This is my version of the common Filipino dish “Fish with Tausi” or Fish with Fermented Black Beans. It has fried firm tofu, green bell peppers, xiaoxing wine and plenty of garlic – more Chinese than Filipino really. My mother used to make this dish with tomatoes and her tausi was freshly bought from her [...]
Spouse took me to see “Brokeback Mountain” this afternoon Before we headed downtown, we decided to try the Quizno’s $2.99 roast beef sub they’ve been advertising on tv. We’ve never tried Quizno’s before and thought this new item would be interesting with the au jus. Well, that was the plan anyway. We made the wrong [...]
I’ve been reading a lot of food blogs the last few months. My favorites are those authored by Filipinos living abroad. It’s just so interesting to read about other Filipinos’ adventures cooking familiar foods in a foreign land or learning to cook new recipes. There is something I find amiss though. Cooking pancit or anything [...]
This is a photograph of an ampalaya (bitter melon or bitter gourd) vine grown organically by my newly found cousin, Pito Garcia. We’re second cousins actually and we connected through a website on geneology my maternal relatives have just discovered. It’s the coolest thing to find relatives online and meet them for the first time [...]
Does it sound like a bad word? It’s not. It’s Ilocano for eating with your hands. There are certain dishes that just beg to be eaten with your bare hands. Inihaw na isda, pritong isda, dinengdeng, pinakbet, adobo, sinigang na hipon, kilawin, fresh seaweed salads, fern salads, roasted eggplant salads, anything guinataan or anything you [...]
Since coming back home to the Philippines in 2006, Christmas has been busier in the kitchen. But I always get help from the Third Sister who comes with her kids to spend Christmas with us to be closer to our parents. When we were in Colorado, Spouse and I almost always had Christmas dinner with [...]
LJC. He was my first boss. It was a shock to hear about his death last Monday. LJC was the first true bon vivant I met. The year I worked for him was before the LJC Restaurant Group was even formally named although they already had a string of restaurants open in the Philippines and [...]
I want to share this very dramatic article by The Denver Post dining critic, Tucker Shaw about the Basic Breakfast at a Denver diner called Kyle’s Kitchen. My favorite part is his colorful and over the top description. You just have to read the whole article to appreciate it. Might I also suggest reading [...]
A year and some 9 days ago, my husband finally convinced me to start a food blog. He had no idea there was so much HE had to do to help me get started. But I was interested enough when I got the hang of it…then I really got into it and was posting almost [...]
I have been so busy after our big move from the US to the Philippines, with a million and one things on my plate, and unfortunately neglected this blog…again. Mea culpa.
Lani of Chibong Chika Lakwatcha ATBP posted a comment on my previous post about the fish frying pan I got from Ebay. She noted the difficulties of making purchases from Ebay as a resident of the Philippines. Those difficulties will extend to other US internet shopping sites including Amazon, Barnes & Noble or the bigger retailers like Target, Old Navy, Pottery [...]
