1,800-kilometer escape - "The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step," or so say the Chinese. Well, we put one over our Communist neighbors. This particular journey covered »

ANG PAGDADALAGA NI MAXIMO OLIVEROS - A wonderful thing happened while everyone was busy trying to evict the president out of Malacañang: Last September, an independent Filipino film called Ang Pagdadalaga ni Maximo Oliveros »

Hello, fashion - BY THE time we moved to the other side of Park Hyatt Saigon's ballroom for dessert, we were already filled with our three-course Vietnamese dinner and images of »

It's home-cooked, but nicer - It's easy to find Filipino restaurants in a city like Manila, where the craving for Filipino food goes beyond the everyday meals served at home. However, when »

Long haulers - Mt. Halcon will put you to hard work as much as any self-respecting warden would a chain gang, and your feet would definitely bear much of the burden. »

More than chicken curry - Khanchandani in the kitchen of her restaurant, Swagat Indian Cuisine, personally sprinkling chopped tomatoes on the papadum masala or stirring the dhal makani. The little Indian resto that »

Pedro Penduko: "Ako'ng bahala sa iyo!" - PEDRO PENDUKO is the Pinoy's answer to Peter Pan. Pareho rin silang may initials na PP. Pero walang dudang Pinoy na Pinoy ang bida ng classic local fairy »

Plastic Liberty - In mid-1997, I went traipsing around Asia on a few journalism assignments. As any young woman with a wallet full of international credit cards would do, I charged »

Seafood Haven - A fabulous addition to the new menu of Crustasia Crab and Seafood restaurant is a dish that you might say is the more subdued, more elegant cousin of »

The pursuit of happiness - To many dedicated cigar smokers and single malt aficionados, Kipling's -- tucked away in an inconspicuous corner of the Mandarin Oriental Manila -- is their private sanctuary. In »

Young and Hip Fine Dining - Executive chef Christopher Romine of Makati Shangri-La has lightened up the fine-dining label of its flagship restaurant Red, by going more 'hip' with its new Californian-Asian style of »