but distinctive Pinoy food at the international forefront.
Join New World Manila Bay Hotel’s “Dinner with the Stars” with Celebrity Spanish Chef Dani Garcia from 2-Michelin Star Restaurant in Spain on April 4 & 5, 2016.
Madrid Fusion Manila, the three-day gastronomical event of the year, opens today at SMX Convention Center Manila, where regional lunches, technical seminars, food tunnels, a trade exhibit and lectures by renowned chefs, many of whom have been crowned with the much-coveted Michelin stars.
As part of Madrid Fusion Manila, New World Manila Bay Hotel recently presented a sold out 2-night “Dinner with the...
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EAST meets West was the theme of Madrid Fusion Manila 2016, inspired by the galleon trade between Acapulco and Manila from 1565 to 1815. That Spanish-era commerce led to an exchange of ingredients and techniques, as well as ways of eating that have become part of the culinary cultures of Mexico and the Philippines.
Last week’s successful staging of Madrid Fusión Manila definitely benefited the country in more ways than one. Not only did it promote the Philippines as a legit food hub and local cuisine worth discovering, it also showcased the talent of Filipino chefs.
Two years into the five-year contract that the Department of Tourism has signed with Madrid Fusión to hold a spin-off event in Manila, a significant number of people continue to be baffled as to what is actually going on, and also why it is given the incommensurate amount of coverage that it receives in the press and on social media.
