One of our client is leaving and the agency decided to give him a despedida in LA COCINA DE TITA MONING .
At first I didn’t want to go because of the workload and I thought La Cocina was the same Cocina in the food court of the mall.
Well, I went anyway, since my boss said, “Well, you better be there!”
And I’m glad I did go.
La Cocina is located inside the compound of Malacanang Palace and it turned out to be a house built in the 1930s. Our hostess is the granddaughter of Alejandro Roces Legarda. Alejandro’s wife was Dona Ramona Legarda or more affectionately called Tita Moning.
All the guests first gathered in this veranda-like area located outside the house, where we were severed drinks and toasted bread with queso de bola spread.
Before we could proceed to dinner, we were given a quick tour and history lesson about the house. Dinner was held on the second floor.
We had onion soup for starters, baked lapu-lapu served with grilled eggplant, followed by Solomi...