Recipes
By Anonymous Paul on 27 September, 2011
I begin writing this entry in the middle of Tropical Cyclone Pedring. Power went out for 6 hours and howling mad winds fell a couple of trees around the house; with one actually blocking the driveway for a time till maintenance chopped it up and cleared it. Pedring is, at this time, now over …read »
Interviews
By sanju on 24 September, 2011
I owe Jim Araneta a HUGE thank you. I give him credit for reawakening my love for beer. Growing up, beer used to be my drink of choice. However it was slowly overshadowed by wine and single malt scotch. A few months ago, I had opportunity to attend a Vietnamese barbecue and beer pairing dinner …read »
Food and Travel
By Anonymous Paul on 19 September, 2011
Ho Chi Minh is a very walkable city. If one wanted to, one could go around District 1 and cover everything in a day. But we were there to take it easy and enjoy the city (never mind the humidity). I made a list of establishments to seek out before leaving Manila but only ended …read »
Cornucopia
By Anonymous Paul on 14 September, 2011
Home cook, king of the grill, weekend chef, domestic goddess. A growing number of food lovers have now moved on from simply searching for the best places to eat to actually cooking for friends and family themselves. Some develop this fondness for cooking earlier than others; being born into culinary adept/food crazed families. Others seem …read »
Restaurants
By sanju on 9 September, 2011
Dahi Puri For this month, Table for Three, Please will delve in to the world of the vegetarian. We will bring you a taste of what it is like to go meat less, fish less, egg less, but hopefully not tasteless. Being of Indian origin, I have had the opportunity to be exposed to Indian …read »
Food and Travel
By Anonymous Paul on 4 September, 2011
Coffee culture. Notice the coffee/tea pairing. Vietnam is the third largest producer of coffee in the world. But when it comes to producing Robusta variety beans they’re number one. Trung Nguyen, the country’s biggest coffee company, has done a “Jollibee” in that even the Nescafe brand falls behind retail sales nationwide. There is not a …read »