Bay hotel offers live culinary studio for business functions

MANILA, Philippines—It is one of the few five starhotels that boast a magnificent view of the famed Manila Bay sunset....


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Investing in a second home

MANILA, Philippines—The Clubhouse appears to be the fruit of a million dreams, what with serene and beautiful mountain scenery overlooking the sea....

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Japanese restaurant lures community through its doors

STA. ROSA, LAGUNA, Philippines — Enclosed in glass cabinets, different kinds of samurai armor remind the casual observer about Japan’s warrior past. Other surrounding glass walls in the restaurant are filled with Japanese-inscribed messages that ordinary Filipinos may find intimidating....


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Quaint chateau in Cavite offers corporate amenities

SILANG, Cavite – By strict definition, a chateau refers to “an estate where wine is produced and often bottled, especially in the Bordeaux region of France” or “a large country house.”

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Government center nurtures thriving enterprise

Manila, Philippines—Unlike the pastillas de leche that you typically find at the grocery, the sweets sold at the Philippine Carabao Center (PCC) inside the University of the Philippines (UP) in Los Baños have a soft consistency and creamy texture and they almost melt in your mouth.....

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Promoting Filipino cuisine as a top brand

MANILA, Philippines—Many foreigners get tongue-tied when asked to describe Filipino cuisine. There’s a hodgepodge of flavors that in the end translate to dishes without any real standards or possibly too much variety. Perhaps it is no wonder that the cuisine has yet to find an exalted position among its esteemed Asian neighbors such as Thai and Vietnamese cooking where flavors are more defined and distinct....


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Selling your Chinese antiques

MANILA, Philippines—You stare at the old blue-and-white ceramic jar displayed at your home office and start calculating the potential windfall at the next auction. You get all excited until the curator advises that you’re better off selling the item through a dealer or at the neighborhood flea market....


http://business.inquirer.net/money/topstories/view/20110106-312920/Selling-your-Chinese-antiques