Restaurant Review: Lula’s House of Kare-Kare

https://www.instagram.com/p/BwhGAhklNVJ/ Address: 8 Pres. Roxas Corner Major Dizon Street, Industrial Valley, Marikina City Date visited: December 2018 The Taste 4/5 The "Original Lula's House of Kare-kare" tasted good. Kare-kare is a stew of thick peanut sauce and is accompanied by bagoong alamang (fermented shrimp paste). The meat and vegetables tasted really clean which is not so...

Are you hosting a foreign client for lunch or dinner in Manila?

TL;DR: Pinoy food for lunch. Put your personality into it. Take care of special dietary needs. Fine and intimate dining for dinner. Enjoy. Hosting foreign clients, bosses and even balikbayans for lunch or dinner in Manila sounds easy, right? You just pick a restaurant, look at the menu, order, eat and that's it, right? Based...

Restaurant Review: Mangan

https://www.instagram.com/p/BywxL1Iney3/ https://www.instagram.com/p/Byww9cYnXxK/ https://www.instagram.com/p/BywwtoXnv27/ Address: Ground Floor, Pedro Gil Wing, Robinsons Place Manila, Ermita, Manila Date visited: April 2019 The Taste 4/5 The pork sisig was good while the adobo tasted more like asado than adobo. The mango salad and sinigang na bangus (milkfish in sour guava soup) were just ok. The gising-gising was the best tasting...

Restaurant Review: Elar’s Lechon

https://www.instagram.com/p/BycesRVnDse/ Address: 151 Quezon Avenue Corner Speaker Perez, Lourdes, Banawe, Quezon City Date bought: June 2019 The Taste 5/5 Elar's Lechon is our favorite Manila-type lechon. The skin is very crispy on the first bite then, it just melts in your mouth. The meat tastes so clean, sweet, juicy and tender. Their lechon sauce (not in...