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I praise MM’s blog for its aesthetics: clutter- and ad- free, pictures of enough size, text size that’s relatively friendly to people who are optically challenged. Adding to its beauty is its writing; it is competent yet unassuming. It gives you a feeling that he’s an accomplished brother-friend yet he will never talk down on you. Finally, from it I derive practical information and interesting history, both from the articles and the comments.

I second MM when he said there’s nothing wrong with doing a food blog for economic ends. Earning a living doesn’t mean losing integrity. But, of course, a food blogger mindful of his reputation, should make full disclosure at the beginning of an article, should not be a part of a payola, and should not expect payback after an advantageous article is written.

I read Market Manila as much as possible and prefer it over other Filipino food blogs I’ve visited. But the fact is just like any blog with its unique offerings (read niche), it doesn’t contain all. I visit other sites for new recipes and restaurant openings. Those two (especially the latter) are not offered by MM’s blog. But if I do so, I exercise critical thinking all the time. I study the entire blog: its articles, its aesthetics, its advertisements (if any), its character, the presence and quality of comments. A blog reader with some experience will eventually sniff a biased article or blog, whatever the cause for the bias is: commercial or simply personal .

I admire MM’s blog very much. But as with all other blogs food and not, I’m not always a sell-out. I may someday find (or I might have already found) something in MM’s blog petty or substantial, that I may or may not choose to comment online about.

Yes, we are still awaiting the promulgation of government laws to curb unscrupulous blogging. Yet there has always been an instrument to spot fairness, justice and integrity in blogs. It’s called common-sense, analytical and critical thinking.

People cannot blame Tagalogs as not all Tagalogs are from what some Visayans and people of Mindanao call ” Imperial Manila”. Tagalogs speaking provinces (YES! provinces) are just like any other provincial people, not CITY people.

Actually a lot of non-Tagalog speaking Filipinos (in the Philippines) make fun of their own people whan they talk funny in Tagalog (just watch you favorite TV show (Willie Revillame always does this) or listen to some politicians – I heard Mig Zubiri say di man ako bisaya dong jokingly – but he kinda is). I’ve never made fun of my friends when they speak funny in Tagalog as I probably would sound funny in theirs ( no need for me to speak theirs though for any reason other than to be polite). Kasi status symbol po pag detso ang Tagalog nila, it means they studied in Manila (eh puede kayang laki lang sila dun)

In the Philippines you need to speak proper Tagalog or Filipino to work a good job besides knowing good command of English. Again watch TV, Filipinos are celebrity crazy. The regular Tagalog speaking population had nothing to do with all this political rocous.

Call it Filipino or Tagalog, whatever but you ain’t gonna change “Barong Tagalog” (YES! the national attire for men) to Barong anything – though people call it “Barong” nowadays not realizing it is the shortened version of “Barong Tagalog”. What people are gonna come up with their own ethnic attire?
Yeah, I want to see that on your weddings, or are we then all gonna be wearing Tuxedos?

If one has a very Filipino lastname, no matter where that person is born or from you’d know he/she is Filipino.
The new World Super Model Ms. Magpantay, wow! very Filipino she ain’t Lopez, Araneta, Ayala (all foreign names of slave masters or lastnames given to their slaves). So, Mabuhay ka Pilipina!

The Filipino Language should unify us not divide us, if you can think of a better way or language for our people to use then please go ahead let us know, let all the Filipino people know.

You’re correct, if a restaurant has bad food or service no matter how much good reviews any bloggers give them will only magnify their having bad food or service.

Just because you are not sure or does not know how a thing works, does not mean it’s wrong or unethical.

Do you really know how Bill Gates made his money in details?
Do you really know how Henry Sy made his money in details?
And it goes on and on…..

At the end of the day, any restaurant owner or chef should not worry about any blogger. If the food in the restaurant is good, it will translate to sales and success no matter what BBB or any blogger will say.