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Championing Filipino cuisine, one 'Simpol' dish at a time

If there is one name that presently stands out in passionately advocating Filipino cuisine, it has to be Myke 'Chef Tatung' Sarthou.

With a career almost closing in on two decades and four successful restaurants under his apron's belt – Azadore, Lore, Pandan, and Tindeli – Sarthou is also widely known for his projects on TV, print and digital under his multimedia brand, Simpol. But even more than all these, he is a beacon of Filipino culinary excellence and one of the few voices unwaveringly devoted to Filipino cuisine.