18 Sep, 2006
If you asked me a few months ago to recommend a place where you could get a nice lunch in a pleasant, unharried atmosphere, where you can actually converse, with a gentle breeze and a view onto a massive verdant grass field, 10 minutes from the heart of Ayala Avenue and reasonably priced without…
18 Sep, 2006
I daresay you can’t be Pinoy unless you have a favorite “sawsawan” or dipping sauce. Is it patis or fish sauce with some kalamansi or calamondin? Is it coconut vinegar with mashed siling labuyo? Perhaps soy sauce with chopped tomatoes, onions and a touch of vinegar? Bagoong (shrimp paste) with…
17 Sep, 2006
My wife and I were walking around the Salcedo market yesterday and she was in search of freshly made piaya that she had tasted there many months ago (she doesn’t typically get up that early on a Saturday to make it to the markets). Thankfully, the piaya man was there and she…
17 Sep, 2006
Okay, so fried fish doesn’t exactly meet the criteria for diet food. But compared with what I would have likely been eating for lunch before my diet this is an improvement. A market foray yesterday morning yielded a bottle of burong mangga and good looking mustasa or mustard greens…the making of two…
16 Sep, 2006
If you have been reading this blog for a while, you would know I am a big fan of just about anything sour. Burong mangga or pickled green mango is a childhood favorite. Along the same lines as crispy green mangoes with bagoong, kamias with rock salt, santol skin (not seeds) with…
16 Sep, 2006
There are two things about our food supply that really underscores the fact that we are indeed still a third world economy. The first is the incredibly erratic supply of produce and other grocery items, and the second is the incredibly variable pricing for the same exact item. The main reasons for…
15 Sep, 2006
I love the fresh herbs from Zacky’s Farm in Tagaytay. I am always thrilled to round the corner in the chilled produce section at the Rustan’s Grocery Rockwell and find that Zacky’s has had a recent delivery of herbs. That’s usually the case before the weekend. Small portions of herbs are…
15 Sep, 2006
I was dreaming of carbohydrates last night. That is a bad sign. I never remember my dreams in the morning so if I can distinctly picture potatoes, spaghetti, sotanghon, bread slices et al, that means I am in the “danger zone”. I have not completely given up all carbohydrates in my…