April 2019

Eden Noodles (North Shore City, New Zealand) 3

Eden Noodles (North Shore City, New Zealand)

I bet most Aucklanders would have heard of Eden Noodles, a very popular Dandan noodle joint in Dominion Road, known for its authentic Chinese taste, so popular it’s hard to get a seat when dining in there, luckily if you don’t want the long wait they have opened a new...

Acqua Pazza 1

Acqua Pazza

Acqua Pazza is an Italian dish of lightly herbed broth made with white wine and water used to poach white fish. I love Jamie Oliver’s new show “Jamie Cooks Italy” where he travels around Italy with Gennaro Contaldo and discover local Italian dishes that are unheard of outside of Italy,...

Ginarep 1

Ginarep

Ginarep is a Filipino soup dish that originated in the Bicol region and is prepared with shrimp, corn and malunggay Of all the Bicolano dishes that I tried this is the one that does not look like one as most of the Bicolano dishes are usually prepared with coconut milk...

Tinowang Isda 1

Tinowang Isda

Tinowang Isda is a Cebuano fish soup prepared with white fleshy fish boiled in water with ginger, onions, tomatoes and spring onions. Tinowang Isda is a Visayan soup dish prepared with fleshy white fish alongside leafy vegetables cooked in water infused with ginger, onions, tomatoes and spring onions. Basically, this...

Hamish Stewart Catering (Auckland, New Zealand) 3

Hamish Stewart Catering (Auckland, New Zealand)

I’m quite new in this catering thing, I think I had tried six different companies as of this date and still discovering a lot of things. So far most of what I tried were amazing, delivering great delicious and tasty treats for my team. This time we are reviewing this...

Ginataang Kangkong 2

Ginataang Kangkong

Ginataang Kangkong is a dish of water spinach sautéed with prawns, garlic and onions and cooked with coconut milk We prepared several simple dishes during the last couple of weeks and I wish to continue that trend, especially now its Lenten season, it’s the best time to abstain from meat,...

Ginisang Okra at Dilis 1

Ginisang Okra at Dilis

Ginisang Okra at Dilis is a simple dish of sautéed dilis, okra and tomato with garlic and onions. Majority of the Filipino dishes are created more for sustenance and necessity more than anything else hence almost all of the daily dishes served on households are quite simple and nutritious unlike...

Hakataya Ramen (Brisbane, Australia) 3

Hakataya Ramen (Brisbane, Australia)

Just writing up a small review for this place because it reminds me of the many ramen we tried on our last Japan vacation but even better, read more to find out why. When I travel to Brisbane I usually arrive in the evening and sometimes that poses an issue...

Copycat Razon's Halo Halo 1

Copycat Razon’s Halo Halo

Copycat Razon’s Halo Halo is a dessert drink similar to Halo Halo but only using three ingredients sweetened banana, macapuno and leche flan served on a finer shaved milk ice. The last time I was in the Philippines was last year but before that it was 2003 and from that...

Fat Boys (North Shore City, Auckland, New Zealand) 6

Fat Boys (North Shore City, Auckland, New Zealand)

This place was once Momo Tea, it was a hangout for teenagers many years ago and it was filthy. Today it’s not Momo Tea anymore and that’s good because Momo Tea has a bad reputation now due to its E Classification on its Albany Branch, if that old branch was...