Photo Essays
By Anonymous Paul on 29 April, 2013
There are quite a few steak houses in Manila but oddly enough, if you ask people where to get a good steak Mamou will definitely come up in that list. Odd because Mamou is not a steak house per se, but an establishment that serves comfort food done the Malou Fores way. Which is basically …read »
Interviews
By franco on 14 July, 2009
Malou Fores is the proud proprietor of the diminutive but wildly popular restaurant called Mamou. At eight years old, she understood the joys and wonders of the kitchen after baking her first tray of chocolate brownies. Years later, married and raising her son, she would share her culinary passion with her family and friends, preparing …read »
Try This
By franco on 15 October, 2008
Eggs Benedict from Mamou Call it a hangover. You would think after a month of breakfasts and brunches, we would tire of it all. But apparently not. There are restaurants that you go to, have a delightful meal but have no desire to return to again. There are those restaurants you visit once and after …read »
Restaurants
By Stitch on 29 October, 2007
The word “Mamou” first entered my consciousness via that Del Monte ad featuring Panjee (then) Gonzales, who called her grandmother “Mamou”. So, when Mamou, the resto, opened, well, thoughts of a young Panjee and Del Monte tomato sauce somehow mixed in my head. I actually never bothered to check what was going on in that …read »
Restaurants
By Salamia on 7 October, 2007
My sister and I had just gotten some shopping done at Market! Market! and were HUNGRY. But it was only 5.30. Everything at Serendra was closed (except for Conti’s which was, on the other extreme, full). Maybe if we sit outside they’ll open the restaurant for us, I suggested, remembering that they did this for …read »
Restaurants
By franco on 6 October, 2007
from top left, clockwiseCrispy Roasted Duck with Red Chorizo Rice, Angus Prime Steak, Beer Batter Fish N’ Chips, Truffle Oil Vegetable Mushroom Dip As soon as I walked into Mamou, I knew I was going to like this place. Couldn’t help it, it’s my kind of restaurant–small, comfy and full of people who seemed to …read »