On  December 12, 2016 (Monday),  Raffles Hotel Makati will open its new, brasserie-style restaurant, Mireio. Pronounced “mee-reyo,” the restaurant is named after the most notable work by Nobel Prize-winning poet Frederic Mistral, written in 1859, about a forbidden love story between the daughter of a […]

Atelier Nespresso is a special event that spotlights coffee and gastronomy periodically in culinary capitals around the world. Previously held in London, Stockholm, Antwerp, Lyon and Sao Paulo, this 2016, it traveled to Asia for the first time, to the Japanese capital city of Tokyo. Select chefs, sommeliers, bartenders, […]

The number one question I’m asked is, “Where should I/ my friends/ family eat in Manila?” While once one of the most underrated capitals in Southeast Asia, our dining scene in Manila is growing, and I decided to put together a guide– or a list– on […]

It’s not even Christmas yet and Eric Kayser is already making me fat. Most of the year, I try to stay away from carbs (keyword: try) but it’s already the holiday season, and fortunately (or unfortunately for me), Eric Kayser really does make the best […]

So, Brooklyn. New York City’s most populous borough has been re-branded as the cool, hip and essential destination in the Big Apple that’s popular with the locals,  foreign to Manhattanites, and in some areas, devoid of tourists. I spent a lot of time in Lower Manattan during […]

Most of you know my love affair with Africa. I’ve been so fortunate to have traveled to the continent three times and visited five countries (Tanzania,  Zambia, Botswana, South Africa and Ethiopia), and in fact, it was what inspired me to put up my events platform, Cross […]

I was recently in Mexico City for the fourth edition of Latin America’s 50 Best Restaurants awards ceremony. I was thrilled to see my buddies Virgilio Martinez of Central in Lima, Peru, and Mitsuharu “Micha” Tsumura of Maido in Lima, Peru topping the list this […]

“I’m employed by the farmers,” said Jens Christian Krog Nielsen, Senior General Manager for Philippines, Vietnam and Thailand for Arla Foods. We were in a farm in Fåregård, a two-hour drive from Aarhus, Denmark’s second largest city after Copenhagen–  and that statement surprised me. Apparently, Arla Dairy […]

I was recently in Germany for Singapore  Airlines’ inaugural flight to Dusseldorf. We spent a few days there, took a day trip to Cologne and then the last leg of our trip was two nights in Frankfurt. (We traveled by car/ land all the way, so […]