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Manila magic: A night at Gugu Room
December 9 2022
Gugu is a place between worlds. Filipino street fare makes its way to the Japanese izakaya menu....
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Menu tasting at Gugu Room
May 18 2022
Menu tasting at Gugu Roomby Chef Markee ManolotoPhotos by Wai Ng143 Orchard StreetMay 5, 2022 Thu...
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Sea Wolf
March 24 2022
Having just recently moved to the Bushwick and Ridgewood districts, this is an opportunity to exp...
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Kissaki
March 24 2022
Kissaki believes in honoring and sharing traditional Japanese culture to the world. They are root...
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Casa Dani
March 17 2022
Casa Dani translates to Dani’s house, derived from Southern Spain’s naming of small family restau...
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Gugu Room
March 17 2022
Valentine’s Day is one of the most popular days of the year to dine out at a restaurant. Love is ...
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Chef Francis’s Walk Of Shame Burger
February 18 2022
Chef Francis Balbarin for TSISMISNYC
Photos by Wai Ng
Chef Francis’s Walk Of Sha...
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Filipino Palate from Chef Francis
February 18 2022
Though I never had formal training in culinary school, food has always been a passion of mine. I’...
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Ugly Kitchen
February 13 2022
Mouthwatering Filipino meals from TSISMISNYC / UGLYKITCHENNYC
collaboration pop-up at 143 Orcha...
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American Wagyu tasting at Tsismis
November 26 2021
“American Wagyu also called “Washugyu” is a cross breed between the famed Japanese Black Wagyu or...
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Juicery Harlem
November 12 2021
Juicery Harlem is now ready to serve you.
Located at 370 Lenox Ave.New York, NY 10027.
OPENING P...
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Call Me Gaby
September 14 2021
It’s a beautiful Thursday afternoon here in sunny Miami and my swim has left me so hungry and c...
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So Sarap
September 7 2021
So Sarap NYC has been making waves in the Filipino food scene here in New York City since last ...
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Wayku
August 31 2021
Modern cuisine for a borderless future” is the opening statement of Wayku’s website where you w...
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Baby’s Grill
August 24 2021
It’s a rainy Saturday afternoon here in New York City and this got me craving for ...
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Makoto
August 17 2021
It’s Tuesday morning here in Sunny Miami Beach and the weather is now starting to sink in with me...
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The Dutch
August 3 2021
It’s a rainy Tuesday spring afternoon here in Manhattan today and coming from a very busy Chinato...
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DC - Kuya Ja’s Lechon Belly
July 27 2021
It’s late Saturday afternoon and as we finish our walking tour of Alexandria, VA we are now heade...
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Bilao
July 12 2021
My first Subway Series back from Miami will be a short trip to Bilao which is a Fi...
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DC - PogiBoy
July 6 2021
It’s Saturday morning and our last day here in DC as well and as I reflect on the past 3 days tha...
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Amazing Grace
June 29 2021
If we talk about Philippine Cuisine here in New York City then Woodside, Queens would be the ho...
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DC - The Game Sports Pub & Tiki on 18th
May 25 2021
It’s Friday night in DC, and as tourists Chef Patrice has organized us to spend our Friday night ...
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Cafe Salmagundi
May 18 2021
It’s a rainy Thursday afternoon here in New York City and the streets are a bit empty as the down...
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DC - Kaliwa
May 11 2021
The 3rd installment of this trip has brought us to The Wharf, DC’s newest waterfront attraction w...
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A-Plus Thai Place
May 4 2021
You can almost smell that Spring is in the air here in NYC, pouring rain on a constant basis an...
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DC - Barkada Wine Bar
April 27 2021
Our 2nd stop brought us to the much talked about wine bar in the Philippine community for the pas...
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NYC - Tradisyion
April 20 2021
On our 1st installment of #KULINARYATRAVELS Subway Series we go across town to the West Side to ...
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DC - Purple Patch
April 12 2021
What is the current state of Philippine Food and Culture in D.C.? was the first thought I had bef...
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Sashimi: a Japanese Cooking Philosophy
October 27 2020
Japan is a nation of islands, so, as in the Philippines, fish has always been a staple of the Jap...
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Pass the Vegetables, Please
October 20 2020
If you sum up the number of years the three members of my small family have been vegetarian, the...
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Lessons from Watermelons
October 13 2020
My first encounter with a watermelon was not at all ideal. It was on the kitchen counter. I wasn...
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A Feast of Fish on Fridays*
October 6 2020
Dear Demoñito,These have been easy days for you in January, as your ward is still recovering from...
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Eating Our Way Home
September 29 2020
Many childhood memories revolve around summer vacations. For my large, extended family and me, t...
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The Mighty Matzo Ball
September 22 2020
After some years in Manila, I returned to the Homeland—New York City—looking forward to my first ...
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Halo-Halo Hullabaloo
September 15 2020
The magic begins with a crunch that, in the blistering afternoon heat, sounds like salvation. Whe...
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Simple Joys
September 8 2020
Tokyo. A shopper’s wonderland. My friends are green with envy at my good luck. Sadly, I am not a ...
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