The 1950 Restaurant, a new bar and restaurant concept, by Chefs Robby Goco (of Cyma), Chester Villas (of Akulturado Vancouver), and Jon Balanagay (of Le Monet Hotel), is getting ready to welcome guests soon! Built in 1950, the Santaromana ancestral home was lovingly referred to as The Big House by the Santaromana children. Showcasing the…
Tag: Drinks
Southbank Cafe + Lounge Filinvest City, Alabang
[2019-10-08] This was one of the down-the-wire invite that I went to. Invite was posted at around 7am and I was lucky enough to be awake and able to see it. The target meetup/pickup is 9am in Makati and the cafe is located in Alabang so it was quite tight. This maybe anti-climactic but I…
Kartel Rooftop Bar Poblacion, Makati
[2019-Oct-03] Trying to find this rooftop bar even in these times of Waze, Googlemaps, etc. can be a challenge. Unless I missed it, there was no other more visible signage except for these ‘posters’ on a wall perpendicular to the road and it is even partially obscured from the road. You can’t even read ‘Kartel’…
Encima Roofdeck Restaurant Poblacion, Makati
[2019-Sep-25] Encima is normally less crowded compared to other roofdeck places in Poblacion. This maybe attributed to that fact that the place is less forgiving during extreme weather conditions so people don’t have it as a top of mind place to go. Too much sunlight, too much wind, etc. Even just a drizzle and gentle…
