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Watching the Great Jay Cayuca in Cafe Ysabel

There’s nothing like good food and music. For my granny’s sister’s 75th, my dad threw a dinner in her honor and invited one of the Philippines’ best talents,…

My Dad’s Woodfired Oven: Sunday Dinner # 1

dad: the happy new owner of the ovenMy dad finally purchased his very own wood-fired oven around two months ago. Since then we’ve been having wood-fired oven dinners…

Love Your Own: Pastelleria Mallorca

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…

A Day with Bobby Chinn

There is something weird about this month, we’ve been having international food icons dine at Cafe Ysabel! Our house restoration must’ve opened up some sort of magnet and…

Anthony Bourdain visits Cafe Ysabel!

YES. Yes and yes. These pictures are real. Anthony Bourdain is in Manila. I still feel a little light headed from what happened. The big secret was —…

Filipino Food Feast for A King

There is a running joke in our Sunday dinner table: Whenever Dad prepares the dinner, you are absolutely on the brink of vomiting after… Which is true, because…

Sunday Family Dinner – Curries Galore

A curry is a dish cooked with a lot of spices, more like a stew with spices. In our recent study trip to Chiang Mai, I made a…

Cafe Ysabel: Old Soul, New Breath of Life

After months of repairs and renovation, I’m proud to say that Cafe Ysabel has been giving a new breath of life. It is as if we just made…

Breathing Space and Spaghetti with Angry Sauce

Finally, a little room to breathe. The stall is starting to do well and I have already made friends with some soon-to-be regulars. So far, my people in…

Work Over Lunch

I seem to be more efficient when I work under pressure. It’s been crunch-time the past several days and I’ve been doing a lot of gophering, design and…

A Brand New Day: Let’s Start with Brunch

I promised myself this year I would start my blog. And now it is coming to life. This is my first post people! I new it was a…

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