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Holiday Inn & Suites Makati perfected not one, not two, but six cheesecake creations for you to indulge in: Peanut Butter Cheesecake, Ube Cheesecake, Burnt Basque, Blueberry Cheesecake, Mango Cheesecake and New York Cheesecake.
Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief EST N8, a recently-established finance, production and rights sales company, has added a Hong Kong remake of classic film “Tape” and the LGBT comedy-drama “ASOG” to its bulging sales slate at the AFCM market that accompanies the Busan Intenational Film Festival. “Tape” tells the story of three best friends who, following an event at a graduation party that transforms their lives, reunite 15 years later where a case of blackmail forces them to confront a terrible secret from their past. The original film starred Ethan Hawke, Uma Thurman and Robert Sean Leonard and played at the Sundance, Toronto and Rotterdam festivals.In the Cantonese-language remake directed by Bizhan Tong, Selena Lee, Kenny Kwan, and Adam Pak play the contemporary characters while Mason Fung, Summer Chan, and Angus Yeung portray the characters’ younger versions. The script is written by Stephen Belber, Tong, Lee and Bonnie Lo, and is an adaptation of Belber’s own scripts from both the original film and stage play. The writers and director have significantly modernized the script to reflect advances in technology. Producers on the film include Tong, Lee and Belber.
It’s been 61 years since the Philippines won a gold medal in men’s 5x5 basketball at the Asian Games and FIBA Hall of Famer Caloy Loyzaga was still playing. And it’s been 33 years since the Philippines claimed a silver medal and Ramon Fernandez was still playing. That’s how long it’s been since the Philippines made it to the Asiad final.
MANILA, Philippines — These round, almost bite-sized pastries with a flaky crust encasing classic lotus seed paste filling or red bean paste filling with an egg yolk in the center are fast becoming a popular alternative to traditional mooncake that Chinoys — and Pinoys — enjoy during the Mid-Autumn Festival, which is also known as the Mooncake Festival.
One of London’s most exciting chefs, Ferdinand “Budgie” Montoya, is opening a new Filipino street food joint in Oxford Circus.Budgie will launch Apoy at Market Halls on May 15, fresh from an appearance on BBC2’s Great British Menu and his year-long residency on Heddon Street in Mayfair.Apoy will serve a succinct menu of barbecued meat, fish, and vegan skewers, a homage to the grill carts that line the streets of Manila.Budgie hailed skewers as a Filipino “staple,” marrying sweet, salty, tangy, and savoury flavours. The menu will include skewers of pinoy pork, inasal chicken, garlic and salted egg prawns, and oyster mushrooms.Each dish is a modern riff on classic Filipino recipes — a style of cooking that has impressed Standard critic Jimi Famurewa in the past — marinated in the likes of 7UP, banana ketchup, calamansi juice, and coconut vinegar, and will be served with rice, pickled papaya salad, and dipping sauces.Budgie also plans to revisit his signature fried chicken skins, one of his more popular dishes from Sarap, and Sarap Baon, his now closed restaurants in Mayfair and Brixton.
MANILA, Philippines — A couple of months ago, my father’s high school best friend and his wife, both emigrants, visited the Philippines, with their kids (aged 13 and 6) for the first time. My father and I rushed to the book store to get gifts for his inaanak — a planner and a Filipino book for the teenage girl, and, after being clueless on what to give to the little boy, my father, a man fond of the classics saw The Little Prince and thought that it was the perfect gift.
MANILA, Philippines — North and South Indian food are readily available in one strip for this weekend with the inaugural The Great Indian Fiesta happening until today, October 1, in Paseo de Roxas, Makati.
MANILA, Philippines -- Abby Arevalo exploded with a blistering 65 so solid it thrust her into the lead of the Tuscaloosa Toyota Classic and earned her a clear stab at a breakthrough Epson Tour victory in Alabama Saturday (Sunday, Manila time).