Just cooked with the new kitchen, and I must say that manila 2.5 rocks.
Only bug's i found so far w/o calling or texting: 1. Album doesn't allow selection of pics or scrolling (therefore no wallpaper changes) . . .however it does scroll in the manila tab. 2. Data doesn't work if cooked with Alltel-Carrier EXT (so just cook with sprint and install carrier cab).
All in all these are fine, I don't really need the album function immediately. And the carrier/data problem isn't really a problem at all.
Thanks Raidzero for putting it in the kitchen!
it's way better than the other rom's I tried with 2.5. . . . and that's to be expected