Assorted pies from French kitchen chef Cyrille Soenen (right) can be enjoyed at Wine Drop, a new wine tasting space in San Juan, or enjoy a bottle or two of your favorite AWC in the comfort of your own home wine. — Photos provided

Today there is a grand celebration called Christ the King’s Day, so I want to know: What kind of food is suitable for the king?

The first to bear the brunt is the culinary skills of French chef Cyrille Soenen. He is recognized as one of the French gourmet masters or French chefs, and is the highest honor a chef can obtain. My favorite meeting place-seems to have been a lifetime ago-is a French bistro in San Juan, owned and operated by chef Cyrille and his wife Anna Soenen. Cicou is closed, but the good news is that you can now enjoy Chef Cyrille's cooking not only in one or two ways, but in three ways! advertise

The first is the newly opened Wine Drop, which is another Frenchman and AWC Philippines wine connoisseur Jean Philippe Guillot's latest work. This is San Juan’s wine tasting space, where you can enjoy high-quality wines lightly eaten by the Cyril chef, such as meat pie, pork meat pie, champagne meat sauce, pig’s head meat pie, and Parma flan .

The wine here is directly imported from different regions of the world. In addition to French wines, they also have wines from Argentina, Italy, Spain, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa and the United States. So Wine Drop is actually a retail store that owns their wine collection. They also provide craft spirits, local craft beer, Belgian beer and gifts for wine lovers, such as cork screws, wine glasses and decanters. Featured story business SSS began to provide loans and prepaid pensions to Maring victims from December 15th. Farmers bravely face the stock market. BUSINESS PSE trading hours will return to normal before December 6th

But they also added a tasting table and a bar that can seat about 12 people. For the COVID-safe barkada reunion, this sounds like a good choice! Jean Philippe explained: “It is important for us to have a comfortable and safe place where people can enjoy wine in an elegant and unique environment.”

Wine Drop also offers merchandise from Txanton, an area famous for its carefully selected Spanish cuisine. Therefore, in addition to chef Cyrille's French meat sauces and meat sauces, you can also enjoy your wine with good jams.

However, the best news is that you don't even have to go to the store. You can choose to deliver wine and food to your home. Or you can even send these out as gifts. Wine Drop can choose a beautiful gift box of one, three or six bottles; or, if you only want to give away two bottles with jam and meat sauce, they can also arrange it for you. "We are flexible," Jean Philippe said. If you want to give gifts this Christmas, they can also accommodate multiple deliveries. (Please call Wine Drop 0956-1887548 or 8671-9125 for inquiries and orders. Visit winedrop.life for a complete list of products.)

The second way to get the dishes prepared by Chef Cyrille for the King is through his own takeaway setting, affectionately known as CiÇou á la Maison. He cooks in his kitchen, you just need to call to order. (Telephone consultation 0917-5401811).

Here you can order larger items such as whole roast chicken for 6 to 8 people or whole roast turkey for 10 to 15 people, or whole lechon de leche stuffed with kielbasa sausage and mushrooms.

He also offers classic French cuisine such as foie gras and casserole. These are vacuum packed, so you can order them now and have them ready in time for Thanksgiving and Christmas.

You can also order croissants and baguettes, which are as perfect as a real French chef. You can also order his famous kouign amann, a French layered pastry made with butter, which is very addictive. There are classic versions, but he now also makes kouignettes or smaller versions, with various flavors such as chocolate chips and cinnamon. There are also savory versions, such as the bacon-flavored kouign amann. The most interesting thing is that although this is not yet on the menu, it is popular where his wife is from Bacolod, and it is kouign amann inasal: a delicious version with chicken inasal on top! advertise

Finally, if you really want to experience an authentic French experience at home, Chef Cyrille can be your personal chef for family gatherings or events! Remember, he is the executive chef of Intercon, so if you want your family to enjoy Angus premium ribs and Yorkshire pudding as you remember at Prince Albert, please give He makes a call. (Cicou a la Maison 0917-5401811).

I was fortunate to have a meal at Soenen's house in Moussidan, France. It was really the best meal of my life. It’s so cool, we can now experience the chef’s genius in our own home! You will really feel like a king!

This is a truly special Thanksgiving this Thursday. May your party be full of food and love. Happy Christ the King’s Day and Happy Thanksgiving!

Wine drops. 2/F Unit 5 One Kennedy Place, Club Filipino Ave cor. Ortigas Ave., Greenhills, San Juan City

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