The Latin beat at Bykes Café

MANILA, Philippines - Every Friday, Bykes @ Lancaster pulsates with music that starts your feet moving as Mai Castro and her band perform. Mai doesn’t just sing it, she feels and lives it, and that she says is the essence of Latin music.

Mai was first a dancer (way back during her school days), then a model having won the best in long gown award in the Bb. Pilipinas beauty pageant a few summers ago, before becoming a singer.

Friday nights at Bykes is for everyone who loves Latin music and for those who love salsa, samba, chachacha, rhumba, mambo, bachata, merengue and la cumbia.

Bykes is at the mezzanine floor of Lancaster Hotel, 622 Shaw Blvd., Mandaluyong City. For details, call 0916-3862303, 0929-2458965, or call 532-1818.

Bykes opens at 2 p.m. for those who like afternoon dancing, Mondays to Saturdays. Flinstones plays on Wednesday nights, and Behind Closed Doors on Thursday and Saturday nights. Monday is a Milonga night for lovers of Argentine tango.