Bookishtagalog Stories

Yina Magpantay, a 16-year-old Filipina culinary scholar from Batangas, embarks on a life-changing journey to Seoul, South Korea. Armed with a chef's knife, a mysterious pendant, and years of Kali and Silat martial arts training, she enrolls in the elite Seoul Culinary Global Academy, hoping to honor her family's legacy through food. But Yina is no ordinary girl. As she navigates the challenges of her culinary training, cultural clashes, and competitive cook-offs, Yina finds herself entangled in a dangerous web of espionage, genetic experimentation, and ancient warrior codes. Her pendant, a family heirloom, is more than a keepsake-it's the key to unlocking dormant abilities linked to a global project known as "Project Ascendancy".