The International Container Terminal Services, Inc. compound.
Jetskiing in Subic.
Subic International Airport.
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The Sassy Lawyer & Pinoy Cook on food, family and home.
May is Filipino fiesta month
Pinatisang bangus (milkfish soup with fish sauce)
My fifteen-minute fish soup made with boneless bangus belly fillets, … »»
Sinigang na ulo ng isda sa miso (fish head sour soup with miso)
Miso is a paste made by fermenting rice, barley or soybeans with salt and a … »»
Laing (spicy pork, shrimps, taro leaves and coconut milk stew)
This is an updated version of a recipe originally published in March 1, … »»
The sugar for diabetics, organic food lovers and South Beach dieters
When we ordered coffee after our delicious lunch at Gourmet's Cafe last … »»
More cooking, wining & dining
If you’ve heard of P.F. Chang’s Mongolian beef, this is the pork version
No, I've never been to P.F. Chang's although I read that the U.S. food … »»
Pressure cooker salay-ginto (yellowstripe scad) with coconut milk
The most serious reason I missed my pressure cooker was because I love, … »»
Is batotoy a local name for Anadara granosa (blood cockles)?
The last time I heard the word batotoy, I was buying longganisa (native … »»
For St. Patrick’s Day: after dinner mint
After a quick trip to the market, Speedy checked his Facebook account, … »»
Slow cooker recipe: Bacon, cheese and potato casserole
Still experimenting with alternative methods of cooking, after using the … »»
About CASA Veneracion
Casa is Spanish for house. CASA is also an acronym for Connie, Antonio, Sam and Alex. We are all surnamed Veneracion. We all love to take photos -- of anything that catches our fancy. It's a family obsession.
This is a journal of how we live, eat, learn, play and have fun. Work? Work is part of playing and having fun. Seriously.
The kitchen staff
In 2003, a time when I hadn't heard of the term "blog", I started a recipe website at cooking.houseonahill.net using a now defunct content management system that ran on ASP. Ok, never mind the geek talk, I'm sure you're not interested in that. The contents easily multiplied and, in 2004, I moved the food site to pinoycook.net. Always unhappy with the fact that the dot com versions of houseonahill and pinoycook weren't … (click here to read all »)
Recently digested
Avocado, tomato and onion salad
The avocado was supposed to go into sushi but I cooked all the Japanese … (more...)
Lobster balls and long beans stir fry
Sam likes buying those frozen seafood balls in the grocery -- fish balls, … (more...)
Mango cheese pie: something between a cheesecake and a custard
It has a graham cracker crust and it is baked but at a lower temperature … (more...)
Melon cocktail with grape syrup
If you Google "melon cocktail", you'll find that there are two categories. … (more...)
Agedashi tofu
According to Tastefully Done, age means deep fried and dashi, of course, is … (more...)
It’s too bad that Subic was initally a military base. It isn’t laid out correctly to be a resort. You can always see industrial areas — kinda takes away from the relaxation aspect. Did you see the Spanish Gate? That was the main gate to the Naval Station back in Spanish times. The square and church on close by there was actually the town square of Olongapo back then. When the Americans took over, the base was expanded and the entire town was moved across the river to its present location
Yeah, passed by the Spanish Gate. We didn’t go down though. Just passed by on our last day. I wanted to take photos but it was just after lunch. Wrong time of the day to take outdoor photos.