Seven Thousand One Hundred Islands… continuation How do you spend 24 hours in a place filled with great culinary spots? Eating. The moment you board the plane bound for Iloilo, two things hit your mind. Chicken Inasal. And the real Batchoy. Those were top of my list. And we had 24 hours to find them…
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Bida ang Sarap! The craving that ended up in the kitchen.
Seven Thousand One Hundred Islands… continuation. There are a few places I would not miss whenever I am in the Philippines. And one of them is Jollibee. The ultimate comfort feeling of biting into a burger with pineapple, that makes you feel like a kid again. The cold glass of tinned pineapple juice that is…
Tinolang Manok — The Taste of Victory
Mga Kwento sa Kusina… Stories from the Kitchen. My dad was a sabungero. For those who don’t know what that means — he was a cockfighting man. We spent a lot of time with him in the farm during school holidays. And every day without fail, he was up with the handlers before the sun….
Seven Thousand One Hundred Islands… Tagaytay
Seven Thousand One Hundred Islands… continuation. From Taal we made our way to Tagaytay, just a short drive away in the neighbouring province of Cavite. I had not been back in a while and nothing quite prepares you for what time does to a place you once knew like the back of your hand. Upon…
Art and About in Taal
seven thousand one hundred islands continuation… So it took me almost a year to write the next instalment to my Filipino Food adventure. But here it is. Taal Batangas, a town booming with its local arts and craft which gave it its name as the Balisong and Barong Tagalog Capital of the Philippines. Both of which takes a lot of…
Seven Thousand One Hundred Islands… My visit to the Philippines
Every year for the past 10 years I spend about 6-7 weeks in Manila. A place that even after 25 years of living abroad I still call HOME. And with every trip I make each year I would always tell myself, “I’m going to write about the food of the Philippines”. But somewhere in between friends and…
Cooking with Migs 