I attended (and enjoyed) Yummy Eats last year. This is the annual food fair organized by YUMMY Magazine of Summit Media. I never thought I’d be part of Yummy Eats 2012 – not as a guest but as a featured food concessionaire! As my friends know, I’ve opened my mini-restaurant at Caltex Better Living in the South of Manila a few months ago. The business has its ups and downs, but mostly it’s my frustration at not being able to concentrate on the biz full-time (since am still part of the corporate jungle). Still, I welcome occasional gigs like Yummy Eats since it gives me an invaluable opportunity to market my product
So yes, Yummy Eats 2012 will happen on Saturday, May 26 at the Rockwell Tent and my kitchen will be busy in preparation. This is the ultimate foodie event giving you value for your money because you pay only P150 and get to sample sweet, savory and gourmet treats from 50 concessionaires carefully chosen by the Yummy team. There will also be demos from noted chefs like Bruce Lim as well as booths by other culinary/baking celebrities like Sau del Rosario, Ed Bugia, Baba Ibazeta and Aileen Anastacio.
Here’s a complete list of Yummy Eats’ featured food brands:
Chicken Delish
Kristina’s Inutak
Pinkerton Ice Cream
Patisserie Caroline
Dragonfly Desserts
QQ Mochi Buns
Pepita’s Lechon
Margie’s Paella
Wabi Sabi
Simply Pie
Dulcelin
Mochiko
Cukay’s
Swell Sweets
Bonanza Roasted Calf
Chuck Wagon
Choclery Artisan
Jam Angus Beef
Mama Lou’s Italian Kitchen
The Fruit Garden
Pvt. Ellen Tolentino of the Philippine Army took home 20,000 pesos as this year’s Last Woman Running in Bayer’s recently-concluded Rogin-E Marathon in Bonifacio Global City. She’s shown receiving her prize & trophy from Vincenzo Langella, Managing Director, Bayer Pilippines, Inc. and Muhammad Jaudat Amin, Country Division Head, Bayer Healthcare, Consumer Care Division. .
Adjudged Last Man Running was Bicolano and veteran marathon runner Mario Maglinao, more popularly known as Super Mario. Super Mario’s victory is all the sweeter because this year’s grand prize from Rogin-E is an all expense paid trip to China, to participate in the world renowned “Great Wall Marathon”.
This year’s Bayer Rogin-E Last Man Running 2 lived up to its reputation as one of the country’s most physically demanding and merciless ultra-marathons.
If you’re in your 40s, 50s or even 60s, don’t fret. You know what they say these days, 40 is the new 30 (or 20!) Just looking at JLo and Julia Roberts in a two-piece bikini makes me agree
US-educated sports-medicine expert and athletic-training specialist, Coach Jim Saret of The Biggest Loser Pinoy Edition adds that age is really just a number. “One’s chronological age does not necessarily equal one’s fitness age,” he pointed out. “I’ve met people that are 21 years old chronologically but are so sedentary their fitness age is that of a 40 year old. I’ve also met 40 plus year old people that have the fitness age of a 25 year old.”
For those in their 40s and 50s, Coach Jim recommends “low-impact sports like swimming, biking and golf that don’t cause a lot of stress on the bones, joints, ligaments and muscle.”
A highlight of our recent trip to Macau was our stay at The Venetian. My twin daughters graduated from elementary school last March and this was my treat to them. I now fully understand why this casino complex cum resort & hotel is popular among Asian travellers (or travellers to Asia, for that matter). It’s a world unto itself. There’s really no need to go out once you’re enclosed in its big,wide walls. It’s got everything: from boutiques to kids’ play zones to restaurants.
On a peak season like summer, there are hordes of people checking in so it pays to come early. Even though the lines were long, it moved fast because staff were on hand to assist even before you reach the front desk.I’d give them high points for this one.
We booked the non-smoking Bella Suite with two queen beds and this was the view. The brochure said 70 square meters but it seemed smaller in real life, maybe because the space was eaten by the large bathroom.
Of course, my twin girls were happy to stay in the room. Awww!
We went to Macau recently and had the smoothest flight via Cebu Pacific. The same guy headed the plane going in and out of Manila – a certain Capt. Florencio. It’s been 5 years since I flew international with Cebu Pacific and my good experience will probably make me consider travelling with them to some exotic destinations like Hanoi or Siem Reap. The sandwich they serve is terrible though. I felt bad paying P100 each for something that tasted like cardboard. Needless to say, we left it unfinished.
Cebu Pacific flights from Manila to Macau arrive at an unholy hour of 9:45 p.m. so it doesn’t make sense booking a swanky hotel when you’re just going to check out after 12 hours. It was the busy Labor Day weekend and I found out that even the so-called two-star hotels charged a minimum of US$100 a night. Even so, I enjoyed our stay at Hotel Hong Thai along Rua de Cinco (or some such) because it kept me in touch with the old Macau. It seems I preferred this area more than the location of the glitzy casinos. Landmarks like Senado Square and St.Paul’s Ruins were also just a five minute walk away.
I enjoyed eating in the local restaurants where the waitresses didn’t understand me and I had to point at the pictures written in Chinese characters.
For this trip, I was glad to be acquainted with a popular snack in Macau called the pork chop bun.Flavorful and tender boneless pork chop is enclosed in a perfect, semi-crusty bread that resembles our local pan de sal. Only P100 per serving, I swear I can finish two of this in one seating. Please note that you can also have chicken or beef fillet in the bun.
Am not much into eat-all-you can buffet these days for the reason that it will make me have Claudine Barretto hips more horizontally-challenged. I broke my fast with the invitation from Diamond Hotel to try their just-launched Filipino food festival at Corniche with the spotlight on Culinaria Capampangan by Chef Sau Del Rosario.
Indeed, these words made me vanish dieting from my vocabulary: Kapampangan (certainly my fave cuisine) and Chef Sau. One would be a fool to resist an appointment with this celebrity cook.
So there I was lucky to be seated with the chef of the hour and to find that he’s one down to earth guy. In my short conversation with him, I learned all about the history of sisig, their heirloom family recipes and how he does NOT eat camaru (among other exotic insects) like a true Kapampangan.
“Inspired” is the way to describe the menu Chef Sau has concocted for the Corniche food fest, as he tried to add a twist to traditional flavors.Adobo & quezong puti pizza anyone? How about Pork sisig with foie gras and organic egg or US sirlin bistek with shiitake? I certainly couldn’t resist this boneless crispy pata kare-kare with steamed local vegetables. It was awesome!
We’re so happy to hear the news that Fil-Am singing sensation Jessica Sanchez has made it to Top 3 of American Idol. No doubt, everyone’s votes counted inasmuch as Jessica took the breath of the judges away with her last performance singing “And I am Telling You am not going” from Dreamgirls. The song title is so apt from the manner she stayed, indeed!
Will Jessica Sanchez be the youngest winner of American Idol? Her fans would like to know as she steps closer to bagging the ultimate limelight as the Top 4 finalists in AI Season 11 square off later.
It’s Pinoy People Power once again as Filipinos and friends across the United States band together to put Jessica in the Top 3.
The whole thing suddenly looks like a circus. The whole nation is watching the developments in the airport brouhaha in the same way we’ll be glued to Chief Justice Renato Corona’s testimony on his alleged $10 million account.
Cebu Pacific’s ground personnel have come out in the open to say Claudine Barretto really “verbally abused” them. Judging from this old Claudine video on ASAP, we’re bound to believe she cussed indeed. Video’s kinda blurred, but you know what we mean. Oh dear!
The big news of the day is the scuffle between Ramon Tulfo vs. Raymart Santiago & Claudine Barretto at the Cebu Pacific terminal in NAIA 3.
Somebody took a video of a man (looking like Tulfo) being beaten up by a group (presumably Santiago’s). Nobody has come up with the video yet of Claudine berating the Cebu Pacific ground personnel over her missing luggage. She is shown with her back to the camera wearing white shorts and a pink sleeveless shirt. She’s also shown helping punch Tulfo to the ground. The whole scene is kinda shocking.
Cebu Pacific still has to issue a statement in this unfolding drama.
