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On Friday I had lunch with Raymond (Lee). He insisted we eat at Terrace in Greenbelt 5. “You have to order the Pork Belly Confit,” he said.

“But I was thinking of something not quite so evil,” I protested weakly.

“You have to order the Pork Belly Confit,” he repeated with a glazed look.

Alright, my self-control is laughable. This is what appeared at the table. It is as good as it looks. With crunchy bits and balsamic whatnot.

We diverted my mind from the cholesterol I was ingesting by discussing Raymond’s new projects. (Apart from producing Maximo Oliveros and Endo and marketing Kimmy Dora he wrote the Vilma Santos-John Lloyd Cruz movie, In My Life.) There are always six or seven going on at once. Right now he is writing a screenplay with Michiko Yamamoto and Jade Castro.

“What’s it called?” I asked.

“Patayin Sa Shokot Si Remington.” (Kill Remington With Fright)

“I’m in,” I said. How can you not get behind a movie called Patayin Sa Shokot Si Remington? Everyone I’ve mentioned it to volunteered to help with wardrobe and hair. Would you like to invest in the movie? Email raymond@origin8media.com.

The next day my first thought on waking was, “Vegetables. I need to eat vegetables.” Trust me, this doesn’t happen.

Today Uro suggested Seoul BBQ, this Korean restaurant he’d discovered off Makati Avenue. “But I’m trying to eat vegetables,” I said.

“Oh they’ve got vegetables,” he said.

Voila. All the vegetables, kimchi, sidings come with the orders of meat. Turns out the way to make me eat plenty of vegetables is to wrap them in meat.

The restaurant has a great steampunk set-up. This is the grill, right at the table. The problem with eating meat grilled at the table is that you end up smelling like meat cooking. There is a reason there is no flavor of shampoo called “Meat Cooking”.

However, there are these long fat hoses dangling from the ceiling to suck up the smoke and smell from the grill. They’re like those kitchen hoods only they look like alien tentacles, and they actually work.

A big dinner for three with two rice and three drinks cost P1100. Best to dine there in cool weather. On Makati Avenue heading towards Mandaluyong, turn right at the Wendy’s then keep your eyes peeled or you’ll miss it. There’s a parking lot across the narrow street.