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Fermented Carabao Meat Experiment or Pindang Damulag

My recent trip acquisition of fresh carabao meat led me to experiment on a dish that I grew up on and enjoy: pindang damulag. Without a specific recipe…

Yang Chow in Eton Centris

Finally I am back to keeping tabs on the places I go to, to eat. We recently had a family gathering for my late lolo and lola’s birthday…

Carabao Meat and Tripe Stew

For the carabao striploin I bought, I decided to make a stew along with some tripe from the grocery. When I make stews, my seasonings and additions become…

Dessert @ Tokyo Bubble Tea

After our dinner at Moshi Koshi, Ange and I decided to grab some dessert somewhere nearby. We decided to go all “Japanese” by heading to Tokyo Bubble Tea…

Moshi Koshi and the lovely, Shio Butter Corn

Finally, after everything that’s been happening lately, I decided to take some time off and meet up with my friend Ange for some Japanese food. I specifically wanted…

Kabayan Lugawan: Innards with Lugaw

One of our chefs, Mark recommended this place. I was really intrigued by the fact this particular lugaw place had eyes, tripe and intestine as part of their…

A Night Trip to Balintawak Cloverleaf Market: Butchers

As I said, there were only 2 reasons for me to go to this market 1) really cheap veggies and 2) carabao meat. Yes folks…Carabao Meat. The dignified…

A Night Trip to Balintawak Cloverleaf Market: Vegetable Section

Finally, after a long time of just talking about it, I’ve finally found the time to go to the infamous Balintawak Market at night. My friend Sam, who…

Mushroom Burger’s Summer Treat: Tornado

I am proud to say that I worked on this project a month before it was launched. Mushroom Burger has a summery treat that combines soft served ice…

Between Baking & Barking

There is something to be said about establishing a food business…especially when you’re alone…it takes over almost everything you do, and if you don’t get to fix the…

Menu Makeover for Mushroom Burger — Other Dishes

I’ve been so caught up with work lately that I completely forgot to update my blog. So far, I’ve been working on multiple projects which we will hopefully…

Jack & Jill Snacks

Finally I have more grocery packaging on my portfolio! I was really surprised on how fast they printed it too! I am proud to say that I styled…

Kenny’s New Side Kicks!

Finally, it’s become a bit easier for me to spot some of my works online thanks to Facebook. I went to Rockwell the other day and found a…

Making Soft Cheese from Scratch in the CACS After-Work Workshop!

Cheese is my super favorite, favorite food! And for the first time in the history of anything, the Center for Asian Culinary Studies, along with Chef Elena Rivera,…

Mushroom Burger’s New Menu Design – Sandwiches

This was probably one of my most challenging projects late last year. I was tasked to overhaul Mushroom Burger’s menu images and the client decided on getting one…

Food Styling and Plating Redesign for Aruba

Last year, I was able to do a bit of plating ideas and foodstyling for Aruba Bar and restaurant. We a few layouts for their best-selling dishes, but…

Just in Time for V-day, Kenny’s Strawberry Yogurt

Just in time for Valentine’s day, you can now have a yummy strawberry frozen yogurt at Kenny Rogers. To be honest, soft served ice cream shoots always make…

A New Honey for Kenny!

Finally, I get to spot one of my works online and apparently in the stores! I had the opportunity to style and eat of course, KR’s new honey…

A Very Special French Toast

I’ve finally found a great do-nothing Sunday to catch up on my home cooking and styling work and decided to do something “for two” since it’s almost Valentine’s…

New Year’s Shabu-Shabu at King One Rotary Hot Pot

Mig and I went for a long drive during New Year’s day and the road took us to the Hobbies of Asia Mall in Macapagal. I wasn’t quite…

A morning at the Mandaluyong Animal Shelter (and it looks like I’ll be doing this a lot)

I’ve finally found an accessible shelter near my house! I’ve been wondering if I’ll ever actually get my butt to PAWS but it looks like I don’t have…

Getting My Props Organized (sort of)

I was at a shoot once where I had to bring out almost everything I had in stock at Cafe Ysabel (I keep some at home and I…

Creative Kids Food (for a kiddie show)

I was able to do some work with GMA’s kiddie show, Tropang Potchi…where we did some fun edible food styling projects for kids at home. This was the…

Nomama

Nice organic looking place with brown black and white furniture, a semi open kitchen. I probably went in with high expectations, only because the last time I ate…

Scenes from the Baguio City Wet Market Part 2

Now we go to the usual dry section of the Baguio Wet Market, this is where everyone buys their pasalubong and fruits. A lot of people buy veggies…

Scenes from the Baguio City Wet Market Part 1

I love markets. I really don’t mind the dirt and muck on my shoes, the smell, the thick amount of people…but one of the best things about the…

More R&D and Photo Work at Home

I’ve been so busy with trying to get my pet bakery off the ground that it’s just such a welcome feeling to take some time off and take…

Japanese Grocery-ing at New Hatchin

I had a shoot earlier in the year that called for some nice Japanese food items…so this took me to one of my favorite groceries, the New Hatchin…

Baguio Adventure: Spook & Cook

There are only 2 reasons why I like Baguio, and 3 when it comes to my cousins. My top 2 reasons: eat & breathe Their 3rd reason: creeping…

Being So Caught Up

I’ve been feeling so guilty lately with the way I haven’t been able to strike a balance between my blogging and fixing my pet deli. I’m starting to…

Halloween Spookfest @ the Old Diplomat Hotel

In line with our Halloween spookfest, what better way to scare ourselves than to go on a visit to the ultimate creepy place: Diplomat Hotel. Though this place…

Baguio: A Food Stylist’s Paradise

Upon seeing the great quality produce in Baguio, I decided to take some pictures of them. I still wish that produce in Baguio would be just as accessible…

My Whole Pet Kitchen Site is finally up (Just in time for my birthday!)!

It has been a crazy few weeks of sampling, tweaking and trying to balance everything that’s going on with the birthing pains, so to speak, of my pet…

The exotic produce at SM Baguio

One of the greatest reasons why we enjoy Baguio so much is that it has so much fresh vegetables and fruits. SM Baguio is totally full on a…

Baguio Adventure: Chocolate de Batirol

On our Halloween Spookfest in Baguio, the group decided to go to the usual PX stores of Camp John Hay but on the way there, we decided to…