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Manila's Top Japanese Dining Venue - Seryna
Seryna at the entrance of Little Tokyo Makati is our top japanese restaurant in Manila!Why??? here are just some of the obvious reasons why i am so convinced about this 'homise'.The food is "top quality"! never mind the presentation (which is also very commendable by the way) just take note of the "choice" cuts used for each element of the sashimi mix. I remember when I was having our usual 'sirashi bento' over at the sushi bar one lunchtime with my wife, I witnessed how the japanese sushi chef went thru maybe 2-3 whole slabs of raw tuna and inspected it as if he were checking a cut diamond for the 3 C's! Eventually, he discarded 1 whole slab, which to me looked perfectly fine. And then was astounded as he started cutting the second slab... he paused, then discarded it as well! whoa! So on to the third and final slab.. which the sushi chef eventually cut into his standards of tuna sashimi was finally served to various customers.
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Little Tokyo in Makati
Newly renovated! Little Tokyo really captures the look and feel of a typical downtown city in japan. Quaint food shops and noodle "soba" cafe are found here as customer traffic usually peaks right after work hours 'till early evening.
Lemuria, The Winery
by Cris Sevilla
May 10, 2009 - They love each other, they love photography, they love good food and good wine. So when photographers Iggy Bilbao and Cris Sevilla had their civil wedding ceremony, their first and only choice for the location in which to exchange their vows was the exclusive and secluded Lemuria at The Winery. Located in Horseshoe Village, far from the hustle and bustle of the city, the gourmet fine dining restaurant fulfilled the couple's wish list. First, it was an intimate, lovely and definitely camera-worthy venue. Second, Lemuria's Chefs Rudolf and Golda May Ranada created original, intriguing and scrumptious French Mediterranean cuisine. And lastly, to top it all off, Lemuria not only had an extensive wine list, it also had its own wine cellar.
Binondo, Manila
Deciding to go to the city of Binondo Manila was a last minute, spur of the moment - but more like a last choice for our family's photography adventure that day. But just when we thought that our holy week thursday for the year 2009 was going to be a boring one, little did we know that manila's china town was going to be so busy with local religious activities and traditions and full of culinary and friendly surprises! From witnessing the "Visita Iglesia" ; a holy week tradition for filipino catholics at the St. Lorenzo Ruiz Church to bumping into the famous Ivan Mandy during his regular Old Manila Walks tour, our day turned out to be a very memorable one and could not have been better without the spectacular sunset at Roxas boulevard. for a more detailed blog of our culinary discoveries and family photography adventures that day, visit:
http://asuntarufino.multiply.com/photos/album/90/Moving_around_Manila.........#
Dusit Hotel, Makati
The newly renovated Dusit Hotel in Makati was like a jumbo version of the Spa. The thai inspired interiors and constant aroma therapy was truly unique for a hotel this size! Our team, Cinematic concepts: Rommel Diaz, Olga Garcia and Bert Delvo were in the middle of the shoot when we saw an opportunity to take a break and have a few shots for ourselves! Why not? the ambience certainly called for it! This hotel has redeemed itself indeed and should be considered as one of the top hotels in Makati. I also recommend Dusit Gourmet located just at the lobby- great tasting brewed coffee and probably the best tasting pretzel we've tried yet!
San Fernando, Pampanga
Pampanga in a Plate full!
The Ultimate Pampanga Food Tour! (photo by Oskie Ravanera)
The highlight of our culinary tour... the 5 hour lunch at Claude Tayag's Bale Dutung in Angeles City. His restaurant is located at Villa Gloria Subdivision. This is a gated community but his place stands out from all the other houses in that area.... It is very rustic & "rice mill" inspired. Claude, in case you haven't heard of him is considered one of the " MUST SEE and TRY when you are in Pampanga "... SEE his artworks and TRY his cuisine.... but a word of advise... IF you plan to try his cuisine.... be prepared for a long leasurely lunch (5hrs for the 5 way lechon!!!) and come with an empty stomach. Claude prepares all his dishes ... he never delegates this task to anyone.
for more details on our heritage & culinary tour, visit: http://asuntarufino.multiply.com/photos/album/88/Pampangas_Heritage_and_Culinary_tour...#
for details about Ultimate Philippines Tour schedules, visit: http://ultimatephilippines.com/
Here is the video teaser our team; Cinematic Concepts produced for OAP TV:
video shot and produced by: Rommel Diaz and Iggy Bilbao
www.cinematiconcepts.com
Nasugbu, Batangas
Sunday afternoon, Tagaytay City. Getting all the shots in without losing the light was challenging for the Cinematic Concepts team. It is good to know the location where you are shooting at before hand. Dedicating time for planning and surveying the place where to shoot a prenup is always a good idea. If I were to list down 10 best practices, this would be at the top of my list. The final prenuptial pics will be used for Emir & Kristel's wedding video Special thanks to Pen Mulingbayan http://www.penmulingbayan.blogspot.com for the "hardcore" location in Batangas. I would like to be able to go back and take more shots in these hidden places in the border of Tagaytay and Batangas.
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