December 2019

Mercado de La Boqueria – A Visual Essay

No travel in Barcelona is complete without a visit to The Mercat de Sant Josep de la Boqueria or what is simple referred to as La Boqueria. This large public market in La Rambla is one of the city’s foremost tourist landmarks, a market with a very diverse selection of...

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Strawberry Taho

Strawberry Taho is a new take on the traditional taho where instead of the classic arnibal a strawberry syrup is used. I love taho, I grew up with it drinking almost every morning. I still remember those days when I hear the street peddler shouting taho, I start to run...

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Oxtail Udon

Oxtail Udon is a Japanese inspired noodle soup dish prepared with fall of the bone slowly cooked oxtails on dashi stock served with chewy udon noodles Ohhh Oxtails, I can’t get enough of you, one of the most underrated meat cut that deserves everyone’s attention. Its meaty, its tasty, its...

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Lengua de Gato

Lengua de Gato is type of Filipino butter cookies prepared with butter, flour, sugar and eggs, popular during the Holiday season as a giveaway to friends and family. Butter cookies, its popular everywhere, but cat shaped ones? Yes, this one too. Lengua de Gato in the Philippines, Katte Tong in...

Ramblero de la Boqueria (Barcelona, Spain) 2

Ramblero de la Boqueria (Barcelona, Spain)

After a long stroll at the La Rambla Street and a visit at La Boqueria Market we decided to have a light snack (tapas) and some drinks just to slow down and rest our feet. We decided to have it in La Boqueria Market as there are many places inside...

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Bringhe

Bringhe is a Filipino rice dish served usually on special occasions, it is commonly prepared with glutinous rice, chicken, chorizo, peppers, raisins, peas and coconut milk Bringhe is a quintessential Kapampangan dish, a Kampampangan party is not complete without this. So, what is Bringhe? Bringhe is a rice dish usually...

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Hanukkah Brisket

Hanukkah Brisket is a dish of slowly braised brisket of beef commonly served during the Jewish festival Hanukkah Beef brisket is quite popular in the Jewish cuisine where it is prepared in most of their major festivals like Rosh Hashanah, Passover and Hanukkah. This became a popular delicacy since the...

Sprungli 2019 (Zurich, Switzerland)

Our visit to Switzerland will not be complete without going to Sprungli, we had been here in 2013, 2016 and this year, why? One reason, their Luxembergerli, and if you don’t know what that is, its Sprunglis take on macaron, if you haven’t tried it then you are missing a...

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Hamon Bulakenya

Hamon Bulakenya is a Filipino style ham from Bulacan made with pork marinated in pineapple juice and beer then served with meted and singed sugar on top. Pasko na naman (Its Christmas time once again) and ham is quite a popular item to serve during this festive season. Having said...