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It may be the most opportune time for a tipple. Or two. In this case, four. Not only is it Christmas, the country celebrates its fourth Miss Universe crown with Catriona Gray’s flawless win at yesterday’s pageant.…
AT THE PREVIEW of Radisson Blu’s Christmas lunch and dinner feast, the table was beyond stunning, which prompted a flurry of phones and challenging flatlays, given the height you had to hoist yourself up to get the…
The scribe may allude both to Antonio Pigafetta, explorer Ferdinand Magellan’s assistant and keeper of a detailed journal of the first circumnavigation of the world, or the man across me, Joel Binamira, a scribe of a more…
I’M SUCH A SUCKER for clever, well-orchestrated dinners whose theme permeates every small detail. After all, this attention to the minuscule sets one apart, especially in the field of hospitality. I’ve been at the front row (as…
Not unlike the crowned O in the Pandora logo, I have come full circle in my partyphile phase. In the mid-90s, my partner in crime Ysabel Galang-Gatmaitan and I would drive from Los Baños, where we were…
On a visit to Penang’s legendary Blue Mansion, I learned that this is the luckiest position to be in as far as feng shui is concerned. Despite its magical reference, and as all things in Chinese geomancy,…
Chocolate with olive oil, a preposterous suggestion of the strangest bedfellows. But it worked, in a ganache handled deftly by Chef Jean Louis Leon, that ended a dinner of seven “chocolate on the salty side” dishes launched…
Right off the bat I’m going to tell you I wasn’t there for the screams. It’s difficult to scare someone who sees actual dead people, so that was off the table. But the limited-run Halloween Horror Nights 8…
THE RISOTTO CAME IN a gravy boat. I should reconsider that, given the elevated nature of a dègustation, and tell you our rice dish—fourth in a succession of a sophisticated nine-course tasting menu at KaYu’s by-invitation only…
The bone of contention has been gnawed at for far too long, with too much regionalistic fervor invested into it. And as I step into Iloilo, I do so gingerly, with a sense of deep respect for…
I have no teeth, I don’t bite!” quips Justin Quek, the OG Singaporean celebrity chef, as he urges us to move closer in a group photo after lunch. Even as he disarms us with his charm, his…
I am a fan of anything that defies the standard. The 684-room, 12-storey Savoy Hotel Manila is the latest addition to Megaworld’s Newport City across Terminal 3 in Pasay City, and is the second hotel under their…
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