03 Jul2017
Andrew Carmellini’s recipe for an ‘Nduja carbonara or “Calabrian Carbonara” in a recent Food & Wine Magazine was the tipping point to hunt down the ingredient from Italy and see what it was like.
POSTED IN: General, Main Courses, Pork, Rice/Noodle/Starches
03 Jul2017
For at least 3-4 years now, I have been reading about this ‘nduja in food journals, magazines, books, etc.
POSTED IN: Appetizers, Pork
02 Jul2017
When a good friend who lives in HK asked if we would be interested in eating some French food in a traditional HK food court, Mrs. MM and I were understandably flummoxed.
POSTED IN: General, Restaurant Meals
20 Jun2017
I am always intrigued by new and unusual produce…
POSTED IN: Desserts/Baked Goods/Sweets, General
19 Jun2017
This is one case where BITTER is definitely BETTER.
POSTED IN: General, Other Recipes, Vegetable/Salads
12 Jun2017
The purpose of this post is simply to make your sweet tooth tingle, or mouth water.
POSTED IN: Desserts/Baked Goods/Sweets, General
10 Jun2017
“My first truly transcendent great whole roasted pig, the best lechon I ever had in my life was that time in Cebu.”
Anthony Bourdain, June 2017
Quote from an interview conducted by Claude Tayag and ABS-CBN in Manila, on the sidelines of the World Street Food Congress
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Betchay, a long-time marketmanila.com reader, had graciously invited Mrs. MM and I to the opening of this wonderful, unusual and visually stunning exhibit, now at the National Museum.
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So regular readers know I generally eschew “Hallmark holidays” but I realize many folks do celebrate them…
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When a regular reader emailed me this interesting video, I immediately headed to the kitchen to tinker…
POSTED IN: Appetizers, General
Entitled : “believing oneself to be inherently deserving of privileges or special treatment”
Inconsiderate : “thoughtlessly causing inconvenience to others”
Illogical : “lacking sense or clear, sound reasoning”
Name-Dropping : “the practice of casually mentioning the names…
POSTED IN: General, Rant & Rave
“Faster” is relative, of course.
POSTED IN: Beef/Lamb, etc., General, Main Courses, Meat
When we used to travel to North America on Korean or Asiana Airlines, I would almost inevitably reserve a bibimbap main course the minute we settled into our seats.
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I have a soft spot for birds, and often, low IQ birds (or should I say more kindly, the underdogs). :)
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