A delectable art

While we have not seen a lot of artwork in the form of paintings in the Philippines, we have seen some amazing edible art at the various hotels. When talking to the chefs, some of these pieces take days in the making and even this simple watermelon carving took 4 hours.

On the other hand, valentines day led to some amazing floral displays and if you look outside the square you can find a little slice of interesting art anywhere.

The presentation at the hotels and the attention to detail is amazing – quite often there are 3 or 4 chefs (of varying rank) as well as maitre'd and wait staff all checking food presentation is at its peak at all times.

The edible art can be made from fruit

Vegetables from the sea??

Chocolate – this was amazing!

Or icing

One day there was an amazing bowl of flowers made completely from baked pastry but sadly, the weight of the pastry made the leaves droop and break before we had a chance to photograph it. They did however make amends and 2 days later this masterpiece appeared.

Another fine example of local art was at a dog show we stumbled upon. One of the classes required owners and pets to be matching.

Another option of not so edible art are the topiaries found

The end of the school year is in March in the Philippines so just to finish off, these girls, looking gorgeous in their senior prom outfits are themselves, each a work of art!

And for the grand finale, fireworks as you have never seen them - countries competing against each other in the international pyromusical festival held at The Mall of Asia, the 2nd largest shopping centre in the world!!