About 500 yards or so from where the road forks into two if one is driving from Lipa City, one branch leading to poblacion San Jose and the...Read More
I was just with my elder sister and her two kids when it suddenly occurred to me to ask if they had the time – and the gas – to go to Ibaan...Read More
Forty-two years is a long time to be doing the same thing; but Adelaida Zara of San Salvador in Lipa City takes pride in her small bucayô b...Read More
I do not know what the humble paborita – a local biscuit – could ever have done to deserve its stereotypical association with the funeral w...Read More
Indeed, that is the scientific name of this tiny freshwater fish than can be found in no other place on God’s Earth except our very own, be...Read More
The age-old marriage between sinangag (fried rice) and pritong itlog (egg fried sunny side up) has always been, to my mind, the proverbial ...Read More
On any day of the week other than Friday, the municipality of Padre Garcia is a quiet little town as one can only expect of a largely agrar...Read More
Those among us who thought that the puto bumbong went out of fashion when the fastfood chains invaded the countryside obviously thought wro...Read More
There was, at the supermarket the other day, this tanigue tail that was just plain begging to be bought. I took one look at it and thought ...Read More
Those who wish to try an alternative snack to the sort one finds in the malls with increasing ubiquity may opt for the more traditional Fil...Read More
Those who have dined at the classic Chinese Restaurant in Quiapo called Wah Nam may be forgiven for thinking that this similarly named rest...Read More
Last night, I felt my previous status had become passé, so I dutifully answered Facebook’s query “What’s on your mind?” with “Hawot, priton...Read More
Long before the big fuss about McDo and Jollibee, mothers brought home an unimaginable variety of foodstuffs from the palengke to keep the ...Read More
From the name of the place itself, anyone can guess that that this has something to do with the huge church bell or the kampanâ, as it is c...Read More
How was I to know that there exists a gem of a restaurant just 10 minutes drive from where I live and at most a half-hour from the city pro...Read More