September 2019

Taro Milk Tea 1

Taro Milk Tea

Taro Milk Tea is a Taiwanese hot or cold tea drink made out of taro paste infused tea served with tapioca balls We made milk tea before and it was the red bean flavour this time we will be doing taro milk tea which my wife and daughter had requested...

Spabok 2

Spabok

Spabok or Spaghetti Palabok is a Filipino pasta dish prepared with spaghetti noodles served on a seafood gravy made with crab meat, prawn butter and smoked fish topped with seafood, chicharon, egg and spring onions Like most dishes in the Philippines each region has its own unique way of preparing...

Apero Food and Wine (Auckland CBD, New Zealand) 8

Apero Food and Wine (Auckland CBD, New Zealand)

I discovered a hidden gem, it’s an amazing restaurant, small and located in a place you won’t expect, especially for someone that delivers amazing simple but impeccable quality food. In their site it says this is a place to enjoy good food, good wine and good company and we surely...

Seafood Doria 2

Seafood Doria

Seafood Doria is a Japanese dish seasoned rice topped with mixed seafood, creamy white bechamel style sauce and cheese then baked until top turns slightly golden brown. The first time I had this dish was in Hong Kong, I thought it was a Hong Kong dish like the Baked Pork...

Ima Cuisine (Auckland CBD, New Zealand) 15

Ima Cuisine (Auckland CBD, New Zealand)

Palestinian and Jewish cuisine is one of those cuisines I don’t really try a lot, not that I don’t like it but it’s quite rare to find restaurants that offer this fare. Luckily Auckland, this little big city has options for it and one of them is Ima Cuisine. Located...

Hot Sliced Fish and Vegetable Soup 1

Hot Sliced Fish and Vegetable Soup

Hot Sliced Fish and Vegetable Soup is a simple soup dish of thinly sliced fish fillets and Asian greens cooked in a fish stock infused with chilli oil, sesame oil and spices. Sliced Fish Soup is a common Chinese soup dish, its known for its easy and quick preparation as...

Warek Warek 2

Warek Warek

Warek Warek is a pork offal dish of twice cooked pork ear and collar, first boiled then broiled, seasoned with lemon, ginger, onion, garlic and chillies then tossed in mayonnaise One of my favourite Filipino provincial cuisine from the Ilocanos, the extensive use of weird unknown vegetables and offal cuts...

Cafe De Coral (Tsim Sha Tsui, Hong Kong) 8

Airline Food – Cathay Pacific 2019

I think I mentioned last year this airline was our most used airline in most of our personal trips, I guess I had used them for more than 40 times since the early 2000’s. They have competitive rates; the planes are clean, and the service is good, and the food...

Rellenong Bangus 4

Rellenong Bangus

Rellenong Bangus is a Filipino dish of Milkfish stuffed with minced milkfish meat, carrots, potato, raisins, capsicum, pickles and spices. I have been dying to make this for the longest time, but I can’t find that much time to make it until now. Making Rellenong Bangus is quite labour intensive...

Din Tai Fung Silvercord (Hong Kong) 2

Din Tai Fung Silvercord (Hong Kong)

After our vacation in Europe our last destination back to Auckland New Zealand was in Hong Kong, we had almost one whole day to spare before boarding our connecting flight in the evening. Eight hours is not a lot of time for Hong Kong as there are many things to...