This September 28 2013 at the Maya Kitchen, Chef Robby Goco will be demonstrating his culinary expertise. He’s the chef behind the Cyma Greek Taverna restaurant chains. This is going to be my second time to witness him again do his recipes and share his secrets in cooking. I’ve heard that Chef Robby had opened again his new restaurant. Green Pastures located at the 4th level east wing of Shangri-la Plaza Mall in Mandaluyong City. The Green Pasture restaurant features a unique farm to table cuisine featuring dishes that are created from all organic, local, original, with no antibiotics,...

I know most of us here are familiar with some of Chateau 1771’s restaurants, cafes and bars. Chateau 1771 is a group of restaurants, bars and cafe composed of Chateau 1771, Cafe 1771, Sentro 1771, Wine Bar 1771, Side Bar and 1771 Elpueblo. Chef Vicky Pacheco, the Chief Operating Officer and Executive Chef of Chateau 1771 will be demonstrating this August 31, Saturday, 9am-1pm at the Maya Kitchen. She will be demonstrating signature dishes of each of the restaurant concept in the group. Lemon Chicken is crisp fried organic chicken leg nuggets coated with honey-lemon sauce from Chateau Salbacho...

This month, April, Maya Kitchen will be featuring Chef Myrna Segismundo as for Maya’s Kitchen monthly cooking demo. On April 27, 2013, at 9am till 1pm (Saturday), Chef Myrna will be showing her skills in culinary specifically on Filipino Dishes. She’ll be preparing some filipino fusion dishes like Boneless Lechon with Stewed Fruits and Brown Rice, Chicken Inasal with Fresh Ubod, Pomelo and Jicama Spring Roll and Ginataan among others. I really love attending Maya Kitchen’s kitchen monthly cooking demo. They feature famous chefs or a chef of a very known food establishment. I do also...

This coming Saturday, April 20, 2013, Bizu Patisserie will be celebrating their MACARON DAY! and they will be giving free macaron to every patron. You can visit Bizu Patisserie at Greenbelt 2, Greenhills Prominade, ALabang Town Center and St. Lukes at the BGC to avail this free gift. What is Macaron? Macaron is a French cookie that is crisp on the outside with a soft crème ganache and ground almonds in the middle. It is said to have originated in Italy in the 1500s then found its way to France. What was just a simple recipe of ground almonds, egg whites and sugar with no filling and flavoring was then...

Ever heard of Alba Restaurante Espanol? If yes, now’s your chance to wittness Chef Miguel de Alba of Alba Restaurante Espanol to do some delicious Spanish dishes to us at The Maya Kichen on March 23 2013 from 9am-1pm. I’m pretty excited to watch Chef Miguel make and prepare some of his favorite Spanish viands. I know for sure that I’ll be learning lots of tricks and techniques from Chef Miguel. Chef Miguel will demonstrate Jamon con Mangga y Arugula (Homemade Spanish Cured Ham with Mango and Arugula Leaves); Croquetas de Bacalao (Salted Codfish Croquettes); Fabada Asturiana (White...

This February 23, Saturday, 9am to 1pm at the Maya Kitchen, Chef Glenda Barretto will be sharing some techniques in cooking. This is a very rare appearance of Chef Barretto so please don’t miss this one. Aside from sharing her expertise in cooking, Chef Barretto will sharing also her decades-long dominance as a Filipino cuisine icon and how she manage to remain as top in a highly competitive field. Chef Barretto, is an accomplished chef, caterer, entrepreneur and an author and she also one of the force behind a popular chain of prestige restaurant, Via Mare. Chef Glenda has almost single handedly...