The Message

I have always been a fan of road signs.
I appreciate the intelligence and the work that goes into designing one that can be universally relevant and understood.

One of my cyber buddies Gizelle has a blog called Vienna Daily Photography.
It is a wonderful photojournal about her life in Vienna.
One of her posts had a picture of a wonderfully useful, relevant and modern signage series that is used in their train system. It is worth visiting just to see the direction that modern day signage is taking.

Wonderful graphics
Colorful
Artistic
Imaginative
Professional

Road signs, facility signs, transportation signs ...
A triumph of graphics and color
A success of communications
A whole message and process of thought embodied in a simple graphic
The challenge to graphic artists to address the universality of their message is formidable

In the Philippines, our need for universal signage is the same as the rest of the world
The challenge is the same - and WE as usual do not disappoint

Pinoy signs
A triumph of necessity and ingenuity
A success of communication equal to that of any other country
Very subtle
Intelligent
Comprehensive
Perhaps different
But effective


Uniquely Pinoy






















Get the message ?

Luto

The country was glued to radios and television sets.
Newspaper headlines were screaming ...

A young man named Joey was ready to name a "mystery man" in an allegedly botched deal between a large Chinese telecom company and some implicated Pinoy political personalities.

Whaaaaaaaaaat?

Another scandal?

Graft and corruption agennnnnnnnnn ?

Government officials "fixing" a deal for personal gain ?

Could that be true ???

Unbelievable ...

Not

But then, gosssh - I am digressing from the essence of this blog ,
I am here to describe personal experiences and insights,

Not to make political statements

So - let us just go back to restaurants and food

Lutong Macau is a restaurant along busy Jupiter Street in Makati City where people congregate for Chinese food that is above the standards of the proliferating "teahouses"and "noodleshops", and yet, not quite to the level of the high end outlets of the major hotels.

Parking is a little bit of a problem - but then that is I guess a reflection of how popular it has become.

The restaurant is modernly cut with a typical open kitchen

An area where hanging fowl and meat cold cuts complete the Chinese "feel".

It is simple and laid back

With the characteristic noise level of Chinese restaurants

And the frenzy of waiters zipping back and forth

The food is correctly "Chinese" unlike some restos which "Filipinize" the taste

Succulent sweet-sour pork

Slurpable corn and crabmeat soup

Perfect yangcheow rice

And a wonderfully crisp Macao fried chicken

The menu is extensive ranging from basic dimsum to some lauriat set options for larger groups

The food is not 5star but neither is its price.

If you are in a Chinese food mood- Lutong Macau might be worth a visit.

Oh, oh, oh ....

In Pinoyspeak , Lutong Macau also means "a fishy transaction marked by predetermination and rigging"

But then - that's just a coincidence :-)

Lutong Macau

116 Jupiter St.

Bel Air Village

Makati City

Delivery Hotline: 896-7777 895-3333