I had first heard of Plate Culture when they followed me on Instagram. I had a look at their feed and saw photos of all the delicious food, and quickly went to their webpage. I loved the platform that they had built, described in Wikipedia […]

I am always so grateful that I am able to see and experience the world– through travel. Sometimes, when people ask me where I’ve been on a particular year, I blank out. I know which countries I’ve been to, of course, but I tend to forget […]

How very apt that BBC just released an article entitled, “African food: The next gastronomic trend?” just as we had capped off our third and last Cross Cultures event for 2015, “A Taste of Kenya,” a pop-up brunch featuring the cuisine of Rachaleve’s Kenyan Cuisine, […]

During my last visit to Hong Kong this year, I was so thrilled to have been able to call the Mandarin Oriental Hong Kong my home for the weekend. The last time I was there was during their awesome Christmas party INSIDE their pastry kitchen about […]

At the height of APEC, after detouring from Makati to Taguig just to get back to Makati again, I found myself on my feet, wheezing from Dasmarinas Village through closed roads and bumper-to-bumper traffic just to get to Don Chino Roces Ave. Ext. aka Pasong Tamo Extension– […]

If there’s one province in the Philippines that has always fascinated me, it’s  Batanes. It’s the northernmost (and also smallest!) island in the Philippines, and just 190 kilometers south of Taiwan. Those who have been there have said that it doesn’t feel like the Philippines, its […]

Hi everyone! If it seems like we’ve been a little quiet since Gaggan, it’s only because we’ve been planning our next Cross Cultures event for you… A Taste of Kenya featuring the cuisine of Nairobi-born Rachaleve Kamau! This will be on December 5, 2015 (Saturday) from 11:30 […]

I think that part of getting older means that “going out” no longer means “partying and clubbing.” Rather,  it’s become redefined to “drinks” and more specifically as “drinks at a place where we can TALK.” Well, call me “old” as as that’s the kind of “going out” […]

Surprise! What was initially supposed to be a two-day event, turned out to be three. On Day 1, Cross Cultures, Gaggan and Gallery Vask spontaneously decided we would open up for brunch on Team Gaggan’s last day in Manila! And… we did!

The 15-course sit-down dinner on October 6, 2015, Tuesday, was the piece de resistance of the #GAGGANINMANILA #GAGGANCROSSCULTURES experience. Priced at P7,900+/ head, inclusive of Veuve Clicquot champagnes, it sold out within 2 hours the day we announced it! (It’s not a surprise because Asia’s […]