April 2017

Crispy Sisig 1

Crispy Sisig

Crispy Sisig is a dish famous in the Philippines made with chopped crispy pork skin, fat and meat seasoned with vinegar and chillies served on a hot plate. I already had posted sisig before and that was one of the traditional recipes where it is primarily made with grilled pork...

Tsukiji Fish Market Street Food

Before visiting the Tsukiji Fish Market I never knew what to expect, does it look like a fish market back in the Philippines where it’s all wet and smelly? Or will it be something similar the fish market here in New Zealand where it is more tamed and located in...

Frango com Quiabo 1

Frango com Quiabo

Frango com Quiabo or Chicken with Okra is typical South-eastern Brazilian dish, especially popular in Minas Gerais and Rio de Janeiro. If I can remember correctly I first saw this dish in one of the shows of Anthony Bourdain called Parts Unknown when he visited Brazil, most of the dishes...

Osaka-Ohsho (Osaka, Japan) 1

Osaka-Ohsho (Osaka, Japan)

This was our first real Japanese meal in Japan and it happened on our second day when we visited America-Mura and Dotombori the next day after we arrived. We woke up quite late as it was quite a long non-stop flight from Auckland, I think we arrived quite late in...

Pata con Setas 1

Pata con Setas

Pata con Setas is a Spanish inspired Filipino dish prepared with pork hock and chorizo slowly cooked on tomato bases sauce Who does not love Spanish inspired dishes, the sofrito on tomato based sauce on meat or vegetables is a flavour that is so comforting, the natural sweetness with the...

Kinalas 1

Kinalas

Kinalas is a delicious Bicolano dish made from tender meat extracted from pork or beef’s head served with a thick deep-brown sauce over a hearty bowl of noodles Kinalas is a very popular dish in Naga City, a very hearty delicious noodle soup dish made with either beef or pork...

Street Food Capital of Japan – A Visual Essay

Okonomiyaki, Takoyaki, Grilled Snow Crabs, Crepes, Sushi, Gyoza, Waffles, Dango, the list goes on and what is this all about? Well that’s what you can expect in the Street Food Capital of Japan, nowhere else but Osaka. I wanted to name it as a street food capital of the world...

Taiwanese Salt and Pepper Chicken (Yan Su Ji) 1

Taiwanese Salt and Pepper Chicken (Yan Su Ji)

Taiwanese Salt and Pepper Chicken, Basil Peppercorn Chicken or Yan Su Ji is a type of fried chicken very popular as a street food in Taiwan. Taiwanese Salt and Pepper Chicken, Basil Peppercorn Chicken or Yan Su Ji is a type of fried chicken very popular as a street food...

Stir Fried Mushrooms and Vegetables 1

Stir Fried Mushrooms and Vegetables

Stir Fried Mushrooms and Vegetables is a simple stir fry of mixed mushrooms like shiitake, straw and white button cooked alongside vegetables. I love mushrooms, in fact if I would ever become a vegetarian this will be my meat fix/replacement, I can’t get enough of this earthy morsels. It’s such...