July 2013

Crab and Corn Egg Drop Soup 1

Crab and Corn Egg Drop Soup

Crab and Corn Egg Drop Soup one of the soup dishes that reminds me of childhood, it was one of the popular ready-made soups in the Philippines made by Knorr during the 80′s where I guess everyone in the same age bracket as me remembers that guy on the commercial...

Bird Cage (Auckland CBD, New Zealand) 1

Bird Cage (Auckland CBD, New Zealand)

The Birdcage is an Auckland landmark and had been a watering hole for 127 years, it was placed in jacks and moved 40 metres from its current position and back to have a safe construction. When the Victoria Park Tunnel is being built in Auckland CBD last 2010 there was...

Figs and Toasted Almonds Baked Brie 4

Lomi

Lomi is one of the many varieties of Filipino noodle dishes, it is made out of a very thick fresh egg noodles served in thick starchy gravy with crispy pork pieces, shrimps and vegetables, this dish probably had originated from the Chinese dish “Lor Mee” which is nearly similar in...

Figs and Toasted Almonds Baked Brie 2

Kangkong with Bagoong

Kangkong with Bagoong one of the most frugal dishes in the Philippines yet loved by a lot, its a simple blanched water spinach served with sweet style fermented shrimps. If the Chinese have Bok Choy in Oyster Sauce and the Malaysians have Kailan with Oyster Sauce or Kangkung Belachan, then the Filipinos...

Korean Beef Stew 1

Korean Beef Stew

Korean Beef Stew is a sweet, savoury and spicy stew of beef ribs in soy sauce and sesame oil broth base usually served with freshly steamed rice. Way back when I was still working in Philippines there was this massive food court just on the ground floor of my workplace,...

Igado 1

Igado

Igado is an Ilocano dish (Northern province in Philippines), it is nearly similar to Menudo but it’s done the Ilocano way. Usually cooked with pigs internal organs such as kidneys, liver, lungs, heart and flavoured with Ilocos Vinegar. Igado is an Ilocano dish (Northern province in Philippines), it is nearly...

Steamed Chicken and Chinese Sausage 1

Steamed Chicken and Chinese Sausage

This Steamed Chicken and Chinese Sausage is surprisingly easy to prepare all you need to do is mix all the ingredients like chicken, mushrooms and Chinese sausage and steam it. I don’t know when I had tried this dish but definitely it was from a Chinese restaurant. I remember I...

Mie Ayam 2

Mie Ayam

Mie ayam is one of the most popular noodle dishes in Indonesia, it is a type of a deconstructed chicken noodle soup where yellow wheat noodles (bakmi) is served separately from the soup. If you look closely at the photo above each element the of dish is quite visible as...