(Editor’s note: The author warns that we might be eating chicken that has been fed with arsenic chicken feed.) This is an alert to all consumers and importers of US chicken and/or chicken feed. A study done by the John Hopkins Center for a Livable Future, which took chicken samples from grocers in ten major […]
Category: Food
Spot light on a chef par excellence by Dino Crescini
At first glance, he may look frail and weak but in reality, he is very energetic. He is a real doer and looks after everything in the two businesses that he owns. Chef Lope Pabico makes sure that Pabico Fast Foods, his grocery store cum restaurant is well-stocked with Asian and popular Filipino brands that […]
Shangri-La Hotel: venue of Philippine food festival
October 18, 2012. Sydney. As I have been telling everyone, I am no great lover of Filipino food. I insist that the statement does not make me less Filipino or less patriotic. It is just that I cannot tolerate the smell of patis or fish sauce and the live squirmy creatures I found in bagoong […]
Philippine Food Week at the Shangri-La
To celebrate Philippine cuisine, the Philippine Department of Tourism , Shangri-La Hotel Sydney, Philippine Airlines and San Miguel Corporation are hosting Philippine Food Week at Cafe Mix and giving away a trip for two to the Philippines.
Trivia on Filipino Food by Dino Crescini
I do not carry any degree in Nutrition nor do I claim to be a a dietician but I regard myself as a gourmet. I simply love fine dining and have traveled across the globe tasting the best of the best in international cuisine at 5-star hotels.
Pabico Club 55 earns top rating in sanitation
“I owe it to my years of experience as a chef in 5-star hotels in Manila and in Sydney,” said Mr. Lope Pabico, the shy owner of Pabico Club 55 in Mt. Druitt. He was chef at Hotel Nikko Manila Garden. The restaurant got a Five Star rating from a Food Premises Assessment Report made […]
Fine dining at its best
For those who love Vietnamese cuisine and still miss the defunct Le Colonial Vietnamese Restaurant, we have discovered an even better alternative — Saigon Spice Vietnamese Restaurant. Conveniently located along Flushcombe Road just across Westpoint Shopping Centre in Blacktown, parking is never a problem.
Chinese New Year at Crystal Seafood Restaurant
It’s the year of the Dragon and the Chinese Lunar New Year is being celebrated once again at the only authentic Chinese seafood restaurant in Westpoint, Blacktown. Also referred to as Spring Festival, this is an important annual feast celebrated by Chinese round the globe. The festival is based on Chinese calendar and starts on […]
Pabico Fast Food earns top rating on food safety by Dino Crescini
Mt. Druitt, NSW . “I owe it to my years of experience as a chef in 5-star hotels in Manila and in Sydney,” said the shy owner of Pabico Fast Food and Grocery shop at Westfield Shopping Centre in Mt. Druitt. Lope Pabico was commenting on the “A” rating his restaurant got from a recent […]
Neria’s other love affair
(Launching of her new BOOK MAGAYON) Last 18th of March, Neria Nidea-Soliman launched her 4th book titled Magayon, a Taste of Bicol and a Touch of Class. The launching was hosted by the BICOL Communities League Inc. at the function centre of Max Webber Library. Soliman awed her guests with her passionate speech which had […]
Welcome the Year of the Rabbit at Crystal Seafood
Experience the flavour of authentic Chinese cuisine at Crystal Seafood Restaurant while watching a spectacular Lion Dancing performance amid the clash of cymbals and gongs. All these will happen on Friday night, 4th of February 2011. The Lunar Year or Spring Festival is probably the most important of all Chinese holidays. The festival traditionally begins […]
A Filipino chef without hands by Bo Sanchez
This is a true story of a young woman who went through a most gruesome fire. It was September 25, 2000. Maricel Apatan was an 11-year old girl in Zamboanga. On that day, this little girl went with her uncle to fetch water from the river. Along the way, four men met them. They were […]