Dinning at the Top: Our Sky High Bar Experience

A good deal is a good deal.  If you want dishes that fill you up but without spending more than 250 pesos, then Metro Deal’s Sky High Bar vouchers are for you. One voucher only costs 999 pesos and it is good for four people. The four of you can choose from the two set menus that include an appetizer, a salad, three main entrées and drinks.  The best of all, you can dine (not exactly sky high but) high enough to get a nice bird’s eye view of the city.  Weekdays are the best days to visit because the place is not crowded but Friday night will also do as long as you come around 8 P.M. Evening is the best time because you get to see the bright city lights. We have not been to Sky High Bar in the morning but considering the state of air pollution in the city, daytime may not offer the best view.

Stormy Friday Night in Café Breton

Friday night, the city is drenched in rain and the streets are littered with cars full of angry drivers.  To make most of the night, three of my friends who were available and willing to brave the rainy Friday night decided to just eat out.  Being the oldest of the group, I decided to educate these three twenty-something friends, who by the way, I first interviewed and hired after they graduated from college.  I remember them as enthusiastic bunch of young people full of confidence mixed with insecurities but youthful and promising. Fast forward, they are now successful, if not completely yet, but getting there. 

Kamote: "The Filipino Superfood for Weight Loss and Improved Health"

If you want to lose weight and lessen your white rice intake, which is supposed to be bad if you are pre-diabetic or suffering from high blood pressure, then you may want to try the humble sweet potato, specifically the orange variety.  For Filipinos, sweet potato or “kamote” is considered a poor man’s diet or just another ingredient in halo-halo or your grandmother’s ginataan dessert. 

Unknown to some, orange sweet potato is packed with complex carbohydrates, beta-carotene, manganese, magnesium, potassium, and vitamins including the B-complex group. In fact, orange sweet potato has more potassium than rice. This is very good for males who are more prone to potassium deficiency.  Active males and those who are building muscles or trying to look lean and cut should seriously consider adding orange sweet potato to their diet.  You may even replace white rice with steamed orange sweet potatoes. 

Food Review: "Samsaram Cafe's Poque-poque Pizza" (2008)

Samsaram Cafe's delicious Puki puki pizza
(No pun intended)

by Rob San Miguel

This article was first posted in "Sardonique" [2008]

A food connoisseur should not only be bold, but he should also have a sense of humor. Food is as varied as the people so you must be prepared for the unexpected. Some dishes will make your stomach turn while other will tickle your curiosity. When you encounter something amusing, be a man. Take it and enjoy it. After all, part of enjoying food is having a good laugh about it. As they say, food becomes more pleasurable if you share it with your loved ones. This expression has become a cliché but it is the truth. You giggle, tease each other, make jokes or just generally have a fun time with people close to you.