They moved like choreographed dancers with practiced steps. Except that their steps were slicing onions, peeling shrimps and chopping vegetables, and their stage was the open kitchen at Conrad Hotel’s ...

Until last September when I found out I was hypertensive—thanks for the genes, dad!—I love, love, loved salted egg or itlog na maalat, or if you please, itlog na pula. It’s salty (duh) but also very ...