Chef Tatung takes diners on a culinary trip around the country with Lore
Late last year, Chef Myke Tatung partnered with the Vikings group to open Lore, which features Filipino regional cuisine that adheres to original flavors.
If there’s one thing Chef Myke Tatung is good at, it’s telling compelling stories alongside his food.
Late last year, the multi-awarded social media star-celebrity author-entrepreneur-publisher-chef partnered with the Vikings group to open Lore, which features Filipino regional cuisine that adheres to original flavors.
Tatung notes that many of our dishes are interesting as they are without the need to go fusion.
“In the past, we would define comfort food as food cooked at home. The younger generation would define comfort food as flavors from favorite restaurants they grew up with,” he said.
In its first incarnation, Lore was critically praised for its tasting menu. Tatung curated sets of 4, 6, or even 10 dishes paired with wine that showed off the depth and breadth of his Filipino repertoire. If the chef was around, he’d even go around regaling lucky diners with stories and anecdotes behind the food and wine. It was somewhat like the chef’s private dining concept hidden up in the hills of Rizal, but without the need to spend half a day navigating through the back roads of Antipolo and Boso-Boso.
However, a degustation concept was not sustainable for a 100-seater restaurant where they were required to be open during mall hours. And thus, Lore has added a la carte offerings for all-day dining. These entrees have the same care and quality the Lore team adheres to when preparing the tasting menus. Some of the dishes even have seldom seen ingredients sourced by Tatung and his team from small batch producers. The big difference is the serving size where the a la carte platters are family size for sharing.
While the a la carte menu is rather extensive and does have representative dishes from every Philippine region, Tatung selected entrées that would make cohesive meals and still go together.
For those who haven't experienced the degustacion, fear not as the a la carte and tasting menu offers can co-exist as the restaurant can be portioned off into sections. Thus, those who opt for the more refined multi-course meal can enjoy their privacy separate from the possibly more animated diners ordering the a la carte dishes.
In one afternoon, Tatung brought us on a culinary trip around the archipelago with a taste of Lore's a la carte menu.
Lore by Chef Tatung can be found at third floor of One Bonifacio High Street Mall, BGC, Taguig and is open every day from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m.