February 2017

Hachijo Dori Street Food Crepes (Kyoto, Japan) 3

Hachijo Dori Street Food Crepes (Kyoto, Japan)

At last we made it in Japan after many years of dreaming about it we actually made it, I always wanted to visit this place since I was a child but due to other destinations that we needed to visit first we have to delay this until now. I will...

Mung Bean, Chickpeas and Bitter Gourd Shoots Soup 1

Mung Bean, Chickpeas and Bitter Gourd Shoots Soup

If you love the Filipino mung bean soup (Munggo Gisado) then you will love this even more, think of it as a fancy version of that classic soup, infused with fragrant dried shrimps and crispy pork belly cooked alongside creamy chickpeas and bitter gourd shoots, it’s an explosion of Filipino...

Mediterranean Seafood Pasta 2

Mediterranean Seafood Pasta

Mediterranean Seafood Pasta is a type of pasta dish prepared with Mediterranean flavours such as sun-dried tomatoes, capers, wine and lemon served with prawns and calamari. Mediterranean Seafood Pasta is a type of pasta dish prepared with Mediterranean flavours such as sun-dried tomatoes, capers, wine and lemon served with prawns...

Gusto at the Grand (Auckland City, New Zealand) 10

Gusto at the Grand (Auckland City, New Zealand)

“Historically Italian Food is made to be shared. This continues at Gusto at the Grand”, this is what’s written on the top of the menu at Gusto at the Grand and that’s what we did during one of the lunches we had in there, sharing a plate of many wonderful...

Hot and Spicy Fried Chicken Wings 1

Hot and Spicy Fried Chicken Wings

Hot and Spicy Fried Chicken Wings are deep fried chicken wingettes and drumettes seasoned with chillies and garlic. Those who likes hot and spicy fired chicken would love this recipe, once done right it is the perfect combination of crunch and juicy tender wings. It goes well as an appetizer,...

Boodle Fight Experience at Boracay Garden 4

Boodle Fight Experience at Boracay Garden

It’s my second time here but this time it’s quite special as we are not getting our orders from the menu but as a special request, we are having a boodle fight for my team at the office. It’s quite nerve wracking as I will be tagging along 25 of...

Creamy Beef Broccoli and Portobello Pasta 1

Creamy Beef Broccoli and Portobello Pasta

Creamy Beef Broccoli and Portobello Pasta like the name suggests is a pasta made with sliced beef steaks, Portobello mushrooms and broccoli on pasta served with cream sauce. If you’re looking for a complete meal in a pasta dish then look no further as this dish have it all, your...

Beef Casserole with Garlic-Chive Dumplings 2

Beef Casserole with Garlic-Chive Dumplings

Beef Casserole with Garlic-Chive Dumplings is a dish made with a classic beef stew then baked with dumplings infused with garlic and chives. A true all in one dish where you have your protein from the beef, some vegetables in the form of carrots, turnips and mushrooms and of course...

Chand Indian (North Shore City, New Zealand) 4

Chand Indian (North Shore City, New Zealand)

Let’s start this post by advising you that this might not be how they usually make their curries as this is more of a private party rather than what’s ordered on the menu, and was advised that they adjusted the spice to cater for us. We were invited on this...

Adobong Puso ng Saging 1

Adobong Puso ng Saging

Adobong Puso ng Saging is a Filipino vegetable dish made with banana bud/blossom cooked in soy sauce and vinegar It was Valentines yesterday so were cooking some hearts, banana hearts 🙂 Belated Happy Valentines guys. Anyways enough with the cheeky intro lets start with the business. A colleague of mine...