Cornucopia
By franco on 28 January, 2010
Nothing to Waste Hello. My name is Franco. I’m a porkalohic. People who know me well know that I have a love for the pig, bordering on obsession. And although most food resolutions during this time of year are all about cutting back and eating healthier, I’m planning to eat more of the piggy kind. …read »
Cornucopia
By Anonymous Paul on 25 January, 2010
Eating To Better Health Towards the end of last year I was feeling under the weather with flu like symptoms but without the temperature. Headaches, coughing and sniffling over several days proved to be an ordeal as I’m not really the type to get sick easily. So I pay a visit to my doctor. With …read »
Restaurants
By Anonymous Paul on 19 January, 2010
When you walk into Marché 313@somerset mall, you’ll kind of feel disoriented, to say the least. From the outside, you see this green restaurant amidst Singapore’s urban jungle. Just another one of the better bakeries in the city, you could say to yourself. A few steps in, down a spiral staircase, and you’re suddenly surrounded …read »
Food and Travel
By Anonymous Paul on 13 January, 2010
It’s one of Singapore’s national foods, along with chili crab and laksa. Obviously originating from China, Hainanese chicken rice is now actually more commonly assimilated with the everyday cuisines of Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand (where it’s known as kao mun gai). I remember an uncle telling me one time having pretty underwhelming chicken rice in …read »
Food and Travel
By Anonymous Paul on 9 January, 2010
A Lovely Bowl of Goodness Christmas-time in the Philippines can get unbelievably chaotic. All the parties. The rich food. The family reunions. The decadent sweets. The consumption of copious amounts of alcohol. All events and stress factors manifest themselves physically when I fearfully tip the scales come January in the form of “mysterious” excess poundage. …read »
Interviews
By franco on 7 January, 2010
Meet Chef Him Uy De Baron (yes, that is him real name). The executive chef of a catering company called Chef Cuisine, Chef Him prides himself for not only catering to his client’s culinary desires at any price point but also for bringing the focus back to where it should be —the creation of sumptuously …read »