31 Mar, 2009
Tapilan is a bean similar to monggo, but “more” native I am told. I tried it a couple of years ago and whenever I find some in the markets, I purchase some not only because I like it, but I hope more and more folks grow it again. So when we came…
30 Mar, 2009
As a child, snipe or agachonas from Pampangga or Bulacan were quite plentiful. But over the last decade or so, I think I have only enjoyed agachonas once. So imagine my surprise when we were served pitaw, a local delicacy in Bacolod, which are rice field birds. These were already cooked…
29 Mar, 2009
I have waxed poetic about lamayo na danggit from Palawan many moons ago, a marinated and semi-dried delicacy that is fried and yields a crispy daing-like consistency on the outer edges, but a softer, moister meat on other parts of the fish. It also tends to have more flavor than just the plain…
28 Mar, 2009
Just a quick reminder if you are inclined to help the planet with just a little gesture of turning off all your lights, airconditioning, televisions, etc. for a measly 60 minutes this evening from 8:30 – 9:30 p.m., Manila time. We did this last year and were pleased to have been a part…
28 Mar, 2009
We brought home some unripe batuan fruit from Bacolod, so I was eager to use it in a few recipes. The first experiment was with a KBL or Kadios Baboy at Langka, with the wonderful secret ingredient… batuan. This recipe was based on one from the cookbook “Namit Gid” that a reader,…
27 Mar, 2009
No, it’s not an entry to a “Design An Alien” contest… its a bilong-bilong fish and several others behind it stuffed into a glass bottle and marinated in superb Ilonggo cane vinegar with slices of ginger and other spices. There is a name for this, I just didn’t jot it down (could it…
27 Mar, 2009
We had this dish for the wonderful “Breakfast at the Hacienda” I featured yesterday, and it was a really pleasant surprise. This salad was a perfect match with the fried eel or “sili”, and most of us at the table wondered aloud how it was made. So the family cook of many…
26 Mar, 2009
I always liked the movie, “Breakfast at Tiffany’s”, but I can assure you that this “Breakfast at the Hacienda” was far, far more memorable. :) After spending an hour at the Murcia market, we drove on towards the fertile lands nearer Mt. Kanlaon. We turned off the main road and made our…