boodle feast

i can still remember the smell of this...

all crabs boodle* feast that i shared with my two friends and a tot.
you can eat it with cutleries or by hand.

we ate it by hand while the little one used spoon and fork.

...all gone in a flash!

*boodles are super-sized combo meals with one dish or composed of several dishes from their menu and served in a banana leaf lined plywood tray as big as the table. this particular boodle costs around php700, good for 3-4 people.

Redcrab Seafood Island

Eastwood City Walk

Libis, Quezon City

p.s.

sorry i'm late.

it's because of this .

hopia piña

hopia piña - my favorite hopia from EngBeeTin.
plus of course the all time favorite hopia ube...























... and the yummy ube keso hopia (not in the picture).

arroz ala cubana

:: rice
:: ground beef sauteed with onions, garlic, tomato sauce, diced potatoes and diced carrots
:: native plantain (from our garden), sliced length-wise and fried
:: and fried egg... oopps! i forgot the egg!

arroz ala cubana, one of my favorite comfort foods.

binut-ong

craving caved in.
scooped 1 cup sticky rice.
soaked it in water for a few hours.
added kakang gata and salt.
wrapped 1/4 cup malagkit and 1/2 cup (or more) liquid mixture.
steamed for 30-45 minutes.
opened the banana leaf.
savored the taste of... heaven!

binut-ong.
a native kakanin from bicol.

[i forgot to take a picture when i opened it. i was too excited to gobble because i haven't eaten this treat in years.]

taco salad

homemade taco salad.
last sunday's dibidi night snack.
gone in a flash!

squid flakes

squid used to be a favorite - especially my mother's adobong pusit!
but i developed an allergy to it.
i feel dizzy and lightheaded every time i eat even a small bite of it.
sometimes, i even throw up!

good thing i discovered squid flakes when i went to cebu before.
it is crunchy with a hint of sweetness. yummy!
the only squid that i can eat that doesn't make me feel nauseous.

chicken mami

simple ingredients, easy to prepare.
comfort food, especially on a rainy day.

halayang ube

we harvested more than a kilo of ube from our garden.
daduy volunteered to cook.
the finished product was d.e.l.i.c.i.o.u.s!
hhhmmn... yam! er, yum!

polvoron

i always make it a point to have polvoron in the house. it's the kids' and dad's favorite. most of the time, i don't wrap it. i just put it in a container inside the fridge. when a craving for something sweet attacks, just grab one or two from the container.

but when i have the time...

you know, to please the kiddos!

binitad na biya

The husband went to Tanauan, Batangas and brought home this dried fish. Quite expensive but worth it. Delicious. I'd say it is comparable to danggit. I think even better than danggit.

chicken pandan

Delicious dish inspired by the recipe I saw over at bahay-bahayan. My search is over for the best chicken pandan recipe. Thanks Rico for sharing. Though I was not able to use cilantro, and was not able to marinate it overnight, it still tasted goooood! Instead of wansuy, I used chopped ginger, and added pandan to the marinade and used it, with some water, to steam the chicken. My angel went to the corner store, several houses away from us, to buy something, and heard someone said "ang bango naman ng niluluto". :D Winner!

For the sauce, because i'm not fond of "maaanghang" I combined sugar, water, patis and seasoning. Great combination too, I tell you.

Tip: I had a hard time wrapping each piece, until finally, with 2 pieces left, I figured how to wrap it - wrap a piece of chicken in 2 pieces of inter-locking pandan leaves. If this fails, you can always use the handy toothpick to secure the leaves :D

Food Friday : Tuna Sandwich

Perfect companion for a gloomy day - quick and easy tuna sandwich and a cup of hot coffee.

Food Friday : Roast Beef

Our dinner few days ago served ala Pancake style. Roast beef with mushroom sauce on top of a bread with mashed potato on the side. Maybe it will take a while before I'll cook this again. Or beef for that matter. What with the high cost of LPG now. I don't want to waste money on gas just for tenderizing the meat. It took me several hours before the meat became tender! Gah! Which reminds me, we need to buy pugon for that purpose. Why not a pressure cooker? Well, I have a phobia in using one. I once saw how it exploded in my cousin's kitchen. Takot ako!

Food Friday : Tinomok

My favorite comfort food from Gerry's Grill. It is a bicolano dish. My tita, who is a bicolana, cooks a really mean tinomok. Her version is really good because she uses the coco juice (instead of water) to get the 2nd extract of the coco milk to give a hint of sweetness to the sauce. She also uses pure ground shrimp. Gerry's version however, has ground pork. Tinomok is made up of ground shrimp (and pork), wrapped in gabi leaves and cooked in coconut milk.

Definitely a must try!

I'm craving...

for this right now!