May 2017

Crab Rangoon 2

Crab Rangoon

Crab Rangoon is a dish made with a mixture of cream cheese, crab meat, surimi, Worcestershire sauce, spring onions and/or garlic wrapped on wonton wrappers then deep fried If you had dined in on Thai restaurants or American Chinese restaurant then most probably you have heard of this dish. This...

Tsukiji Shokudo Gen-chan (Sunshine City, Tokyo, Japan) 6

Tsukiji Shokudo Gen-chan (Sunshine City, Tokyo, Japan)

This was one of the unplanned places we visited in Japan, we had freed up a half day from our schedule since we already visited the some of the places on our list earlier so we gave Sunshine City a shot. Just a few stations away from Shinjuku (the place...

Kamote Muffins 2

Kamote Muffins

Kamote Muffins is a type of muffin made with Sweet Potatoes and topped with Pili Nut strussel, it was first seen here at Ang Sarap Kamote muffins is one of those things I created because of an accident, I was thinking of making a kamote cake based on my ube...

Bun Cha 1

Bun Cha

Bún chả is a Vietnamese dish of grilled fatty pork, pork meatballs and vermicelli rice noodles served with raw green leafy vegetables and papaya pickles. When I see Bún chả I always remember the episode of Parts Unknown when Anthony Bourdain and Barack Obama dined in a small restaurant in...

Bizarre, Interesting and Funny Japanese Food 9

Bizarre, Interesting and Funny Japanese Food

English is not Japans first language, some of them even struggle to communicate with foreigners so I guess we can all understand by now why these funny food products exist. Before I only see this on others people blogs but now I have first-hand account on some of them, and...

Honey Mustard Chicken Bacon Avocado Salad 1

Honey Mustard Chicken Bacon Avocado Salad

Honey Mustard Chicken Bacon Avocado Salad is a salad of grilled seasoned chicken served with crispy bacon an a bed of lettuce, tomato and avocado. Chicken, avocado, bacon, tomato and honey mustard, it has all the elements to make any green salad good. Its sweet, its savoury, its tangy, its...

Carne Bistec 2

Carne Bistec

Carne Bistec is a Columbian beef dish that is quickly seared then simmered in cumin and onion gravy. Like the Filipino dish this bistec is really easy and simple to prepare but yield a very tasty result. Bistec is a Spanish word for steak and it can be used as...

Stir Fried Bok Choy and Tofu 1

Stir Fried Bok Choy and Tofu

Stir Fried Bok Choy and Tofu is a dish made with those two ingredients stir fried together with a sauce flavoured with oyster sauce and soy sauce. I think I don’t need an explanation on what this dish is as it is one of the most common Asian vegetable dish,...

Vendo Machine Food in Japan 2

Vendo Machine Food in Japan

Do you know that there is approximately 1 vending machine for every 23 people in Japan? That is roughly 5.6 Million vendo machines for the whole of the country. Locally these machines are called “jidouhanbaiki” (自動販売機) or in its short form “jihanki” (自販機) and everywhere you go even the most...