This tonkotsu based ramen will surely give you all that warmth you need during cold winter night Hakata Ramen is a noodle soup dish from Fukuoka Japan prepared with thin, straight and firm wheat noodles on a creamy tonkostu broth topped with slices chashu, negi, beni shōga , soft boiled...
This was the last few days of our trip and heading back to Auckland we spent a couple of days in the Hawkes Bay region. After visiting the Arataki Honey Centre and Te Mata Peak, we were looking for a place to have our late lunch, the nearest town was...
I never knew pantry items, canned goods and long-life processed foods when combined together can make an amazing meal. Budae-jjigae is a type of Korean stew (jjigae) created after the Korean War which used smuggled surplus foods from U.S. military bases combined with Korean pantry staples. Have you ever thought...
The kitchen is one of the most important and often-used rooms in a home. Not only is it where the food’s prepared, but it’s also a place for family and friends to gather. If you’re just starting out in the kitchen – or are looking to upgrade your equipment –...
This donut sounds fishy! Piper Donuts is definitely an interesting way of pan frying these delicious piper fish, similar method like the usual fried fish but these ones are shaped like those irresistable round fried bread. Piper or garfish is one of those interesting looking fishes, its shiny, its slender...
Another day in our Wellington short trip and it was quite cold so we were in the lookout for something to warm us up like a nice stew or soup, it also happened to be that we are strolling around Dixon Street which are studded with amazing restaurants. At first,...
The perfect summer drink! So delicious and refreshing. Mango Shake is a Filipino style smoothie prepared with Filipino mangoes, milk and ice blended to a smooth consistency This is one of the drinks I grew up with. At the school where I attended my primary and high school education, this...
Introduction The first line of defense our body uses is visual appearance against dangerous food. Any degradation of color behind the glass of a meat store can detour the customers. Think about when was the last anyone bought grey color meat steak. Studies show that color is the main factor...
One of the best dishes the Ilocano cuisine has to offer! Ilocano Igado is Filipino pork recipe prepared with pork liver, pork meat and other offal cooked with green peas, red capsicum, ginger, onion and garlic in vinegar. I had been making my Igado wrong but no one did ever...
This bright orange stuff is certainly a Kiwi’s favourite, while the original dish came from the Indian cuisine, the butter chicken we get here in New Zealand is a home-grown Kiwi version of the not so popular Indian curry, its thick, it creamy, a bit tangy, sweet and not spicy. Kiwis...
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