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Read this First: The BenCab Museum Experience Cafe Sabel is the in-house restaurant of the BenCab Museum, named after BenCab’s famous muse in his paintings. Here you can enjoy recipes by BenCab, farm fresh ingredients, and home-cooked dishes by the chef. You can also buy the jams, marmalades, native chocolate, and homemade atchara that they sell. … Continue reading CAFE SABEL @ BenCab Museum
Read this First: The BenCab Museum Experience I’m starting to develop an interest in young Filipino Artists who are making waves in the international art scene. One of those artists is Rodel Tapaya who won first prize in the Asia-Pacific Breweries Foundation Signature Art Prize in 2011 for “Baston ni Kabunian, Bilang pero di mabilang”. Prism … Continue reading Rodel Tapaya’s Prism and Parallelism
Picking fresh strawberries is one of the most awesome experiences on the outskirts of Baguio. It is a fun activity for your family, especially for the kids. 🙂 They also get to appreciate and learn where strawberries come from. I’d like to share with you our Strawberry Farm experience in La Trinidad, Benguet. 🙂 Awesome … Continue reading Strawberry Picking in Benguet: Strawberry Fields Forever …
How to Get There? Puerto Galera’s White Beach is just 3 hours away from Manila. It is the closest to the city and one of the nicer beach party places from Manila because most of the great beaches in Batangas are privately owned. One of my apprehensions about going to Malasimbo Music and Arts Festival was I … Continue reading Puerto Galera’s White Beach Guide 2012: How to Get There?
Where to Stay? If you want to stay along White Beach, we would recommend Mindorinne Oriental Beach Resort, owned and operated by the Del Mundo family. This beachfront establishment is located in the middle of White Beach, and it is at the center of the night activities because of its Hiyas Bar. This is where … Continue reading Puerto Galera’s White Beach Guide 2012: Where to Stay and What to Eat?
What Happened? I must admit, I gave up on Puerto Galera a long time ago because of its over-commercialization. For some time, it was even branded as “gaylera“. Also, a lot of people were scared to go because of the lack of safety standards and the practice of overloading boats, which led to the 2009 tragedy … Continue reading Puerto Galera’s White Beach Guide 2012: What Happened?
March 9, 2016 Update: MALASIMBOOO! Transformative Music, Art & Magic @MalasimboFest 2016 Malasimbo is an underground, three-day music and art festival in Mt. Malasimbo, Puerto Galera. People who attend it rave about it, leaving the uninformed curious as to what Malasimbo is about. Here’s a glimpse of the awesome Malasimbo experience…
(L-R: Rache Diaz, Chef Vicky’s Mother, Chef Vicky’s brother Gaby Tinio, Pat and Marivic Silva) I’ve heard yummy stories about Chef Vicky’s private dining in Baguio from foodies raving about the experience. We met Chef Vicky in Mercato Centrale, with her stall selling her yummy goodies from Baguio, when we first opened in 2010. She offers an 8-course, … Continue reading MAMA’S TABLE: Chef Vicky Tinio Clemente’s Private Dining
PANAGBENGA is a local Kankana-ey term in Cordillera, which means “a season for blossoming; a time for blooming“, coined by Ike Picpican, curator of the Saint Louis University Museum in 1997. It is a month-long celebration in February/March during the business-lean months to attract tourists to the City of Baguio after the holidays and before the peak … Continue reading BAGUIO’s PANAGBENGA Flower Festival
Iloilo is the home of Batchoy, and there is a never-ending debate on who offers the best version – Ted’s or Deco’s. However, the best authentic Batchoy for me can be found in Netong’s Lapaz Batchoy. Ultimate Visayan Food Trip Series: Ultimate Visayan Food Trip: Manila to Cebu on a Subaru! Iloilo’s Dinagyang: Hala Bira! … Continue reading ILOILO FOOD TRIP: Netong’s Original Special Lapaz Batchoy
