Archive for November, 2006

Rum Cake by Classic Confections

20 Nov, 2006

I was at the Art in the Park event at the Salcedo Market last Saturday and purchased some photographs from our favorite photo gallery, Silverlens, and the proprietor asked me if I had had any of Baba Ibazeta’s baked goods which shared a table with Tommy’s Coffee. I had not. I featured…

Kaki / Asian Persimmon

19 Nov, 2006

I have only eaten persimmons 2 or 3 times before… I did some work up in Korea many years back and they were a big deal there…one of those fruits that were presented in beautiful fruit baskets that cost an arm and two toes. Recently, some of Market Manila’s readers have asked if…

Daniel Craig in “Casino Royale”

19 Nov, 2006

We watched the new James Bond movie, “Casino Royale” with Daniel Craig last night. The verdict? Good, very good. Okay, so I am a bit biased; The James Bond movie franchise is my all-time favorite series of movies, from the time I watched Sean Connery with my parents when I was…

Lasang Pinoy 15: Chili Crab Torta a la Marketman

17 Nov, 2006

This is my totally late entry to the Lasang Pinoy 15 Blogging Event: Recycled, Reloaded hosted by Mike over at Lafang. I have had the photos since last weekend but have been swamped at the office (who says I am retired???)… After the humongous platters of chili crabs that we enjoyed last…

Ice Cold Vodka

16 Nov, 2006

The Holiday Season is fast approaching and with Christmas less than 6 weeks away, planning for all of the silly office parties has probably started in earnest. I noticed from my eyeball that many of my readers are significantly younger than I am, and I suspect a cocktail party in their snazzy new…

Sampalok / Tamarind Candy from Thailand

15 Nov, 2006

Sampalok candy is an all-time personal favorite. I have written about this before and I would eat it in almost any of the forms it is made – little round balls with salt and sugar, free-form shapes around the seeds, seedless, with the webbing (not shell) still surrounding the entire ripe fruit, with…

Odong, Sardinas at Patola a la MaiMai

15 Nov, 2006

This is a soup or dish that is perhaps much better known to folks from the Visayas and Mindanao, compared to those from Luzon. Frankly, I had heard a lot about it and have searched for the right noodles for months in Manila, to no avail. But in Cebu, the noodles are…

Sugpo, Kalabasa at Sitaw sa Gata a la Marketman

14 Nov, 2006

The terrific looking still life of vegetables I wrote about the other day didn’t last very long… I cooked it for dinner that evening to pair up with the chili crabs. The heat and spice of the crabs were meant to be tempered by the coolness and sweetness of the coconut milk, squash…

 

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