21 Nov, 2005
The “Eyeball” or was it really an “Eye Ball” was superb! Too bad for those of you who couldn’t make it! All this muttering on photo-napping had me really down over the weekend, the blog felt like a pre-law journal, so thank Buddha the EB was long scheduled for Sunday the 20th of…
20 Nov, 2005
Finally there is some word from Mr. Ceniza (or someone who purports to be him – his email address does not work and I cannot reply to him as it bounces back with a fatal error). In my previous post, he posts three comments professing ignorance that using my photograph without my…
18 Nov, 2005
A concerned reader with a sharp eye emailed me last night about a likely photo-napping incident. In the Philippine Daily Inquirer yesterday (page C4) and on their on-line website (both with a readership numbering in the millions on a local and global scale, compared with my modest base of 2-3,000 wonderful and loyal…
18 Nov, 2005
When Edwin sent me a text that he had broccolini in stock at his Fresh Field stall at Market!Market! Fort Bonifacio, I immediately reserved some and sent someone to go pick it up. One of the small perks of this website is that I have made acquaintances with some terrific vendors, suppliers, etc….
17 Nov, 2005
The nomenclature of locally available fishes is incredibly diverse and thus often confusing… from province to province or coast to coast, the names of fish can vary and individuals in the North don’t necessarily know what a fish is named in the South… So if it’s confusing for locals, what more for foreigners or…
16 Nov, 2005
Just a quick post to blow my own horn, self-promote and grin like a Cheshire cat. Market Manila was included in Joel Tesoro’s article on Asian food blogs for Global Voices Online, a project sponsored by the Berkman Center for Internet and Society at the Harvard Law School. He also featured four…
16 Nov, 2005
This is a preview of things to come in my month-long run up to Christmas, my absolute favorite holiday of the year. November has been like a series of whirling dervish derbies so my posts have been a tad erratic. If you are wondering why I have done several posts on non-Filipino…
14 Nov, 2005
The Market Manila Lunch or “Eyeball” is confirmed. It is on Sunday, November 20, 2005 at 12 noon sharp. At Galileo Enoteca, 80 Calbayog cor. Malinao Street (near Libertad), Mandaluyong, Metro Manila. Their telephone number is 534-4633 if you need to get more detailed directions. The cost will be PHP500 per…