23 Aug, 2007
It’s the day after a spectacular meal and you have lots of roasted baby lamb leftover… now what? Besides sandwiches with mint or guava jelly, Ms. Fores suggested I do a lamb adobo… so I did. We sliced up the leftover lamb, threw in the fragile ribs and meat into a pot,…
22 Aug, 2007
Mrs. MM and The Kid apparently wracked their brains to come up with a birthday present for Marketman and when they drew a blank, they apparently decided to bring in professional assistance… So imagine my surprise when I found out that the dinner was going to be catered by Margarita Fores of Cibo…
22 Aug, 2007
The first clue that dinner wasn’t just a simple pasta and salad affair came from the table settings. But I had been shooed out of the house mid-afternoon to take The Kid somewhere and we eventually ended up at Fully Booked at Serendra which is always a nice hour or so spent in…
22 Aug, 2007
In the midst of our baking extravaganza yesterday, we made the filling for the chocolate tart, but since I changed the sizes of the tart pans used, we ended up with two cups full of chocolate “filling.” An earlier post a couple of days ago described a hot chocolate/sikwate made with tablea, and…
21 Aug, 2007
I woke up early yesterday knowing that there was a small dinner planned on my birthday. Best I could figure, my roomate from college 20+ years ago and his wife were guests, as well as a good friend from the days we lived in Jakarta 15+ years ago. So I thought it…
21 Aug, 2007
At least three of you nailed the mystery dish. Myra P. got it squarely on the head. Onion soup is one of the most common restaurant menu choices in Manila, and it is almost always poorly executed, in my opinion. I cannot explain it other than to say, “why bother if…
21 Aug, 2007
Wow! One day off from the blog and 170+ comments?! That is overwhelming and I thank you many times over for all the birthday greetings! In the next couple of days, hang on to your stomachs (virtually) as I post the “mystery” dish and more importantly, the surprise meal that Mrs. MM…
20 Aug, 2007
Today is my birthday, so I am taking the whole day off from blogging. I have been cooking something for the past 5-6 hours (Sunday afternoon and evening) and that is only the first few steps in the whole process… After cooling it down and an overnight snuggle to marry all of…