MANILA, Philippines — A plan to revive the Bicol Express is still uncertain as China, the supposed financier of the project, is yet to decide whether it will lend P142 billion to the Philippines. This ...

Tired of the same old tired orange chicken and California rolls? Want to venture beyond the standard suburban-stale take-out? Here comes Chop PHX, with the Valley’s rarer Asian offerings. This Week: ...

It was the summer of 1964 and I had just completed my third year of elementary education. My parents bundled us up – the entire caboodle of six kids with me as the eldest – and two aunts who served as ...

As for the name, the new dish was christened such when a train happened to chug by from the Paco Railway Station that was nearby. The train's name? "Bicol Express." Most of the Bicol Express dishes ...

Five years after a supertyphoon derailed its operations, the famous train line that has inspired both cool nostalgia and a fiery dish of meat and chili is back on track. The Bicol Express of the ...

Bicol express is a delicious spicy pork stew that's rich with coconut milk. Most recipes for Bicol express call for all of the ingredients to be thrown together into the pot and simmered, but I prefer ...