The first made millionaires of prawn farmers but led to the destruction of mangroves. The second are radical proposals for Constitutional amendments that will make the presidency less palatable to traditional politicians.
A good answer and an even better observation
Posted on April 10, 2008 · 7 Comments
Several days ago, a local TV show aired an episode about beauty pageants hot on the heels of the Janina San Miguel phenomenon blockbuster. The segment mentioned former Miss Universe Gloria Diaz and a famous question she once asked when she was a beauty pageant judge: “What would you choose — be smart or be ... (more)
Molo soup for a hot summer night
Posted on April 10, 2008 · 9 Comments
… just as we decided to stick to a fish, chicken and vegetables diet, there was a sale at the fresh meat section of the supermarket two days ago — ground pork mix for making lumpiang shanghai. Buy one kilo, get another kilo for free. I couldn’t resist. So much savings. Besides, it’s not like we’re reverting to the meaty diet we have been used to in the past. And although the package said shanghai mix, I didn’t use the ground pork mix for lumpiang shanghai. On Tuesday, dinner was fried hito (catfish) and molo soup or pancit molo…
The sun rises in Aklan
Posted on April 9, 2008 · 21 Comments
I’m not a morning person. You can’t make me get out of bed before 9.00 a.m. unless it’s a schoolday and I have to cook the kids’ packed lunches. Or, if we’re going somewhere special. Or, if Speedy makes it a condition for buying me something nice like new camera lenses. No, really. Seriously. I’m ... (more)
Steamed fish with oyster sauce
Posted on April 8, 2008 · 13 Comments
Just last month, I did a steamed fish experiment and both turned out well… Let me add another to my repertoire. Minus the minimal preparation time, this one is ready to serve in 30 minutes and cooks inside the oven in a tent of aluminum foil. I suppose that makes it a baked fish recipe rather than a steamed fish recipe but if we’re going to be strict about definitions, the fish was cooked in the steam inside the foil tent so I still say it is steamed fish.
Lo mein, not chow mein
Posted on April 6, 2008 · 8 Comments
If you ask a Filipino what the noodle dish in the photo is, he would probably say “pancit canton”… Strictly speaking, however, that is chicken lo mein in the photo.
Although both lo mein and chow mein refer to noodle dishes with stir fried meat or seafood and vegetables, there is one distinct difference between the two and it is not the crispiness of the noodles. When cooking chow mein, the noodles are fried separately albeit not to a crisp but simply to coat it with oil and give it better texture. The frying stage is skipped when making lo mein.
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