May 2018

Ooma (Metro Manila, Philippines) 5

Ooma (Metro Manila, Philippines)

Our last one and a half day in the Philippines was spent in Manila with my friends and family, it was so hectic I will have to schedule who I meet. First with my closest friends who I grew up with, these friends are like a family to me and...

Kalderetang Batangas 1

Kalderetang Batangas

Kalderetang Batangas is a type of Kaldereta a Filipino Style Beef Stew where beef is usually simmered in tomato sauce, this type of kaldereta does not but instead it is cooked in a normal beef stock with liver spread, cheese, peanut butter and pickle relish. Like Sinigang and Adobo our...

City Deluxe (Dagupan City, Philippines) 1

City Deluxe (Dagupan City, Philippines)

If you are looking for an extensive selection of Filipino home cooked style dishes then look no further as City Deluxe will definitely have it. We eat here a lot during the days, I love their selection and how home cooked style the dishes were, no need to impress by...

Higadillo 1

Higadillo

Higadillo is a FIlipino dish of pork and liver slowly simmered on vinegar, lechon sauce and soy sauce with lots of garlic giving a sweet, sour and savoury flavour. Have you ever tried Higadillo? If not, you need to specially if you love Lechon Paksiw, Adobo and Igado, it’s a...

Braised Beef Brisket with Daikon 2

Braised Beef Brisket with Daikon

Braised Beef Brisket with Daikon is a type of Asian Braised Beef dish where beef and daikin radish is slowly simmered in soy sauce, hoising sauce, fish sauce and infused with citrus rinds and ginger. There are many variations of this Chinese Braised beef and it is popular in any...

Kaninan ni Mang Peping (Dagupan City, Pangasinan)

We passed this establishment many times during our visit to Pangasinan and I was so intrigued at this place as it was quite huge compared to most restaurants in Dagupan plus there are a lot of bahay kubo style dining areas and a statue of Moana and her dad outside,...

Turmeric Fried Fish 1

Turmeric Fried Fish

Turmeric Fried Fish is simple dish of fried fish infused with turmeric adding a nice colour and subtle flavours but with added health benefits. Fried fish is fried fish, whatever you do with it, but there are fried fish recipes out there that adds more flavour to it. Some examples...

Los Pedritos Premium (Dagupan City, Philippines) 2

Los Pedritos Premium (Dagupan City, Philippines)

Wow 15 years is quite a long time before Pedritos was just located in Dagupan-Binmaley Road as a simple restaurant and bakeshop but now they have a Premium premise right in the town centre at AB Fernandez Ave, I am not sure how old this is but it was all...

Spiced Chicken, Spinach & Sweet Potato 1

Spiced Chicken, Spinach & Sweet Potato

Spiced Chicken, Spinach & Sweet Potato is a simple dish of chicken, spinach and sweet potatoes cooked in a tomato based sauce infused with paprika, ginger, preserved lemons and chillies. You barely see this combination of ingredients in a stew, luckily, I had spare ones on my vegetable bin otherwise...

Niku Udon 1

Niku Udon

Niku Udon is a simple Japanese noodle soup dish made with udon noodles served on a rich dashi stock made with dried bonito flakes and kombu then topped with thin slices of seasoned beef. If you haven’t tried udon noodles then you are missing a lot on life, the texture...