Posted by: undercoverchef on: August 1, 2009
Went to a party last night with Lani Mercado. Yes, Lani Mercado. don’t ask.
I forgot to ask who the caterer was, but the food was okay.
I loved the brazo de mercedes, but instead of custard they put halaya (ube), i loved it. As in!!!
weeee! I miss cooking and baking. like totally! [...]
Posted by: undercoverchef on: July 14, 2009
Foodwise, nothing much.
We’re still in the process of putting up the franchise that we recently bought into. Here’s hoping it’s operational next week!
Fingers and toes crossed!
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I went to an IWC dinner last Friday in Century Park Sheraton and we had a set dinner Lauriat style.
Lauriat Style in the simplest terms is when they [...]
Posted by: undercoverchef on: July 5, 2009
A bunch of us went to Embassy to celebrate a friends forray to “independence” yesterday, July 4 (yes, I know, how appropos right?)—the friend being Mia, and the bunch being Kwe, Kassy and moi.
We got there, and started the night with a free tequila shot, WOW. And proceeded to finish off two bottles of Red [...]
Posted by: undercoverchef on: June 28, 2009
Yesterday after a really big comfort food happy lunch in Rufo’s in Makati and dessert in Fluke in A.Venue Mall. I found myself enroute to the south for work, then lo and behold! there was an invitation to go to a singaporean food thing with Kassy, Kwe, by her friend JR… and possibly Tamille and [...]
Posted by: undercoverchef on: June 26, 2009
Last night, I got my first big naysayer, and the naysayer was quite close to me. Maybe it’s the fact that I’m making decisions on my own and going at something on my own, or maybe it’s something else entirely.
It’s being called stupid when you know you’ve got a plan. It started to drive [...]
Posted by: undercoverchef on: May 11, 2009
To all food afficionados wanting something new:
I recently attended a food tasting/launching in Zenses, neo-chinese cuisine place in the A.Venue Mall c/o Playboy Magazine. Initial impression of the sampling wasn’t very impressive, but I got what they were going for, which was a new twist to Chinese Classics. Suffice it to say, I was not [...]
Posted by: undercoverchef on: April 14, 2009
So how was your holy week?
Mine has been pretty normal and steady, and such is the way of spending vacation at home.
Also, being given the chance to be at home, with our cook having her vacation, I found myself with chances to flex mi culinary muscles during this lenten season.
I cooked mainly two things: Chicken [...]
Posted by: undercoverchef on: April 3, 2009
10am to 5pm in Heny Sison QC.
Was it tiring? Yes. Which tells you I haven’t had much practice being in the kitchen. I remember myself going on and on like an energizer bunny and annoying the hell out of people.
Haha, suffice it to say, I was much impressed by Chef Aggy of Aggy’s [...]
Posted by: undercoverchef on: March 29, 2009
The pasta di mare was good, so GOOD!
Posted by: undercoverchef on: March 16, 2009
I’ve been a regular of SOM’s since it was opened, as location wise, I’m just a few steps away from it (or at least my office is). Suffice it to say, my favorite dishes in SOM’s is this combination:
- CATFISH SALAD
- SPRING ROLL
- TOM YUM SOUP
- THAI TEA
- and ANY COLOR OF VEGETABLE CURRY
for me [...]
