Goto means beef tripe; gotohan means an eatery where the specialty is lugaw (rice porridge or congee) with beef tripe (my version here). Marikina is a city within Metro Manila … [Read more...]
Orange porkloin steaks and buttered veggies
April 27, 2005 By 2 Comments
I sliced a slab of pork loin into one-inch thick steaks, seasoned them lightly with herbed salt, browned them in butter then cooked them in fresh orange juice until the juice … [Read more...]
Another fresh buko (coconut) and fruit salad
April 23, 2005 By 7 Comments
A dessert salad (sometimes served a snack) made with strips of buko (coconut) meat and diced fresh fruits. This is actually my third version of tropical fruit salad. The first … [Read more...]
Sago (tapioca or pearl balls)
April 23, 2005 By 13 Comments
The recent craze is to serve the humble sago (tapioca or pearl balls) with milk and powdered artificial flavoring. I am not exactly into artificial flavoring especially the … [Read more...]
What’s for breakfast?
April 22, 2005 By Leave a Comment
Unlike the traditional (and very heavy) Filipino breakfast of sinangag (fried rice), fried fish or meat and fried eggs, my family normally has bread for breakfast. Pan de sal, … [Read more...]
White bougainvillea
April 21, 2005 By Leave a Comment
White bougainvillea on the roof of the covered walk at my kids' school. … [Read more...]
Dad’s – turn – to – cook porkchops
April 21, 2005 By 8 Comments
When I was still working outside the home, I used to worry a lot about what my kids ate when I went on out-of-town conferences. I would be especially bothered if the trips … [Read more...]
Sweet and sour chicken fillets
April 20, 2005 By 15 Comments
Will you believe me if I said that the breast of a 900-gram chicken can feed three people? My 12-year-old and 11-year-old daughters and I had this for lunch today. It is still … [Read more...]
Buko – strawberry ice cream and diced mangoes
April 18, 2005 By 3 Comments
Serving ice cream with pieces of fresh fruits is nothing new. Peach melba and banana split are only some of the more common ways of doing it. I was really tempted to go all … [Read more...]
Ripe and sweet Philippine mangoes
April 15, 2005 By 11 Comments
It’s almost summer and mangoes are getting more abundant in the markets. For someone who absolutely loathes the hot and humid summer months, mangoes are a serious … [Read more...]
Butter – fried chicken with basil
April 15, 2005 By 7 Comments
Sometimes, getting disappointed with restaurant food makes me a little more imaginative than usual. Like that time when PinoyBlog had its Christmas party at Cabalen restaurant … [Read more...]
Japanese – style beef and cabbage stir fry
April 12, 2005 By 11 Comments
I don't know what it is about combining garlic, ginger, light soy sauce and sugar but this has got to be one of the most perfect combinations of seasonings and spices. It's … [Read more...]
Macaroni, beef and corn soup
April 11, 2005 By 1 Comment
Another light lunch for another scorching day, we had this creamy soup with chunks of beef, macaroni and whole corn kernals with toasted bread spread with herbed butter. It … [Read more...]
Wrong reasons for opposing HB 3773
April 6, 2005 By Leave a Comment
So there was this rally yesterday afternoon in Manila led by Manila mayor Lito Atienza in opposition to the passage of House Bill 3773 or the Responsible Parenthood And … [Read more...]
The issue goes beyond population control
April 6, 2005 By Leave a Comment
The International Herald Tribune documents the situation of Delia Paje, mother of 10 and living in a Mandaluyong slum with her family. Paje was meant to illustrate the raging … [Read more...]
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