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School of soba: how to make the Japanese noodles from a master

David Celdran
Updated as of Apr 17 05:30 PM

To craft authentic Japanese buckwheat noodles, David Celdran takes personal lessons from a master craftsman in Tokyo’s academic quarter. Read more »

Drive, eat, pray: where to dine in the city during Holy Week

Joaquín Carlos U. de Jesús
Updated as of Apr 15 03:56 PM

If you’re staying in town this Holy Week—whether you’re doing the Visita Iglesia ritual or just want to go somewhere while the traffic is light—there’s reason enough to seek out these quaint restaurants that are (mostly) open during the long Easter weekend Read more »

Team of Locavore's Kel Zaguirre triumphs in unique pairing battle

Joko Magalong-De Veyra
Updated as of Apr 15 06:19 PM

Kel Zaguirre of Locavore, Aliuss Abrazado of The Peak at Grand Hyatt, and Enzo Luna of Run Rabbit Run, collectively known as Team Gecko, have won the first Don Papa Chef & Shaker 2019 competition, held recently at Martin Place Social in Taguig. Read more »

You can have sangria and craft beer in this parish cafe in QC

Nana Ozaeta
Posted at Apr 14 12:04 PM

Just be aware Santo Domingo and Our Lady of the Holy Rosary are looking down on you. Café Inggo 1587, its name inspired by the patron saint of the parish its housed in, and the arrival of the Dominicans in the Philippines, serves Filipino-Spanish fare in a warm, cheerful, and very Catholic setting. Read more »

These 5 Kyoto food haunts are known to still serve authentic imperial cuisine

David Celdran
Updated as of Apr 12 11:03 AM

In the former Imperial capital, David Celdran picks five venerable institutions where generations of artisans help keep Kyoto’s ancient culinary traditions alive. Read more »

Ostrich, rodent on the menu as Cuba seeks food miracle

Sarah Marsh, Reuters
Posted at Apr 12 06:50 AM

HAVANA - From breeding miniature cows to importing water buffalo, Cuban leaders have long gotten creative in their effort to remedy food shortages. Now, they are proposing ostrich and rodent farms as an answer, prompting ridicule from a weary population. Read more »

Alliance launched to push for dog meat ban in Asia

Kyodo News
Posted at Apr 12 12:59 AM

An international alliance was launched in Taipei on Thursday aiming to push Asian countries to outlaw the slaughter of dogs and cats for human consumption and to end the dog meat trade in places that include Japan. Read more »

Cebuano street fare gets its due in Netflix’s new documentary series

ANCX Staff
Updated as of Apr 11 03:32 PM

An Asia-centric spin-off of the critically-acclaimed Chef’s Table, Street Food travels to different cities in the continent to taste the flavors and learn the stories of popular roadside stalls and shophouses. Here, the owners, often self-taught, are depicted as heroes who have attained world recognition while keeping their cultural heritage alive. Read more »

This Italian-style resto in QC was originally made for the devotees of St. Padre Pio

Nana Ozaeta
Updated as of Apr 10 07:03 PM

The menu is filled with homestyle Italian dishes reminiscent of the original Amici when it was still being run by the Don Bosco priests. Read more »

Tips para di agad masira ang pagkain ngayong tag-init

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Apr 09 05:35 PM

Mahalagang bigyan ng pansin ang epekto ng mainit na panahon sa pagkain para di ito agad masira.  Read more »

800 empleyado ng NFA mawawalan ng trabaho sa rice tariffication: opisyal

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Apr 09 04:53 PM

Tinatayang 800 regular na empleyado ng National Food Authority ang mawawalan ng trabaho sa pagpapatupad ng rice tariffication law, ayon sa isang opisyal.  Read more »

Why the first Filipino Food Month this April is more than just the food

Marilen Fontanilla
Updated as of Apr 09 09:16 AM

From Ilokano dinengdeng to the Tausugs’s pianggang, this presidentially declared initiative is the first of its kind to put the focus on Philippine cuisine as a dynamic part of our cultural fabric Read more »

Mag-ingat sa paghahanda ng pagkain para iwas-food poisoning: DOH

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 08 09:15 PM

Mas madaling mapanis ang pagkain ngayong tag-init at maaari itong magdulot ng food poisoning. Read more »

New eats: Roast duck flambeed with 12-year-old whisky

Angelo G. Garcia
Posted at Apr 08 04:38 PM

As if Peking duck isn't fancy enough, this restaurant flambes it using an expensive 12-year-old whisky.  Read more »

These angry Filipino chefs are continuing a global movement that saves what’s on our plates

Barbara Mae Naredo Dacanay
Updated as of Apr 07 10:03 PM

Groups, movements, and initiatives such as the Slow Food Youth Network Philippines are making great strides in building awareness on sustainability and respect for what we put in our mouths—and what we inadvertently throw away. Read more »

66 atleta naospital dahil sa umano'y food poisoning sa Ormoc

Geron Ponferrada, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Apr 07 03:53 PM

Isinugod ang 66 na atletang kalahok sa Eastern Visayas Regional Athletic Association (EVRAAR) Meet sa bayan na ito, Sabado, dahil sa hinihinalang food poisoning.  Read more »

Bucket list: Hokkaido is an epicenter of Michelin stars and gourmet greats

Cris Bilbao
Updated as of Apr 07 08:07 PM

Known as a winter wonderland, Japan’s northernmost is hiding a slew of amazing dining options among its blistering cold. For seven years, the Michelin Guide had been zeroing on this prefecture, bestowing stars aplenty. Read more »

New eats: Chef Jayps marks 40th birthday with new dishes for Sarsa

Jeeves de Veyra
Posted at Apr 07 05:49 AM

The new dishes are rooted in Negrense sensibilities with some Chinese touches here and there. Read more »

Jollibee opens Guam branch in accelerated North America push

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 06 04:56 PM

Jollibee Foods Corp recently announced its accelerated North American expansion plan, which includes growing to 150 locations in the US and 100 in Canada over the next 5 years. Read more »

Customers rush for NFA rice as sale nears end

Michael Joe Delizo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Apr 06 04:56 PM

Day after the policymakers’ signing of the implementing rules and regulations of Republic Act 11203 or the Rice Tariffication law, consumers are quick to rush to markets to get their stock of the lowest-price milled rice. Read more »