December 2011

Taho 2

Taho

Taho is one of the most popular Philippine street foods, it is made out of fresh silken tofu, thick sugar syrup and sago pearls. Enjoyed as a tea time snack or a breakfast food item, this sweet tofu has a texture of very fine custard that everybody would easily love....

Fish and Chips

Fish and Chips

Fish and chips is a very popular dish that originated in the United Kingdom, now a popular take-away food in countries with English origin such as New Zealand, Australia, US, Canada, Scotland and Ireland. Fish and chips is a very popular dish that originated in the United Kingdom, now a...

Inihaw na Baboy

Inihaw na Baboy

In the Philippines no family outing or gathering would be complete without grilled meats like pork and seafood, it is almost a staple dish and always popular in these type of events. This is one of the dishes I missed in the Philippines as we rarely do this in New...

Calamares (Deep Fried Squid Rings)

Calamares is the Filipino version of deep fried battered squid rings served with tomato sauce mayonnaise dip. Calamares or Calamari is a deep-fried squid dish from the Mediterranean Region. It is a dish that is made out of batter-coated then deep fried squid served with different condiments depending on the...

Hungarian Goulash

Hungarian Goulash

Goulash is a dish that can be a soup or a stew usually made of beef, onions, vegetables, and ground paprika. Commonly served as stew but modern variations serve it together with pasta like vermicelli and fettuccine. A soup that originated in Hungary it is also their national dish, it...

Stir Fried Seafood Noodles

When Filipinos cook stir fried noodles the usual main ingredient would be either pork or chicken and we rarely use seafood specially fish, might be because we are used to eating our seafood as it is and rarely filleted, so we barely see fish fillets in supermarkets and if you...

Chicken and Salted Fish Fried Rice

Chicken and Salted Fish Fried Rice

Fried rice can have many variations from the Yangzhou fried rice of China, Nasi Goreng in Malaysia and Sinangag in the Philippines but all of them are created for one reason and it is the recycling of left over ingredients from other dishes as well as the leftover steamed rice hence...

Stir Fried Bean Sprouts and Tofu (Guisadong Togue) 2

Stir Fried Bean Sprouts and Tofu (Guisadong Togue)

Sautéed Bean Sprouts and Tofu or Guisadong Togue (in Tagalog, “Guisado” means sautéed and “Togue” means bean sprouts.), is a vegetable dish that consists of bean sprouts, carrots, fried tofu and shrimps. A popular side dish in the Philippines and neighbouring countries such as Japan and Thailand where it is...

Salmon and Cream Cheese Bagels

Salmon and Cream Cheese Bagels

I am not sure if this will qualify as a recipe as it does not involve cooking and only contains four items, bagel, salmon, cream cheese and capers but I am posting this to share my favourite bagel filling. Bagel for those who does not know is a type of...

Skinless Longaniza

Longaniza is a type of Spanish sausage popular in countries like Mexico, Chile, Argentina, Philippines, Puerto Rico and Spain, this sausage is nearly similar to chorizo but each country mentioned prepares it differently according to available local ingredients. Longaniza is a type of Spanish sausage popular in countries like Mexico,...