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 [...]
These are some of the goodies I got at Eurobake in Guiguinto, Bulacan. They’re all old favorites, things you didn’t get on a regular basis because Eurobake used to be way out in the sticks. Then we moved to the same sticks but never really went around the province since all our activities were in [...]
Eurobake has been around a very long time. This bakeshop made its name with two well-known products: Inipit and Malolos Ensaymada. Even when they didn’t have a Metro Manila outlet, people braved the horrific traffic and flocked to the nearby province of Bulacan for these two goodies. Are they worth it? Absolutely.
We found this pretty well-stocked little delicatessen along Fields Avenue some weeks back. There’s also a restaurant on the premises that serves Italian, Australian and some Filipino dishes. That Beef and Mushroom Pie pictured here is one of their specialties – absolutely delicious.They also have sangas – an Australian sub sandwich which we still have [...]
What’s in your clubhouse sandwich? Do you even belong to a club? Whether or not you do, I’m sure you’re familiar with the Clubhouse Sandwich. Apparently, different clubs have different ingredients in their clubhouse sandwich.
This is a recipe I picked up after coming from a 3-month Bangkok work assignment several years ago. The photo was taken just before the final stir, aftet I just threw in the scallions, diced tomato and scrambled egg strips. The street food of Bangkok fascinated me of course. The little soi where our [...]
I first heard of Arthur Bryant’s Barbecue from Calvin Trillin’s book, “American Fried”. Several years ago, I picked up a cheap copy of the book at that second hand book outlet they have in every SM Mall in Metro Manila. I loved everything about the book: the author, the food, the mood, the places [...]
Spouse and I caught 2 baseball games in Kansas City when we were over there last week. The NY Yankees were playing the KC Royals over the Labor Day weekend. Spouse is not exactly a fan of the Yankees, but I love them. Even if people say they are over-rated and over-paid. It’s the way [...]
We just got back from Omaha, Nebraska a couple of days ago. We like taking to the road instead of flying. For one thing, we can take all the gadgets we need and not worry about check-ins at the airport. Its also a lovely drive, through the Eastern Plains and little towns of Colorado and the cornfields [...]
This is a reprint from my other blog which I remembered while doing the previous restaurant review on Good Times Burgers. The Sunset Grill is a real gas station/convenience store/restaurant northwest of Dallas. Spouse and I were on US Hway 287 coming from Ft. Worth, Texas last spring when we both realized it was past [...]
It was more than 2 years ago when Spouse and I went to New Orleans on a day trip from Biloxi, Mississippi. I fell in love with the city even before we set foot in it. On our approach to the city, the car radio was tuned to a local station that was playing the [...]
