November 2019

Tinanglarang Manok 2

Tinanglarang Manok

Tinanglarang Manok is a Filipino chicken soup dish cooked with garlic, ginger, onions and loads of lemongrass giving it a vibrant fresh taste. There are many ways to skin a cat like there are many ways to make chicken soup, there is a lot, so many even the small variations...

Beef Rib and Meatball Stew (T'fina Pkaila) 1

Beef Rib and Meatball Stew (T’fina Pkaila)

Beef Rib and Meatball Stew or T’fina Pkaila is a Tunisian dish prepared with beef ribs, meatballs, Spinach, white beans and onions. In Tunisia this dish T’fina Pkaila, also known by the name of T’fina d’epianrds is served during Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year. The name night sound Arabic...

Zhong Hua (Helsinki, Finland) 4

Zhong Hua (Helsinki, Finland)

I was so glad when we discovered this place because of all Scandinavian countries we visited, Finland feels quite different, so different I thought there were no Asian buffets in here, but I was wrong. This was the longest stay for us in any Scandinavian country and we had 5...

Tinolang Isda 1

Tinolang Isda

Tinolang Isda is a simple Filipino Soup dish of fish cooked with ginger, garlic, onions and vegetable. To set things correctly Tinola is a cooking method not a dish, while its used as the generic name for the usual Filipino Chicken soup dish, it is not restricted to that dish...

Davinci Ristorante (Helsinki, Finland)

Looking for a cheaper alternative to Vapiano while you are in Helsinki? Then try this place, Davinci Ristorante. Actually, it’s not too far from where Vapiano is, just a few more metres if you walk towards Esplanadi then you will be at this place. So how is the food actually...

Haitian Beef and Pumpkin Soup (Soup Joumou) 2

Haitian Beef and Pumpkin Soup (Soup Joumou)

Soup Joumou or Haitian Beef and Pumpkin Soup is a famous mildly spicy soup native to Haitian cuisine prepared with beef, pumpkin, potato, plantains and vegetables such as parsley, carrots, green cabbage, celery and onions. Soup Joumou or Haitian Beef and Pumpkin Soup is a famous mildly spicy soup native...

Taste of Auckland 2019 1

Taste of Auckland 2019

Here we are once again and this is my 4th time attending this amazing foodie event, we had been here in 2015, 2016, 2017, we missed last year and now. During the past visits it was in Western Springs this time around it’s in a much more compact location, in...

Kinamunggayang Manok 2

Kinamunggayang Manok

Kinamunggayang Manok is a Filipino soup dish prepared with chicken, banana blossoms and moringa leaves in a broth infused with aromatics such as ginger, garlic and red onions. For most this will look like Tinolang Manok but for the Visayans this is a totally different dish and it’s called Kinamunggayang...

The Market Scandic Continental (Stockholm, Sweden) 4

The Market Scandic Continental (Stockholm, Sweden)

Everyday our breakfast in Scandinavia gets better and better like our post today, breakfast at The Market in Scandic Continental. It’s not just the breakfast which is great but the hotel as well, it’s the best one so far in this holiday of ours. It was very clean, modern, love...

Spicy Mung Bean Sprouts Salad (Maewoon Sukju Namul) 1

Spicy Mung Bean Sprouts Salad (Maewoon Sukju Namul)

Spicy Mung Bean Sprouts is a Korean Inspired side dish of bean sprouts and spring onions dressed in rice vinegar, gochujang and sesame oil Spicy Mung Bean Sprouts is a dish inspired by the Korean recipe called Maewoon Sukju Namul or Spicy Mung Bean Sprouts Salad. The Korean dish is...