Los Tacos Manila, M Bistro, Magallanes, Makati

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Los Tacos Manila’s year-long pop-up is coming to an end as they will be building a permanent space. Catch them while you can at M Bistro in Makati until March 9, 2024.

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00:00 I was lost. I didn't know what to do.

00:01 The plan was to be a seaman,

00:03 but when I had my internship with Black Sheep under Chef Patrick Goh,

00:08 I discovered this whole new world of high-level cooking.

00:12 So, dun nag-end yung seaman plan.

00:16 The rest is history.

00:16 After working for Hapag, for Chef Turdy and Chef Nav,

00:23 the pandemic hit and then everyone was trying to make ends meet.

00:26 So, I found this video online of Teddy's Red Taco.

00:30 That's the whole beer I sent came about.

00:33 The first time I did it, it didn't have all the Mexican ingredients

00:36 because I didn't know about Mexican.

00:37 I had zero clue and then it started with local ingredients.

00:41 The final product was okay and I knew that

00:45 this is something that the Filipino market would be into.

00:48 When we started Los Tacos,

00:53 I realized that everyone was just focused on the meat.

00:57 But then I realized yung Mexican food is more than just what's in the taco.

01:03 More of the whole thing, like tortilla, salsa.

01:07 If you notice, the dishes of Los Tacos is mostly my component of smokiness.

01:13 And it is what we do with Los Tacos.

01:15 We love grilling stuff.

01:21 Hi, I'm Keith Gritana and I'm the head honcho of Los Tacos, Manila.

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