I’ve had tea to go with sweet snacks and sandwiches. But paired with a whole meal? I don’t think I’ve ever had that luxury—until I got an invitation from my good friend, Aleth Ocampo, who lured me not just with a tea-paired lunch, but one that was laid out inside Salcedo Auctions, surrounded by the artworks of Ferdie Montemayor as well as the ceramic works of Ella Mendoza, Marco Rosario and Jezzel Wee, among many others.
It was the third installment of her “Les Plats Somptueux,” an event she started back in October 2018.
“Some time in July that year, I had lunch at the Pettyjohns’ and asked Jon, the father of contemporary ceramics, and his wife Tessy if they were open to the idea of me preparing a multicourse meal to be served using ceramics we made, and then selling them after,” Aleth, who is a chef and a ceramicist herself, recalls…
