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Dinner at @cristinarvelez home: smoked fish, prawn and bitter gourd greens monggo (mung bean) soup, roast pork belly stuffed with lemongrass from Bulacan, sautéed sweet potato greens with chili, green mango tomato and red onion salad with fermented shrimp paste, pickled papaya from the garden. I haven’t had a home-cooked meal this good in a long time. • #TravelswithaGourmet #TWAGManila #sarap #lutongbahay #homecooked #FilipinoFoodForward (at Makati) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cne29ruv6RE/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Dinner at my mom’s favorite @chefjessierestaurant where we shared some escargots, a Caesar salad, sea bass for her and a bistek for me with a Caliterra Merlot Reserva for her @titaniawinecellar and we finished off the evening with a chocolate and coffee crunch soufflé plus a short walk back home. A nice ending on this quick trip to Manila. • #TravelswithaGourmet #TWAGManila #ChefJessie #Foodie #RockwellLife (at Chef Jessie Rockwell Club) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cl1Nww7vjx6/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Sunday drive to the south, an hour and a bit to Balete where @mtheresesilva and @melayrecto have their property. • Beautiful bukid area with a view of Taal lake. We had a relaxing afternoon in the sun then dinner al fresco on their brick-paved patio chico. • There were assorted rice cakes with coconut jam,bonete (the locally made bread) and lomi, a noodle in thick broth topped with chili, calamansi and crispy meat. • Dinner was grilled pork belly, chicken inasal, wild fern and tomato salad, grilled aubergine, tawilis - small sardines from the lake and bulalo- beef shank and bone marrow soup. • We ate under large fruit trees strung up with lights and with hanging parols - traditional Philippine Christmas star decorations. A lovely afternoon and evening in the fresh air of the countryside. • #TravelswithaGourmet #TWAGManila #foodie #BukidBuffet https://www.instagram.com/p/ClwL9lpvt0P/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Dinner at home with family, and friends who are family. • Suckling pig @machocochinillo (Thanks for the recommendation @chefjayps ) Filipino favorites from @manamph (Thanks @claudtrillo ) Caliterra wines @titaniawinecellar Chocolate cake from #Pollys (Thanks @boogiejavier ) Limoncello tiramisu @bychefkin (Thanks @tetasugay ) Ensaymada #Cunanan (Thanks @mtheresesilva ) • #TravelswithaGourmet #TWAGManila #foodie #igers #yum #cochinillo (at ROCKWELL) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cll04zOvWJO/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Last evening in Manila had to be dinner at @manamph where we had the usual: short rib watermelon sinigang, sisig, lechon kawali and gising gising. #TravelswithaGourmet #TWAGManila #yum #Manam #ManilaFoodie (at Manam Comfort Filipino) https://www.instagram.com/p/BwCkKhulrgz/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1gtpgg7d6jd5i

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Dinner with the kids at @chefjgamboa and @malsyg El Cirkulo restaurant. Classic Spanish done well: gambas, croquetas, jamon Iberico, chopitos, paella negra, solomillo and callos. There’s a reason why this restaurant has been here for decades. #TravelswithaGourmet #TWAGManila #ElCirkulo #ManilaFoodie #yum (at Cirkulo) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bv_3ZLFllwh/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=15hmuk6ukw0l8

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Good morning Manila! #powerplantbreakfast #TravelswithaGourmet #TWAGManila #yum #Filipinobreakfast @ucccafeph https://www.instagram.com/p/Bv-Y1Oql0Hy/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=rezhdi62z0k0

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First meal straight from the airport @wildflourmanila - mussels and fries, carbonara, and the casarecce caccio e pepe. First time for the kids and they loved it as much as I do. #TravelswithaGourmet #TWAGManila #yum #Wildflour #ManilaFoodie (at Wildflour Café + Bakery, 8 Rockwell) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bv9NAfJFcuG/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=509sz9gcjq25