Cafe Xocolat

I do my best “grilling” in restaurants, and I usually choose quiet places not frequented by fellow reporters. Restaurants that serve tasty, but not pricey, meals, where the ambience is relaxed and the waiters kind but not overly solicitous.

DND, DOH, DA meeting on swine flu (Apr28)

The departments of health, agriculture and defense met at the National Disaster Coordinating Council on Tuesday, April 28, to discuss what measures to take with regards to the swine flu virus that now threatens to become a pandemic.
There is no reported case in the Philippines as of yet.
There are three government hospitals ready to take [...]

Bakya

There’s a stall at the Lung Center’s Sunday market selling old-fashioned bakya, with a new twist: hand-painted designs.

DA to finish pig ‘depopulation’ March 6

The Bureau of Animal Industries expects to finish killing the pigs in the Pandi, Bulacan farm by Friday afternoon. A report from BAI said that as of Thursday night, 5,568 pigs had been killed, of the total 6,000 herd. They expect the finish the depopulation Friday night.

Malabon fare

We had a party last Sunday, and I thought I’d share pictures of food from Malabon.