Ernest's Imaginarium

31/01/2026

31/01/2026

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28/01/2026

“In the hush between words, the soul remembers what noise makes us forget.”

02/01/2026

On New Year’s Eve, we made a journey to Pilgrim in the Marilog District (along the Bukidnon-Davao highway). Pilgrim is a highly-regarded, Toronto-inspired eatery by Chef Jeramie Go. The staff was warm and friendly. We changed our reservation time but they were accommodating and made it so easy. Pilgrim feels like a delicious secret, a place where the mountain chill gives you permission to eat warmly and without apology.

The shakshuka arrives voluptuous and gently spiced, its tomatoes holding the eggs in a soft, yielding embrace. The surprising eggplant made it heartier, earthier. The poutine is gloriously comforting- potatoes lavished with gravy and cheese. It is a dish that insists you slow down and surrender. The hummus, silky and elemental, paired with a generous breadbasket, invites tearing, dipping, and an almost meditative pleasure. Strong coffee steels you awake, but it is the tablea hot chocolate - dark, lush, and faintly bitter -that truly seduces, coating the palate and leaving you quietly, happily undone in the cool mountain air.

Eating at Pilgrim gives a reassuring sense that what you are eating belongs exactly where you are, shaped by local hands, local produce, and the quiet intelligence of restraint. Pilgrim understands that pleasure deepens when food listens to its surroundings, and here, in the cool hush of Marilog, every bite feels rooted, intentional, and tenderly at home.

Five stars!

28/11/2025

Minsan sa may kalayaan tayo’y nagkatagpuan
May mga sariling gimik at kaya-kanyang hangad sa buhay
Sa ilalim ng iisang bubong
Mga sekretong ibinubulong
Kahit na anong mangyari
Kahit na saan ka man patungo
Ngunit ngayon kay bilis maglaho ng kahapon
Sana’y huwag kalimutan ang ating mga pinagsamahan
At kung sakaling gipitin ay laging iisipin na
Minsan tayo ay naging
Tunay na magkaibigan