When you hate figures as a mass communication student, many say it’s not only normal. Some joke it’s expected. So if to follow logic, no mass communication graduate should run a business. But running a business is not merely about math. It’s also about the people you work and share a vision with. Thankfully, I…
No, it’s not a horse race track. Neither is it a literary depiction of something R-18. It has horses though — only that here, you eat them. Seriously. Kabayoan is an eatery or a carinderia in Dumaguete. It has likely taken its name from its dish that people eat out of bravado or sheer curiosity:…
This is a place where you never eat like a pauper. You’re either a king or a queen. What with both portions and price pushing you out of modest gastronomy. I first learned about the Early Bird Breakfast Club from watching a local TV show. Featured was their “Yin and Yang” champorado, which surface resembles…
When I asked what they could serve for a gathering in the office this afternoon, Nico of the Silliman Cafeteria, without batting an eyelash, suggested: “lumpiang ubod”! Of course, I knew what it was; but that for an afternoon snack got my intestines tangled up. Nico was adamant though. “Lumpiang ubod it is then.” No…
It’s not gourmet. Not quite fast-food. At one look, it may not even appeal quite so well. But it tastes damn…hmm…filling. Believe it or not, the Silliman Cafeteria serves a good burger. Of course, you just have to wipe off high expectations born of high social stratum. I’m not really a burger person. I could…
Nasi goreng is Indonesian fried rice. It actually literally means “fried rice”. The first time I tasted it was in Indonesia, at one of the food stalls along the road. The idea of eating it alone from a street vendor was somehow a unique experience as many of the reviews that you would come across…
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