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Yet another restaurant included in the “50 Best Discovery” is Gallery by Chele.

Food is experiential. Beyond nourishment, food has been reinvented these days, as it contains stories, ideals, philosophies, and cultures that make life more meaningful.

Spanish Chef Chele Gonzalez with his business partner Chef Carlo Villaflor revamped Gallery VASK into a less intimidating, and bistro-like restaurant that does away with pretensions. Everything is locally sourced, while the philosophy centers on the exploration of the Philippines and Southeast Asia. The food spot found on the fifth floor of Clipp Center, 11th Avenue corner 39th Street, Taguig, is where Chef Chele translates and preserves heritage flavors, techniques, and traditions into delectable and anthropological cuisines.

Unlike the first two restaurants, Gallery by Chele offers a la carte, and vegetarian tasting menus apart from his regular tasting menu. Offered are five and nine courses for the tasting menu selection. Reservations are also required.

Contact 09175461673 | reservations@gallerybychele.com | gallerybychele.com/

After two months of hiatus, Hapag is back. The progressive Filipino private dining restaurant by Millennial chefs and co-owners Thirdy Dolatre, Kevin Villarica, and Kevin Navoa is a 24-seater concrete box, hidden in plain sight at Quezon City’s busier avenues.

Named after the Filipino term for dining table where families bond and eat, Hapag was known for their eightcourse tasting menu. The three lead chefs would take from their family recipe and use local and lesser-known ingredients, to whip up innovative renditions of Filipino cuisine.

Some of their noteworthy dishes are the Banana Heart Granola, Laing Leaves, Litson Binagoonan, and Bistek Tagalog.

The restaurant now serves 10 courses, which include new dishes like Uni Arroz Caldo, a rice porridge that combines their homemade smoked tinapa, crispy rice puffs, and their house-cured bihod bottarga.

Contact 09475601853 | Instagram @hapag.mnl

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