Calo on her style of cooking: “I go back to flavors I grew up with, flavors that formed my palate—but controlled by solid technique.”
Smoke never bothered Miko Calo. Burning coal to reach a bright orange heat was a skill she'd mastered since her childhood in northern Mindanao. It comes naturally, then, for her to set searing lumps of coal one by one in a ...
I was at Makati Shangri-La on January 19, 2021, the night before it was announced that the hotel would be closing its doors temporarily because of the effects of the pandemic. I was sampling the new signature cocktails up at the ...
The hotel holds a special place in the hearts of many Filipinos.
Makati Shangri-La is set to officially reopen this year, over two years after it was forced to close down on February 1, 2021 due to the effects of the pandemic. Before its closure though, the hotel was a landmark in the ...
Botaniko Herbal Urban Lounge is where you can start or end a chill night in the city.
First came The Den, a Chinese-themed pop-up speakeasy that lived for a few months in one of the function rooms of Shang Palace in Makati Shangri-La. On Wednesday, February 12, the hotel unveiled a new pop-up bar in ...
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