Tatler launches Best Restaurants Guide 2018 and T. Dining @ Raffles & Fairmont Makati
Toasting to celebrate an amazing gustatory evening and launch are (from left) HSBC SVP and head of retail banking and wealth management Kris Werner, Philippine Tatler managing director Irene Martel Francisco, Raffles and Fairmont Makati’s managing director, David Batchelor and director of communications Monique Toda, and Best Restaurant Guide co-editors Maritess Garcia Reyes and Shauna Popple Williams.
MANILA, Philippines — Now on its 14th year as a trusted source of thorough and judicious culinary coverage, the Best Restaurants Guide (BRG), was launched alongside T. Dining, Tatler’s multi-platform lifestyle brand comprising the guide; the website Philtatlerdining.com, which now boasts a new look and broader content; and add to that an exciting series of T. Dining events slated throughout the year.
As Philippine Tatler’s managing director Irene Martel Francisco explained in her welcome remarks during the launch, the new brand and look is targeted towards the region’s growing community of passionate food lovers and discerning diners.
The T. Dining palate is not about what is the most expensive or the most exclusive – instead, it focuses on what makes an incredible dining experience.
The 2018 Top 20 Restaurant awardees.
This year, more than 300 attendees comprising chefs, foodies, oenophiles and discerning sophisticates congregated at the Raffles Fairmont Makati Ballroom to celebrate the 173 well-deserving restaurants who made it to this year’s edition, as well as to find out who made it to the Top 20. This was in esteemed partnership with HSBC.
From fine dining favorites to casual culinary gems, the awardees this year included Antonio’s, Bar Pintxos, Canton Road, China Blue by Jereme Leung, Cru Steakhouse, Crystal Dragon, Donosti, Enye by Chele Gonzalez, Finestra, Gallery VASK, Inagiku, Man Ho, Mirèio, M Dining, Rima, The Pig & Palm, Raging Bull Chophouse & Bar, Sala Restaurant, Tsukiji, and Wildflour Café + Bakery.
