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What To Expect at Rambutan, London's Buzziest Sri Lankan Restaurant — Resy | Right This Way
For someone who’s never been to the restaurant, what are the must-try dishes? Devilled cashew nuts and plantain chips – they’re on every bar in Colombo, very spicy and salty and crunchy. Also, gundu dosas – it’s like a little ball of fermented lentil and rice and it comes with a delicious green chilli and coriander chutney. The lamb ribs are really delicious – we have a big charcoal fried grill and the lamb ribs are slowly rendered over the grill so they are charred, spicy and fatty.
6 Korean Variety Shows You Need to Watch
Discover a world of hilarious, entertaining K-variety shows that will take all your stress away Have you considered adding some funny and entertaining k-variety shows to your watchlist?
12 Best School K-Dramas To Watch Right Now
These binge-worthy dramas set in high school and college that will have you reminiscing and remembering some great times With the return of school these past few weeks, it’s the best time to re-imagine our youth with a hint of romance, vibrance, and joy. Thinking back to the time where most of our worries only came one day at a time, we can all use a refreshing series or two to remind us of the heartwarming memories made in the corners of our classrooms.
Ha’s Đặc Biệt’s Residency at Oranj Brings NYC's Hottest Pop-Up to Shoreditch — Resy | Right This Way
In 2023, Everything Starts With a DM To no one’s surprise in the digital age, their relationship with Oranj began with a casual Instagram DM. It wasn’t long after that initial chat that Ha and Burns hopped on a call with Jasper Delamothe, one of the owners. Beyond a well-equipped kitchen, the duo vet their potential partners by their level of investment and interest in the project, something they immediately saw in Delamothe.
With Dano Tingcungco’s Minsan, leather meets connection
Intricate yet subtle, the designs of Dano Tingcungco are inspired by his upbringing and childhood. Using leathers that are mostly sourced from Marikina, his products are entirely made by hand and designed for connection. While Minsan first became available in a storefront in early 2022, the story of the brand dates back 11 years — starting with Tingcungco’s personalized approach to gift-giving. Once out of wedding gift ideas to a close friend, he toyed with the idea of making something of his own.
Four Things To Know About Eline, a Shoreditch Newcomer with Plenty of Heart — Resy | Right This Way
Eline is a neighbourhood restaurant, but one worth travelling for. While having a small shop in a high street was the original dream, Viviani and Reynolds admit that they can no longer imagine running Eline from anywhere else apart from Hoxton. During their search for the perfect site, the two gravitated towards new builds in North or East London.
Journalist's Numbers Guide
Journalism requires wrestling facts out of statistics β something journalists often aren't taught to do. We created this journalist's guide to help them unlock the true powers of numbers. πͺ How to check if there is a story contained within your data. Easy ways to check your calculations. The most common journalist calculations, with a few examples. The importance of proper data visualization and some software recommendations. How to accurately fact-check dubious claims with a step-by-step guide.
The Restaurateur With Bipolar Disorder Serving A Mood-Altering Menu - Service95
Jar Consengco Food & Drink, Health & Fitness, Beauty & Wellbeing | By Van Gogh is Bipolar (vGiB) – a restaurant in Quezon City, Philippines that serves mood-altering food – reopened last month to serve only eight guests at a time. Every experience is intentionally made different – interiors change at random, and dishes vary daily depending on the owner’s mood. “It’s like how I know myself – being consistently inconsistent,” explains owner and head chef Jetro Rafael.
‘Magasin Archive’: Navigating the 2000s through teen magazines
For those of us who spent the early 2000s in adolescence, it’s hard to remember this period in life without a memory involving the aspirational content of teen glossies. Magazines like Candy, Total Girl, and Meg were our guide to navigating through recurring themes in our teen years, from the craze over crushes, preppy fashion inspiration, to the newest bubblegum lip gloss must-have. These days, Gen Zs have co-opted the era and instigated a cultural yearning for its visuals and style.
Is it really safe to travel now?
Metro Manila (CNN Philippines Life, August 10) — At the onset of 2022, a survey carried out by AirAsia showed that seven out of 10 Filipinos were planning to travel within the year. Among the respondents, 49% cited their confidence in their local government unit’s control of COVID-19 as a major factor in their decision to push through with their travels.
Udon By Way of Porto: At Koya City, Gustavo Tavares Reimagines Japanese Cuisine — Resy | Right This Way
Tavares is 28, with horn-rimmed glasses, curious eyes, and a warm, friendly character. Once he’s behind the counters, he transforms into a more serious presence, where his discipline and organisation are put on display as he serves bowls and bowls of udon, made by hand fresh each day. After finishing cooking school in Portugal, Gustavo Tavares left Porto to begin life as a chef at a Michelin-starred restaurant in Barcelona back in 2013.
The Socially Conscious Jewellery Brand Keeping Filipino Craftsmanship Alive - Service95
© Emman Montalvan Sustainability, Jewellery, Social Justice & Activism, Fashion | By In the Philippines, jewellery making is a craft passed on from generation to generation. But as costs for gold and diamonds continue to rise, craftsmen struggle to keep up with the pricing competition and the waning demand for locally made goods.
The Best Filipino Restaurants in London
A lechon suckling pig, stuffed with adobo rice, at Budgie Montoya’s Sarap. Thomas Alexander Where to find crisp lechon, tender bistek, smoky, charred inasal, and much more by Juli Suazo Apr 5, 2022, 9:30am BST A lechon suckling pig, stuffed with adobo rice, at Budgie Montoya’s Sarap. | Thomas Alexander by Juli Suazo Apr 5, 2022, 9:30am BST “Filipino cuisine” spans the kitchens of 7,641 islands and an international diaspora, so it’s necessarily an amalgamation of cultures.
Filipina writers on their favorite works by other Filipina authors
From Paz Marquez-Benitez who wrote the country’s first modern short story in English to pop culture and society essayist Jessica Zafra, there now stands a rich collection of prolific works written by Filipinas. As an update to our 2017 list of Filipino women writers on the writers that they love, we asked another batch of Filipino women writers — whose genres range from romance to science fiction and fantasy — to talk about their favorite works by other Filipina authors.
Castro Smith is making signet rings inspired by Filipino folklore
At his studio, Castro Smith is arched forward as he wields a burnisher in one hand, carving out lines that resemble bird feathers on a silver surface. On the other, he grips a rotating dome-like device that keeps the pendant in place. The subtle blue walls are lined with his tools — pliers, hammers and pushers — while his wooden desks are occupied by unfinished metal works-in-progress. The 32-year-old jeweler is best known for his signet rings.
How Insta-auctions made exclusive shopping accessible
Instagram was never designed to be a platform to make sales. Created in 2010, Instagram — a photo-sharing app at its core — was born from creator Kevin Systrom’s affinity for photography. 11 years later, Instagram grew out of Systrom’s love for taking photos. The introduction of the app’s new tap-to-buy feature mirrored Systrom’s exit from Instagram in 2018 — symbolizing Instagram’s official e-commerce takeover. Since then, Instagram has made selling and buying more intentional.
The fundamentals of a P-pop music video
This article is part of CNN Philippines Life’s ongoing series on P-Pop and its origins. Music videos are a visual language. By allowing a spectrum of elements to come into play and create a version of a song that is watchable, music videos expand what we can imagine. The 1990s produced an era of OPM that was, in part, shaped by music videos. Artists like Parokya ni Edgar and Eraserheads, to name a few, had songs made even more iconic by music videos and helped them dominate the local charts.
Through this online school, big data’s future looks female
By 2022, the Philippines will need over 340,000 Filipinos working in the field of data science and analytics (DSA). But according to a report by the Philippine Institute for Development Studies in 2019, only over 62,000 Filipinos were equipped to work in the emerging industry of big data. In the age of digitization, data has become a lucrative economic resource for all businesses.
Through this online school, big data’s future looks female
By 2022, the Philippines will need over 340,000 Filipinos working in the field of data science and analytics (DSA). But according to a report by the Philippine Institute for Development Studies in 2019, only over 62,000 Filipinos were equipped to work in the emerging industry of big data. In the age of digitization, data has become a lucrative economic resource for all businesses.
Karina Lon Interiors Reimagines Heritage In Homes
Creativity manifests itself in different ways during childhood. For Karina Cortez-Lon, creativity first came to her in the form of painting, drawing, and recreating Victorian dollhouses from old shoe boxes. This early fascination with art and design was a result of Karina’s surroundings as a child. She grew up surrounded by stacks of Architectural Digest magazines around her house – a collection of her mother who loved interior design.
Keeping the art of filigree tambourine jewelry alive
Mang Nelson’s filigree tambourine jewelry is modern, but not quite; he calls it “modern heritage.” A fourth generation craftsman and Living Treasure Awardee of the Province of Ilocos Sur, Mang Nelson is the designer behind local label Kaya Mana that focuses on traditional jewelry with a minimalist and contemporary feel, like a gold drum-shaped bead that can be worn as studs or a bracelet with interlocking lace-like chains.
The search for vaccines in the Philippines
When Ken Alambra and Reina Sagnip started developing the Vaccine Queue Calculator — a website that estimates when an individual can get vaccinated — they created a formula that estimated that at least half of Filipinos would want to receive the vaccine once the government started rolling it out.
The past, present, and future of Ben&Ben
In 2020, Ben & Ben found themselves topping the search chart of South Korea’s biggest music streaming platform Melon when several K-pop idols (such as TWICE’s Momo, NCT’s Mark Lee and Chenle, GOT7’s Bambam) identified “Leaves” as a song they often listen to, among other songs by Ben&Ben. It’s easy to see why. In “Leaves,” an enchanting and poignant melody unravels.
How K-variety show ‘Running Man’ gives me a sense of comfort
I’ve watched all 558 episodes of “Running Man.” I was in my second year of high school when I caught the curious sight of the first episode on my mother’s laptop screen. Two teams donning powder blue and hot pink overalls were running around on clothing racks in a large shopping mall with noticeable velcro-detachable name tags at their backs.
The Philippines just got its first grocery self-checkout counter
These days, grocery shopping responds to the evolving preferences of shoppers for a safer in-store experience. At the start of the lockdown, groceries manually limited the total number of people allowed at a time, minimizing interactions with employees and other customers. Around the world, other supermarkets have become more drawn to tech-based approaches. Supermarket chains have pivoted to digital storefronts with 24/7 delivery.
12 beauty products people are checking out while in quarantine
As K-Pop idols, American celebrities, and social media stars influence the desires of the Philippine market, local beauty companies and Philippine distributors of global brands have pushed beauty products that could work for our local climate, and address pent-up demand coming from salon closures. As hair roots show and manicures chip away, here are the beauty solutions that did well in sales according to brand managers — one year out from the first lockdowns.
What the community pantry movement means for Filipinos
On a hot and scorching Wednesday afternoon, Ana Patricia Non walked along the streets of Maginhawa to find a spot that is both accessible and able to withhold sizable foot traffic. Somewhere in front of a Romantic Baboy and Ministop, she approached the owners of the place where she used to buy vegetables and requested permission to use the space for a community pantry. When it was granted, she rushed home to collect her already-packed goods, called for a tricycle, and quickly made her way back.
Inside millennial employees’ job anxieties - and what companies are doing about it
Surrounded by multiple screens, an employee in his 20s responds to emails or accomplishes the day’s tasks under the flickering green light of his laptop camera. For some employed millennials, this is their new lived reality from 9 to 5 — having their job subjected to a video call for close monitoring and verification by their boss, on the other end.
MadEats and the cloud kitchen game
In a kitchen the size of a studio apartment on Guijo Street, counters and tall racks of ingredients, condiments, and takeout containers fill up the space that a bed, desk, and bathroom normally would. Sunlight bounces off the contrasting navy and white walls. The free line cooks wear masks. A few tables that create an L shape make up their dispatch area — lined with freshly packed orders, ready for contactless pick-ups. Amidst the busy and snug space, the head chef is busy studying.
The slow dating movement: how COVID-19 changed romance
Metro Manila (CNN Philippines Life) — A few months into lockdown, Gabby* began to run out of things to do. After reaching the bottom of her feeds and timelines, the deprivation of social interaction had finally caught up with her. She imagined her 20s would feel more exhilarating. So she did what most of us in our 20s who are single, frustrated, and bored would do — she went on dating apps.
The Curious Comforts of Insomnia
Metro Manila (CNN Philippines Life) — Emil Cioran, the philosopher famed for his sleeplessness, describes insomnia as monstrous yet rewarding. In 1986 he wrote: “Insomnia… dooms us while it delivers us: an ambiguity inseparable from the experience of the night.” The twofold nature of insomnia revealed itself to me in the silent nights spent wide awake and incessantly longing for my pre-lockdown life.
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