The longest running restaurant in Davao City is a place called Luz Kinilaw.  It is probably the most famous restaurant in Davao as well.  Luz is located in Salmonan, Davao City, right on the waterfront.  When I say it is on the waterfront, many of you surely have idealic thoughts of a pure and beautiful beach area, girls clad in bikinis running through the sand and such.  Wipe those thoughts from your mind.  That's not Luz, and that is not the kind of waterfront that I am talking about! Luz sits right next to the highway, with the Davao Gulf right behind it. This waterfront area is a squatters area, dirty, dingy, it even stinks a little … [Read more...]

Last week was a hard week for everybody, worldwide.  The pressures of all the economic problems coming into play were a real roller coaster ride.  With the stock markets worldwide plunging one day and rallying the next day, it was enough to leave your head spinning.  By Friday evening, Feyma and I were ready for a little distraction, so we went out for dinner with my friends John Grant, and Migs Bassig, each of whom are also columnists here on LiP. John was wanting to go to a local Italian Restaurant that I recently introduced him to, La Toscana.  Their food is excellent, but I was in the mood to try something new.  I had recently been hearing … [Read more...]