Along Circumferential Road in Antipolo, there is a cafe cum restaurant called Country Garden which, for as long as I can remember, Speedy and I have been promising to visit but hasn’t had the opportunity to do so. From the road, it looks like a quaint little place, quiet and serene despite being located along ... (more)
Save the meat from the soup bones
Posted on January 31, 2008 · 7 Comments
I’m not sure if this is true everywhere and for everybody but whenever I buy soup bones, I actually get more than bones. There’s a lot of meat in them that if you’re diligent enough to pick the meat after simmering the bones, you’ll get enough to make a pretty good meat and vegetable soup. And every time I salvage the meat from soup bones, I wonder if I don’t have something of my late grandmother in me.
In search of food porn
Posted on January 31, 2008 · Leave a Comment
A funny thing happened while I was searching for the definition of “food porn” — instead of a mere definition, I found a discussion of a journalist’s ethical dilemma. In the Columbia Journalism review, there is a 2003 article by Molly O’Neill entitled Food Porn that talks about the vast gap between food writing, as ... (more)
Cold soba noodles
Posted on January 31, 2008 · 7 Comments
Originating from Japan, soba noodles are made with buckwheat flour. According to Wikipedia, because buckwheat easily falls apart when boiled, soba noodles often contain binders, usually wheat flour, but must contain at least 30% buckwheat flour to pass Japanese government standards.
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