Your Local + Cold Storage Team Up for Seafood-Forward Pop-Up
It's also a menu with an important message.
(SPOT.ph) The dynamism of today’s local food scene is pretty exciting: apart from the growth in our eclectic foodscape, there are many special collaborations between teams from different restaurants (often from other countries!), and even efforts featuring organizations with something to say.
This is what's going to happen this weekend at that re-energized neighborhood joint, Your Local. The menu for the weekend’s special dinners feature line-caught local seafood from that venerable seafood purveyor, Cold Storage.
A collaboration like no other
Cold Storage has been in the game for quite some time, providing many varieties of quality seafood not only to supermarkets but the restaurant scene as well. This time, though, they would really like to shine their spotlight on the marine bounty around us, working with an organization called Save Philippine Seas (SPS).
The SPS thrust is to educate us all on how to care for and love our seas, as they believe the ocean is a part of us and our heritage, too. Together, Cold Storage and SPS started a sustainability project called GenSEA, which aptly stands for Generation Sea & Earth Advocates – in a time when we should be more attuned to the welfare of our mothership Earth, it is a project that is on point, and something we should all dive into.
And what better way to appreciate our sea’s biodiversity—one of the biggest in the world—than through its treasures? The collaborators behind The Local's Catch emphasize that all the sea produce consumed in the pop-up dinners are line-caught and sustainable. Under the baton of the skilled maestro in the kitchen, the demure Chef Patrick Go, Your Local will churn out an 8-course seafood forward tasting menu (at P4,000 per person) to delight even those who don’t normally eat seafood. The funds raised from the dinners will go to the projects of SPS and GenSea.
This weekend's Your Local dinner
At the launch, a bunch of lucky food media people (including the writer of this article) got to try the entire course..and if their reception to the meal is any indicator, then trust you will be in for a memorable time.
Drawing influences from around the globe in their dishes, the Your Local crew made our local seafood sing. While everything is well conceived and executed, of particular note is a brilliant grilled apahap in a tom yam like broth; a very Patrick Go dish of scallop congee - a nod to his Chinese heritage; and a dreamy ending of shokupan bread ice cream with tinapa butterscotch. Yep. Who said tinapa is only for breakfast? If you are so inclined, I highly recommend pairing this with their suggested wines as well. It is a snapshot of where Manila’s food scene is right now, and where it can go - culinary creativity at its best.
So do round up the troops and make a reservation for this weekend - it will only go on for two days, but it is worth seeking out. Kain na!
The Local's Catch runs October 24 and 25 with two dinner seatings for each night: 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. and 8:30 to 10:30 p.m. Your Local is at 106 Esteban Street, Legazpi Village, Makati City. For reservations, call 0945 427 0054 or book online at bit.ly/TheLocalsCatch