LAFANG went online in August 2005 as a hobby that was meant to be shared with close friends and acquaintances only.

Lafang was born out of “depression.” I was looking for something to turn my attention to and the idea of a ‘themed’ blog came up while chatting online — thanks to ISKA, a friend and former colleague who is now in Beijing. It was indeed a great therapy and has been a wonderful learning experience.

Lafang has also moved to three different sites since it started, and now has its own home at mikemina.com since October 2005.

Lafang takes its name from the Pinoy [or Filipino] street slang which means ‘to eat hastily’ or ‘devour food’ or simply, food. Lafang is dedicated to musings and cravings for the best pastime in the world — food, glorious food!

Lafang is mainly a food blog that hopes to promote Filipino cuisine hence the LASANG PINOY tab on the navigation panel of this blog’s header.

MikeMina | An interior designer previously based in Brunei Darussalam for fourteen years, and was employed in one of Asia’s finest resort hotels, The Empire Hotel & Country Club as Special Projects Manager / Interior Designer, handling a variety of responsibilities, from creative to operational aspects of the property. Mike is now back and blogging in the Philippines.

Mike also blogs about places he has visited at LAKWATSA; designs and other creative pursuits at LIKHA.

Disclaimer | I am not a chef, a gourmet, or an expert on things that I write about and feature here. Articles and views featured in this site are based on experiences and personal opinions of the author and copyright of mikemina.com, or the cited articles’ respective sources, unless otherwise expressly stated.

Links to external sites do not necessarily translate to an endorsement, but are intended as supporting details to the contents of this site, or to lead to information considered by the author to be interesting.

Maraming salamat po! Thank you!

July 2007