Waiting for the Ball

"It is not only how well you can cook that makes you a great chef, but your ability to cook brilliantly, day in and day out - in an environment where a thousand things could go wrong, with a crew that oftentimes would just as happily be sticking up convenience stores, in a fickle, cost-conscious, capricious world where everybody is hoping that you fail." - Anthony Bourdain

My New Sports Column

Instead of writing about my life, which seems so boring anyway, I've launched my new sports column, "From the 50 Peso Seats." My sports column will cover sports like basketball, bowling, billiards, boxing, mma, the olympics, and much more.... more

Previous blog entries:
Apr 29	-	Cook's Tour 5: Korea
Jan 13	-	Cook's Tour 4 : Back Home for Mom's Birthday
Dec 30	-	Cook's Tour 3 : Final Malaysia Entry

SS + ST = 276

Years after my 273, with various aches with my back and left knee, I never thought I could bowl another 270 game again. Two days after bowling a horrible league night in E-Lanes, I decided to pull out my Visionary SS Ogre and practice.

Voila! My... more

Previous videos:
Oct 2	-	A Second Look at the SS Ogre
Oct 2	-	Introducing the Visionary SS Ogre
Sep 28	-	A Second Look at the Ogre Solid

Market Cafe at the Hyatt Hotel

A Trip to the Market (Written in 2005, Featured in Tulay)

Hotel buffets have always been popular with everyone, but none more so than here in the Philippines. Over here, some hotels are actually filled to capacity when it comes to coffee... more

Previous reviews:
Aug 14	-	Shanghai Bistro
Aug 5	-	Sipayb, Matutina