Sunday, October 29, 2006

Oh My Gulay!

That's the name of a new vegetarian restaurant here in Baguio which is making quite a wave as I saw it featured on cable TV a few days back - although it's also co - located with VOCAS - the art gallery -- you really can't distinguish the two. So the best description for it would be an art gallery cum restaurant, and I think it's also a performance venue because of the presence of a stage - like structure on one area - and enough floor room for gong playing and community dancing.
It's one of them new stuff that's quite refreshing to have because you get to have somewhere new to take your tourist friends coming up from Metro Manila. But the place is also genuinely nice because it has a real "Baguio feel" to it.
What's more interesting is, the place is associated with Kidlat Tahimik (Eric de Guia, the artist and film maker) - whether as owner or conceptualizer - but a lot of the items are from the artist's Baguio house that was burned a few years back.
The restaurant and art gallery is located at the top of La Azotea in Session Road - that's five floors up, so you just keep walking the stairs until you get to a grilled gate that opens up to more winding stairs made of scrap wood and materials.
The -BER months are a nice time to be in Baguio - if in case you come up - this is one place worth the visit - while it's not yet cramped.

No comments: