Philippine Gold and Manila Social Club

         
          The Philippine Gold exhibit at the Asia Society in New York might still be open.  A close friend of my wife's from their growing up and attending schools together in Green Bay, Wisconsin, is now a devout convert to her New York home in Manhattan.  In her recent "Year-End Letter 2015," she says "I really do love so much the excitement of New York City.  I looked at my recent schedule and this is what I found for the second week in December."  She then lists ten items, including a Picasso sculptures show, an Itzak Perlman performance, a Tom Shepherd play, and the Philippine Gold exhibit.  I wrote about the Philippine Gold exhibit just about two months ago on this blog.

          If you live in the vicinity of 2 Hope Street (Roebling Street), Williamsburg, Brooklyn, you might want to consider sampling Philippine Cuisine.  Check out the article in the "Hungry City" section of the Jan. 6, 2016 section of the New York Times.  The title of the article, "Spam to Foie Gras: Filipino That Rambles," suggests the variety of dishes available, prepared by Chef Bjorn DelaCruz.  He is the Filipino who has rambled from Manila to New York to Bratislava, Slovakia.  His food selection is eclectic Filipino, with its origins in a "shack under a narra tree, not far from his grandmother's orchid farm in Davao Oriental, the Philippines."  Don't be put off by the "shack" reference, most likely an exaggeration.  Rather, imagine "a clef of foie gras, gone liquid inside [that] rests over noodles tangled with nubs of duck leg confit."  They take reservations for dinner (718-384-4396).

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