24 Jun2018

The inspiration for this dish was David Chang’s roasted brussel sprouts with fish sauce dressing at a recent lunch we enjoyed at Momofuku in Las Vegas. We don’t often see brussel sprouts on offer in Manila, so I thought I would experiment with other brassica relatives — cauliflower, broccoli and red cabbage.
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POSTED IN: General, Other Recipes, Vegetable/Salads, Vegetables
24 Jun2018
The Metro Channel teaser for the “Show me the Market” premiere episode. For folks abroad, I understand they will be putting all of the episodes on the Metro Channel Youtube Channel eventually so they can be watched from anywhere at anytime. :)
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11 Jun2018

Please head to the ABS-CBN website or Metro.Style to read it if you like…
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10 Jun2018

Me feeling the heat at the Taboan dried fish market. Bourdain was cool as a cucumber, even as the crew jokingly said through t-shirt wrapped nostrils, “OMG, this is THE smelliest place we have ever shot an episode”… :)
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09 Jun2018

The news of Anthony Bourdain’s passing is simply devastating.
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04 Jun2018

Bad Saint has received a lot of phenomenal press coverage in the past 3 years since it opened.
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POSTED IN: Appetizers, General, Main Courses, Pork, Restaurant Meals, Shellfish, Vegetable/Salads
18 Apr2018

My first attempt at dried flying fish or dibang, here, yielded so-so results.
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POSTED IN: Fish, General, Main Courses, Seafood
17 Apr2018

It happens less often now, but I have a history of eating something wonderful (and often deceptively simple) and wondering if I can replicate it at home to ensure availability.
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POSTED IN: Fish, General, Main Courses, Seafood
Older Posts
09 Apr, 2018 by Marketman
We were at the beach last week, with a very good old friend (and his family) from high school that hadn’t been back to Manila in 36 years since we graduated from high school.
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POSTED IN: General, Main Courses, Seafood, Shellfish
08 Mar, 2018 by Marketman
The house is awash with tamarind puree.
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POSTED IN: Fish, Fruit, General, Main Courses, Seafood
06 Mar, 2018 by Marketman
I worked in Jakarta for the better part of 5 years, on and off. And at around 3 or 4 pm in the afternoon, the administrative staff on our floor would often head…
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POSTED IN: Fruit, General, Snacks, Vegetable/Salads
11 Feb, 2018 by Marketman
Mrs. MM and I officially called Singapore our home for nearly 5 years in the early 90’s.
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POSTED IN: General, Rice/Noodle/Starches
01 Feb, 2018 by Marketman
That I captured this image on a basic point and shoot camera, hand-held (with the shakiest of hands), amazes me.
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21 Jan, 2018 by Marketman
We eat a lot of hummus in our household.
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POSTED IN: Appetizers, Fish, General, Vegetable/Salads
20 Jan, 2018 by Marketman
Getting up close to a glacier has been on my “bucket list” for several years.
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19 Jan, 2018 by Marketman
Things I might have in the fridge or larder…
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POSTED IN: General, Other Food Products, Kitchen Equipment, Etc., Other Recipes