Comments on: Table Dressing a la Marketman

By: Mila

Mila — Wed, 07 Sep 2005 07:08:30 +0000

Oooh, that would be a great idea. An eyeball of the blogger with his blog groupies. :)

By: Marketman

Marketman — Tue, 06 Sep 2005 09:36:54 +0000

Belle, how kind of you to suggest…but not sure I want to go public just yet…heehee. Maybe we’ll have a contest of some sort like food trivia or find the recipe and the prize could be a get together for all the winners…no promises though!

By: Sister

Sister — Mon, 05 Sep 2005 17:29:30 +0000

If you need extra long or extra wide tableclothes check out decorative or upholstery fabric stores. European or decorative fabrics sometimes come in 110 inch widths, wide enough for any table including a skirt for a 60 inch round table without seams. You can just buy the length you need and have it hemmed, easy enough to do. You can easily find coordinating napkins or even better make 24″ square banquet size napkins, almost impossible to find in the Philippines.
In the US Williams Sonoma and Sweitzer Linen catalogues carry tableclothes up to 166 inches long.

By: Michael

Michael — Sun, 04 Sep 2005 09:17:49 +0000

Your table settings are straight out of a magazine, marketman. Beautiful. Anyway, I encounter a few problems when setting up a table for a formal Filipino dinner. First, we can’t use european silverware because the soup spoons are just way too BIG. Some people are averse to eating rice with a spoon and fork maybe because we like drowning our rice in sabaw. I’d have to take sinigang out of the menu. Also, we have to keep the table decor to a minimum to save on space because we always eat a la famiglia. We don’t have a tradition of plating food. And finding nice tablecloths over 12′ is almost impossible. We’d have to settle for either place mats or a runner unless we order them.

By: belle

belle — Sun, 04 Sep 2005 08:40:31 +0000

You sure know how to enjoy life, with just simple settings, great food and good company could you ask for more. Hope one day we could organize a get-together of all of your fans marketman and finally meet the person who have started it all. What can you say about this marketman?

By: Wilson Cariaga

Wilson Cariaga — Sun, 04 Sep 2005 01:19:54 +0000

Yes Marketman you’re right, shopping here (Philippines) for tableware is really nice and can be really exciting and you can dress up your table for different moods and occasions frequently because items are cheap. . . from table runners to glassware, plates and ceramics, mats and napkins, candles and ornaments and even flowers, you just have to work with your creativity. . .

By: wysgal

wysgal — Sat, 03 Sep 2005 11:07:13 +0000

It’s great that you put as much focus into your presentation as you do your cooking.

In a cocktail party I threw last Christmas I made some interesting centerpieces with a floating candle in a glass, some coiled foil, loose flowers, chocolate kisses, and roasted chestnuts. People kept on asking me though if they could eat the display (of course they could).