Built in 1937 by Dona Filomena Roces vda de Legarda, the Legarda house was one of the first Art Deco Houses built in Metro Manila. It is located on San Rafael St, San Miguel, Manila. Only a few paces from the Presidential Palace of Malacanang, this neighborhood was once Manila’s most elegant district.

In this house, Alejandro Legarda (son of Filomena Roces Legarda) lived with his wife Ramona Hernandez (Tita Moning) and raised four children.

Dona Ramona was fond of throwing grandiose and lavish parties where her culinary skills and perfection as a hostess became known all over Metro Manila.

The Legarda house still stands today and houses "La Cocina de Tita Moning" where we recreate the wonderful parties of Manila's most elegant era.

Guests Dining at La Cocina de Tita Moning are welcomed with cocktails at the Patio decked with Tivoli lights before entering the house and going on a tour.

"Sailboats" by Filipino Artist Oscar Zalameda was painted in the French Riviera in the early 1970's and purchased by Ramon H. Legarda in Manila shortly after.

This is an Antique Lionel Train Set purchased in the early 1970's by Ramon H. Legarda. The older locomotives in the set date back to the 1930's and 40's.

The Train Room is a personal favorite. It is and always may remain "a work in progress". The credit for getting it out of a box (where it sat for 30 years) and up and running has to go to a friend called Rey Buzon.

This is the library of Alejandro Legarda Sr. Among the antique books featured in this library are an original set of Encyclopedia Britannica and various medical books used by Dr. Legarda and his four children (Pit, Uko, Boy and Ramon) who all became doctors.