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Catch the delicious Filipino Dishes in APEC 2015 Welcome Dinner Party. On the #APEC2015 welcome dinner menu: Ensalada Tagala, Bistek Manilenya, Yamang Dagat Tinola, Maja Blanca Moderna. No Filipino welcome is complete without a feast. Yesterday evening’s welcome reception for the APEC Economic Leaders was no exception. Apart from a stirring cultural performance, delegates and guests were also treated to a sumptuous menu envisioned by Via Mare founder Glenda Barretto and Margarita—better known as Gaita—Forés of Cibo. The dishes themselves were superbly executed, but the overall concept was simple. “We [presented] what is classic, national in taste,” says Glenda, “like flavors of adobo, tinola, kesong puti, itlog na maalat…” But the dishes were plated in a modern manner, Gaita adds. The dessert, for example, was classic maja blanca presented in a “very edgy, modern way”—with smoked coconut merengue and lambanog-poached mango. The dishes also benefited from modern ...