21 Jan, 2008
This is an uncommon herb, but used in many Thai, Cambodian and Vietnamese soups and other dishes. I was amazed a few months ago when I spotted it at the Herbana Farms stall at the Salcedo market; Gil Carandang advised that I should try it in soups, and I have always meant…
21 Jan, 2008
I adore Thai food. I don’t get enough of it and I don’t know a lot about it, but I do love many dishes from Thailand. I wasn’t a big fan of chillies growing up, but later food experiences and lengthy stays in Indonesia and several trips to Thailand, India, Malaysia and…
20 Jan, 2008
Sunday seems like the perfect day to do a post on the Capitol Site Eatery, also known as Marjo’s to some, or the Bulalo/Puchero place near the Capitolyo, on Villalon Drive Street (yes, it is somehow a Drive and a Street at the same time?!), a stone’s throw from the Cebu Capitol at the…
18 Jan, 2008
I had a couple of bad experiences with callos (tripe) as a kid and avoided the dish for 30+ years. But since starting this blog, I have made it a personal quest to conquer a lot of my food biases, and callos is another one of those dishes that fall into the “I…
17 Jan, 2008
It’s hard to top a fine meal at Per Se, or is it? On the recent trip to New York, we stayed at a rented an apartment, a stone’s throw from Central Park. But we ate most of our main meals at Sister’s, two blocks away, and frankly, the volume of food…
17 Jan, 2008
Care to hazard a guess before you click the “more” button? Isn’t it so industrial looking? It kind of reminds me of a piece of modern art. Some might think it is designed for torture… Santa dropped it off for Marketman last Christmas. And it is one of those…
17 Jan, 2008
We met up with some cousins of Mrs. MM on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, and stepped into a small quaint neighborhood bakery when it started to drizzle… It was late in the afternoon so stocks were low, but I needed something to raise my blood sugar levels so we could “keep…
15 Jan, 2008
A surprise winter trip to New York City for the Christmas holidays was a fabulous treat by itself for Marketman & Family. But on arrival in New York, we were stunned when informed that Sister had somehow managed to miraculously finagle/secure a reservation at Thomas Keller’s Per Se restaurant at the Time Warner…