An obsession with dessert and other unabashed opinions of a food writer
My high school History teacher was named Ms. Casanova. My classmates and I never did find out what her first name was but she was quite unforgettable: she always wore her black hair in a tight ponytail; in my four years in high school, I never saw her with her hair down. She once even [...]
August is a good month to head on over to Fleur de Lys. From August 1-31, Fleur de Lys’ pastry chef-owner, Jackie Ang-Po, is offering a 10% discount for all Dessert Comes First (DCF) readers! The discount covers everything on the menu, and not just the sweets. Should you choose to take your order out, [...]
Of course the anchovies that I’m talking about are not the ones pictured above, which are fresh marinated anchovies from Spain. I just wanted to share this photo that I took at a Spanish food fest. These are really quite different from what I know to be anchovies, which are brown and flat and come [...]
I was at L’Opera recently for a writing assignment for a magazine. The restaurant’s been around since 1994, and it’s kept its legion of fans since its location hops from Jupiter Street, Greenbelt, and now at the Fort. Though I’ve never eaten at L’Opera, I had little tastings of each dish that was brought out [...]
Three years ago, I wrote an article detailing my 6 Exciting Desserts for 2003. Included on that list was the panna cotta at Caffe Maestro. I followed up that article with my 10 Best Desserts in Manila for 2005. I was recently in Caffe Maestro again, and again I ordered what may just be two [...]
I wrote an article before about Amici being Manila’s best-kept Italian secret. There’s another restaurant, also Italian, which I consider my best-kept secret. It’s a place that’s particularly dear to me for two reasons: my Bin took me there on our first date, and two and a half years later, we had dinner there the [...]
It’s a place that’s been around since the 1990’s, but I only just ate there a few weeks ago. I don’t know anyone who’s been there, but a lot of people know about it as “the place where they sell great gelato.” Indeed, this restaurant’s greatest claim to fame (at least one of them) is [...]
Going into The Podium, you might miss this restaurant, which is situated at the far right of the building. But connoisseurs of genuine Italian food will tell you that there is no way you should miss eating here. The place is called Pagliacci. No, don’t pronounce the “g,” it’s silent. Thus, “pahl-YAH-chi,” which is Italian [...]
