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Commune ♥ ♥
I am so happy there are more and more coffee places in the city. Quiet and cozy cafes, instead of bars, are my choice for after-dinner destination. Commune is a neighborhood coffee shop in Salcedo...
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Franco's ♥ ♥
So Myron's is gone and in its place is a cute restaurant named Franco's. I heard Franco is the son of Myron. Actually. I'm not sure if the owner of Myron's is called Myron, but whatever,I'm calling...
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The Bottle Shop at Global Beer Exchange ♥ ♥ ♥
This was not my first time at The Bottle Shop, but I never blogged about past visits because, well, Mom and Dad read my blog and they still think warm milk is my drink of choice. Lol. The Bottle Shop...
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My Favorite Hong Kong Airport Eats
I don’t normally crave deep fried food. Well, except before I get on a plane. Luckily, Hong Kong Airport has more than enough choices to satisfy my lust. If I want fried chicken, I run to Popeyes....
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Basil ♥ ♥ ♥
I am happy that the oldies in our family is open to trying out new cuisines. I cannot imagine having all our Fatterside birthday parties, anniversaries, and no-reason-get-together dinners eating...
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Ogetsu Hime ♥
They didn't have an available table for us when we arrived at Ogetsu Hime at 8:05pm.I made reservations for 8pm. Their record showed "Jean Perez 8:30pm." Honestly, I didn'tmind because some people...
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Gwama's 86th Birthday
Every year we celebrate Gwama's birthday at Savory Escolta. And every year we have the sametheme - RED NA RED. If you don't believe me, see my posts on her 83rd, 84th and 85th birthdays. Savory...
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The Original Savory Fried Chicken Birthday Cake
Last January 19, we celebrated Gwama's 86th birthday with a vegetarian dinner at Savory. See post here.We are a family who loves our meat, so naturally, we were all salivating profusely at the sight...
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House Slippers
Mom has this rule that we have to change and wash our house slippers everyday. The maid comes into my room to do it every morning.This is what I saw when I woke up and looked down the bed earlier...
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Dimsum Master Class at The Peninsula Manila
I love how elegantly The Peninsula dressed up its lobby for Chinese New Year. It really is my favorite hotel lobby in Manila! Even the flowers match the red and gold lanterns And if you look...
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Tampopo ♥ ♥
And just when I thought the last of the ramen shops and tonkatsu shops had already opened, a Singaporean concept with BOTH ramen and tonkatsu arrives in Manila. TAMPOPO! Takaagi Takagi is the father...
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Department of Coffee ♥ ♥ ♥
Department of Coffee is the perfect place to spend the late afternoon with Leslie. Leslie and I both love coffee. She even named her dog Coffee. Unfortunately, I have no pets. But I saved the name for...
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Silk Road Thai Bistro ♥ ♥ ♥
I've been to Thai Bistro in Robinsons Magnolia and thought the food was just okay (see post here),so I wasn't expecting much when we had dinner at Cecille Chang's new restaurant at the Fort. I love...
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Bistro Ravioli ♥ ♥
I didn't give my cousins Jill and Monica much choice. It was Thursday and all I wanted to eat for lunch was carbs, carbs, and carbs. I asked them: Japanese or Italian?Which really meant: Ramen or...
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Gyumon, A Third Time ♥ ♥ ♥
Gyumon in Pan Pacific Hotel is our go-to restaurant when we crave beef The only thing I don't like about the Japanese yakiniku restaurant is its silly rule that the shredded cabbage is not...
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Caviar Restaurant and Champagne Bar ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥
I don't care if you think I'm shallow. I know it's like judging a book by its cover, or a man by his sexy facial hair and perfume and the muscles showing through his suit, but I will run away andmarry...
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The Black Pig, Revisited ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥
The Black Pig is the reason why I'm in Alabang twice in the span of 20 days. I love it even more now than my first time, if that is even possible. See first time here. Just look at the welcome party...
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Kettle ♥ ♥
We heard the lines at Kettle can be quite upsetting for hungry stomachs so we arrived early to beatthe competition. What can I say, our stomachs are our masters and we're cutthroat that way. We were...
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Fatterside Chinese New Year Dinner
Achi Donna is too cute. After our lunch at Kettle, while Ritchie and I went on a movie marathon, she went to buy these lanterns to set up her home for our impromptu Chinese New Year dinner. Here's...
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Jin Loves to Eat on Coconuts Manila
Thank you, Lou Albano of Coconuts Manila, for this feature!Read about my favorites in the Pasay/Paranaque area on My City on A Plate: http://manila.coconuts.co/2014/02/03/my-city-plate-jin-perez-34
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