[music And Wine Radio]

It all started in 2005, a few months after the restaurant Museum Cafe opened its doors in Greenbelt 4, Manila, and right after the infamous pool parties at the Mandarin Oriental's Paseo Uno LOUNGE had taken a rest for the rainy season after entertaining the city's sophisticated music heads under the stars for a good year.   The spot was perfect, with an outdoor bar area, high ceilings, and a wonderful breeze that blowed through the passageway between M Cafe and the Ayala Museum that ached to have people gather in it. I (Elian) met Mark Jentes two years earlier playing deep house music with friends Wendell Garcia and Kevin Ruiz at Bellissima--back when the sound was at best "underground" in Manila. We then collaborated to launch the Paseo Uno success that left its mark on the city, and believed it was a perfect time in July 2005 to team up with Mark's childhood friend Martin Wisniewski to transition M Cafe from a restaurant to a bar. It didn't take much thought to come up wit