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Sage Grill, the Lobby Lounge and Shang Palace reopen with new chefs, new menus that best show the refinement and inventiveness in their food and cocktails

Makati Shang F&B returns with bold statement - Inquirer Kitchen Sage Grill, the Lobby Lounge and Shang Palace reopen with new chefs, new menus that best show the refinement and inventiveness in their food and cocktails After a long hiatus, Makati Shangri-La resumes its operations, which means we get a chance to visit their restaurants again and partake of the di...

Last Aug. 12, together with my business partners, restaurateur Happy Ongpauco-Tiu, barista champion Sly Samonte of Lick in El Nido, and Subic-based businessman and café owner Julius Escalona, I opened Háin.

Now serving in Boracay: Provincial fare, done with whimsy - Inquirer Kitchen I n the process of producing my fifth cookbook, “Also Filipino: 75 Regional Dishes I Never Had Growing Up,” I often wondered what it would be like to have a restaurant offering items such as the pagulong at pasayan, which is a shrimp and sigarilyas in coconut cream delicacy from Sorsogon; bakas ...

Shoko Okagawa and Garrick Lim were both based in Vancouver. She was a hairstylist who moved there from Tokyo, while he was a customer who had been living in Canada for most of his life.

A love story that gave birth to craft beer and ‘onigiri’ - Inquirer Kitchen A fateful drink in Vancouver led a couple to move to Manila and start a food business Shoko Okagawa and Garrick Lim were both based in Vancouver. She was a hairstylist who moved there from Tokyo, while he was a customer who had been living in Canada for most of his life. Since she was…

Let’s get one thing straight—Paluan is not Palawan, which it is often mistaken as. A municipality in the province of Occidental Mindoro, this humble place can be easily reached by a two-hour ro-ro or cargo ship ride from Batangas to the Abra de Ilog port, and another two by land. It has a population of approximately 20,000, 40 percent of which is composed of the Iraya Mangyan.

Paluan: Mindoro’s best-kept secret - Inquirer Kitchen In just two short days, the place made such a good impression on me—from the playful Mangyan kids to the natural wonders and my new food discoveries Let’s get one thing straight—Paluan is not Palawan, which it is often mistaken as. A municipality in the province of Occidental Mindoro, this hum...

Chef couple Jay Jay and Rhea SyCip went from losing their lease to finding a great new location, and a reinvigorated menu—with a certain senator’s help.

The Fatted Calf is back, better than ever - Inquirer Kitchen Chef couple Jay Jay and Rhea SyCip went from losing their lease to finding a great new location, and a reinvigorated menu—with a certain senator’s help Chef couple Jay Jay and Rhea SyCip started 2023 with much doubt in their minds.The lease for their Cavite farmhouse restaurant, The Fatted Calf,...