MANILA, Philippines - Locusts, earthworms, and seaweed. These are just some of the so-called “climate change” ingredients you will find in the dishes designed by seasoned chefs such as Green chef Sau del Rosario and Nancy Reyes Lumen for “Future Feast,” the culminating event of “The Apocalypse Project: Imagined Futures” at the Mind Museum in Bonifacio Global City (BGC) in Taguig.
Future Feast is also one of the stops in the BGC Eats 2014 Food Tour, now on its second year after its successful run last year. Curated by chef-writer JJ Yulo, it includes four different tours with four different themes, featuring four restaurants each.
Tour 1 takes place on Saturday, July 26. It focuses on the science behind food, with Artha Ting, biologist and “mind mover” from the Mind Museum. Other stops on the tour include the German restaurant and pub Prost Braumeister at the Fort Strip in BGC, as well as Ginny de Guzman’s Gustare for sweet desserts such as meringue kisses, canonigo, and kalamansi sans rival.
Tour 2 on Aug. 2 focuses on the aesthetics of food, featuring tips from food photographer Mylene Chung. Enderun’s assistant dean of hospitality management, Bel Castro, will share her expertise in beverage pairings during Tour 3 on Aug. 9. And Tour 4 on Aug. 16 focuses on healthy eats with Edgy Veggie café owner Denise Celdran.
You can join BGC Eats 2014 in a number of ways. Every single-receipt purchase worth a minimum of P2,000 at Bonifacio High Street, The Fort Entertainment Center, Crossroads, Bonifacio Stopover, One & Two Parkade, and The Mind Museum entitles you to two free tour tickets, or, if you are a resident, employed or enrolled at BGC, one free ticket. Tickets priced at P1,500 each may also be purchased at the meeting point 15 minutes before the tour, which begins at the Hop On Hop Off bus stop on 9th St. starting at 3 p.m.
For information, call 8183601 loc.3207 or visit facebook.com/BonifacioGlobalCityPH or ArtsATBGC.