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Rak of Aegis
That awesome set.
I have no clue who this gentleman is, but I LOVE his character! #RakOfAegis is as Pinoy as it gets folks, in it's music and characters and setting and humor..and although it's all jokes every few seconds, it manages to show the best of what we are about as a people. Check it, and BE INSPIRED!
with Mr. Jerald "TOLITS" Napoles
I have no clue who this gentleman is, but I LOVE his character! #RakOfAegisis as Pinoy as it gets folks, in it's music and characters and setting and humor..and although it's all jokes every few seconds, it manages to show the best of what we are about as a people.
Check it, and BE INSPIRED!
Rak of Aegis EXTENDED 'til September 14. www.ticketworld.com.ph | 891-9999
I will say this with conviction: Suzy Lee has pretty much reinvented the moon cake around these parts. Check it!
Mission Accomplished
After being shuffled through both coasts of the United States, this finally found it's way home.
Mission Workshop bags were introduced to me by the Your Local boys. They're not quite cheap, so I just admired it from afar..'til now.
Meet my new travel buddy. Oh, the places we will go.
Pasta in a Coffee Shop
Toby's Estate's Rigatoni
Crumbled Spanish chorizo with spicy tomato sauce and basil oil.
Chalap!
Jutes For Breakfast
The morning after...
Leftovers can be magical - burrata made by the man behind Gino's Pizza -- Jutes Templo, plus some blistered cherry tomatoes, Laudemio olive oil, Pedro Ximenez vinegar, and sea salt. Mop it up with pandesal, and you're good to go!
Date With Nate
Being plugged into the food scene, I hear stuff really fast.
Like when Heston Blumenthal came to Manila and was spotted in Rambla over at Rockwell? (Hold your breath – he was on holidays or a stopover or something) That spread like wild fire and before I knew it I was stalking him. Just kidding.
I first saw Nate Appleman’s pics on JP Anglo’s Instagram feed. “Holy cow,” I thought, “what’s he doing here?”
Nate Appleman
I knew him as the guy behind bustling San Francisco restaurant A16, a gig that led him to win a James Beard Award for Rising Chef. Lately he’s been working for Chipotle, a quick service restaurant that I Love. Yes, with a capital “L”. Of course I was curious what he was doing in Manila! Who wouldn’t be?
So imagine my surprise when I was told I was taking him out one night for dinner (Thanks Ines for hooking us up), and that he had been coming here for over 10 years already (he’s married to an Ilongga from Bacolod.)
I was feeling just a bit pressured because I wanted to feed him well and leave a good first impression. I started to relax the minute I met him. One mustn’t get too star struck with celebrity chefs – after all, celeb chefs are a creation of the media. Most of the time, they’re just like you and me – except way more popular and on TV.
His thoughts on things Manila – things were changing, he could see. And he loved that technologies like Uber were on board here – a sure sign that things were going to become more efficient: all fantastic things to my ears. That says to me that people are watching, and people are interested.
I had planned an evening of restaurant and bar hopping, but as it turns out, this early riser and runner tucked himself in early, so we wound up in the Legaspi Village area.
Hotspot Your Local fed us both with food and with pure buzz, as it was hopping (mind you, this was Wednesday night!). It’s only been my second time to eat there, but it was a place one can easily crush on: the vibe was incredible. My seatmate Mr Nate looked surprised --- he didn’t know places like this existed in Manila. After dinner, off we went to Yardstick next door for a quick coffee and a bit of quiet after YL, and finally a peek at The Curator.
Good times, indeed.
