I am Giannina, a classically trained chef and food stylist in Manila, Philippines who has been blogging about my eating and work adventures since 2008.
He tries so hard to stay awake with me while I study. I've got the worst insomnia so its not too hard for me to stay up until the morning...he loves his sleep but he tries. He's such a wonderful old boy. β€οΈ #mrjackthegr #goldenretriever
Found him like this earlier. I think he misses sleeping beside me on the bed and he probably got scared of the rain this morning. He copies our cat by trying to hide behind the curtains when he gets scared. π₯Ί#mrjackthegr #goldenretriever
BTS of our food shoot at San Miguel Culinary Center! Had a lovely time with the rest of the Sindikato and CNN team, and of course, the R&D chefs of the San Miguel Culinary Center. πΏπ₯π§πΉπ€π #gianninafoodstylist #foodstylingmanila #foodstyling #foodstylist
Our new work for Bonchon Philippines! π Happy I got to work with them again β€οΈ π€π§πΉ #gianninafoodstylist #foodstylingmanila #foodstyling #foodstylist
Food styling for video the other day to help our client's products look their best for the telly πΊπ πΉπ€π #gianninafoodstylist #foodstylingmanila #foodstyling #foodstylist
Having pizza day here at the shop to celebrate our 2 new Pet Express partner shops this week! My team has been working so hard to make sure we continue giving the highest quality pet food and treats possible. β€οΈβ€οΈβ€οΈπ₯³ β€οΈπΆ π#pizza #shakeyspizza #pizzaph
Biscotti is the Four Seasons Hotel’s Italian outlet.When you enter, it’s like being in one of these modern tapas bars in Barcelona, where everyone must seriously be a…
For my birthday last month, I decided to treat the couples out to dinner (that’s me, Mig, my brother and China) to our favorite Izakaya Kikufuji at Little…
We’re in Chiangmai and we were in our friend’s house Woon and Wolfgang trying to make some Christmas Stollen. Woon told us about the procedure of how they…
My grandma, Pilar Gonzalez, established this bakeshop when I was still little. A enterprising woman, my grandma, set-up her home-based bakeshop because of her love for baking. Owning…
I’m happy to announce that after 4 months in operation, the Philippine Tatler rates our newest restaurant Buenisimo as one of the BEST!!! Other restaurants with the same…
Yes, do you think there is anything special about this post? Everyone knows Cafe Mediterranean. But this dinner in particular seemed to transport me TO the Mediterranean (what…
At 11pm, where street food is almost unheard of here in Manila…is actually one of the coolest hours to go street side-snacking if ever you’re in bangkok. I’ve…
My greatest fear has come to life. We’ve opened our own restaurant…along with it is the long line of expenses, which are higher than your typical restaurant…because we’ve…
After our food trippin’ at Izakaya Kikufuji last Friday. My brother, China, Mig and I headed over to rockwell to try out their FIC Ice Cream Parlor for…
It is funny how I remember the name Shin Ton Yon…They used to have a store at the ultra-80’s Virramall, where the stairs and escalators crisscross in the…
It was four days of tiring and yet satisfying work. It is really hard to be both, Food Stylist and Photographer. I recently finished a four-day project with…
I had the pleasure of meeting the president of Sango burger during a meeting last week. I keep wondering how come I’ve never gone to this wonderfully “hole-in-the-wall”…
Now that the article is out, I can write about that day. My brother, Gino Gonzalez or Chef Gino Gonzalez, was featured in Yummy Magazine last month. He…
I saw this while signing into my YM, my friend Jirbie actually had a status saying “50% off @ Brother’s Burger”. And I just remembered seeing this while…
How cute is this hole-in-the wall. It seemed like a place where you can really hide out for a nice dinner for two…or more, considering that their pizzas…