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Chef Alvin outside Chef's Home near The Mansion. —PHOTO COURTESY OF THE EMUANGS
Chef Alvin outside Chef's Home near The Mansion. —PHOTO COURTESY OF THE EMUANGS
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November 28, 2025December 16, 2025Food

Not bad for what began as a ‘carinderia’ 

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BAGUIO CITY — What does a Malaysian chef who has worked in five-star hotels and resorts like to eat at home? It’s pinakbet cooked by his Filipino wife. The love story of Gina Ulat (originally from La Union in the Philippines) and Alvin Emuang (of Penang, Malaysia) began in the late 1990s when they met...