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In my mind I always wonder what's for dinner.
I cook on my free time. And if I don't have time, I make the time.
Going to groceries after work and cooking something up for dinner is my therapy. Sometimes I consider it deliverance.
I have had
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No Reservations: Philippines with Anthony Bourdain
I stumbled upon this "No Reservations" episode on the Philippines somewhere in Facebook. Mr. Bourdain sounded too patronizing. It would be nice to know what Anthony Bourdain really thinks, off-cam....
No Reservations: Philippines with Anthony Bourdain
I stumbled upon this "No Reservations" episode on the Philippines somewhere in Facebook. Mr. Bourdain sounded too patronizing. It would be nice to know what Anthony Bourdain really thinks, off-cam....
Ube Piaya
The traditional piaya is basically flaky unleavened salty bread filled with sweet muscovado sugar. The dough is rolled into a ball, filled with the sugar and flattened before they are thrown into the oven for baking. It's originally from the Visayas ...
Ube Piaya
The traditional piaya is basically flaky unleavened salty bread filled with sweet muscovado sugar. The dough is rolled into a ball, filled with the sugar and flattened before they are thrown into the oven for baking. It's originally from the Visayas ...
Pinasugbo
Pinasugbo is the popular term for bananas that are thinly sliced, deep fried to a crisp, and coated in really thick caramel before enjoying a light sprinkling of sesame seeds. The banana slices are then bunched together and wrapped in the bottom part...
Sinigang na Hipon and Honey Glazed Chicken in Aristocrat Restaurant
Aristocrat Restaurant is one of Manila’s older restaurants. I got to eat at the old branch along Roxas Boulevard, home to memories and Sunday gatherings. It has been there since 1936, and it has been serving traditional home-cooked Filipino food th...
Pho Bac (Vietnamese Restaurant)
Pho Bac has a not-so-new space fronting Glorietta 3, beside Subway. It’s shabby-chic-meets-casual-contemporary pretty and I am not sure if such a prettification is affected by competitor Pho Hoa’s efforts to prettify themselves too. Too bad they ...
Bibingka Galapong
Bibingka is often comapred to pancakes because of its round shape, golden brown color and the pudgy softness. Despite similarities in appearance, the tastes are worlds apart. I always associate the taste of the sweet and savoury pancakes with with mo...
Café Mediterranean
Food coming from the lands bordering the Mediterranean Sea is among the best in the world and one of my favorites. While the term “Mediterranean” carries with it disputable representations of the numerous cultures in that very region, and the ter...
Korea Garden
I went to Korea Garden in Jupiter Street in Makati for a birthday, and got a semblance the depth I expect of Korean food. It’s not as good as I expect it to be considering much of Korean food is always associated by the things I have read with word...
Binakol sa Gata
I first tasted Chicken Binakol as a kid when I stayed at Mama Angie’s house in Iloilo. I see it as the Ilonggo’s version of the more popular Chicken Tinola, traditional chicken soup that’s laced with the zesty ginger, great on rainy days and as...
Halo-Halo
It’s strange how I am craving for Halo-Halo considering it’s January and it’s cold in the tropics. It’s the coldest part of the year and I am loving it. I would like to dwell on the coldness even more and give myself some halo-halo loving: th...
Kainan ni Augusto
We planned to eat at Café Juanita but it was closed when we got there. It’s brother Kainan ni Augusto was open, it’s basically the same eclectic décor as Café Juanita’s with everything from heavy hardwood furniture, christmas kitsch decor to...
Mamon Tostados made by Cayanan Delicacies
Our family received a lot of pastries and sweets for Christmas. While I have sifted through more than a dozen of these gifts, there are about a million more that I want to try out. The best one so far has got to be these Mamon Tostados made by Cayana...
Royce Chocolates Now Available in the Philippines
Chocolate lovers rejoice! Chocolates from the Japan-based Royce’ Confect Co., Ltd., also known as E-Royce’, is now available in the Philippines. The production of chocolates from Royce’ are covered in so much secrecy and strict quality standard...
Sinampalukang Manok (Chicken and Tamarind Soup)
The Sinampalukang Manok is perhaps the most under-rated Filipino dish of all time. I like it, a lot. It's the perfect soup for these rainy december days when all you crave for is a nice sour broth that washes off the palate. This dish's name is taken...
Ziggurat Cuisine
Our lunch at Ziggurat was an accident. We were supposed to go to Nuccio’s, a fairly popular pizzeria along Jupiter Street in Makati City only to arrive and find out that the place is being remodeled not for Nuccio’s but for a new restaurant. Sigh...
Yellow Cab Pizza in the Philippines
New York style pizza arrives to the Philippines via Yellow Cab Pizza. It’s not necessarily the best representation of food from New York as it comes from Cincinnati, Ohio and not New York, plus there are tons of other pizzerias that you would wish ...
Seafood Kare-Kare
Kare-kare is one of the most savory dishes served in Filipino dining tables. Its usually made of oxtail cooked in a base consisting of thick rich peanut sauce and atsuete (achuete, achiote) and served with a variety of vegetables such as eggplant, ch...
My Own Stab at Palak Tikki
After that yummy dinner at Swagat last night, I just had to make my own version of palak tikki. This was my contribution to my family’s Sunday dinner convinced that this fried potato dish is something the kids would like. And they did. Forgive me ...
Swagat Indian Cuisine
I can be shot for my love of the pungent. Then again, the world once aspired for the same flavors and spices once—in India, no less—spurring the whole colonial process, creating the necessity to reconstruct India in the West's proverbial Other, f...
Sinigang na Ulo ng Salmon (Filipino Sour Soup With Salmon Head)
For most Filipinos, sinigang is the essential comfort food. Unlike most soups taken on their own, sinigang is often a viand that accompanies rice as it is also accompanied by a number of possible proteins: pork, beef, shrimp, bangus (milkfish), salmo...
Portobello Mushrooms
The problem of bringing the world to your dinner table is often predicated by the problem of finding the right ingredients for it. One such example is the Portobello mushroom, also called Portobella, my favorite mushrooms in the whole wide world. It ...
Adobo 101
Taken from the Spanish word meaning marinade, Adobo is also the name for a very popular dish in the Philippines. Usually made of pork or chicken or a combination of both, the adobo’s unique flavors are achieved by combining vinegar, soy sauce, crus...
