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12 Jul, 2010
In search of espadrilles or alpargatas while in Madrid? Make sure to drop by Casa Hernanz, Toledo 18-20, near Plaza Mayor. It comes highly recommended. This is no secret, mentioned in nearly every guidebook and the subject of numerous articles, this 60+ year old shop looks like it hasn’t…
07 Jul, 2010
No need to shake your desktop or laptop, you ARE seeing a little double… Long time suki’s of this blog know it is predominantly food focused, with an occasional rant and an even stranger footwear diversion every once in a while. In June 2006, espadrilles were featured as part of an overall…
04 Jul, 2010
A few years ago, hundreds of readers responded to a question about their favorite Filipino dishes, and I eventually posted a list of the “Top 30″ here. Several weeks ago, I asked the current (and much larger readership) what dishes seem to have been left out, and after a whole lot of vote…
13 Jan, 2010
Killer! In EVERY sense of the word. Trimmings or leftovers from the Zubuchon adventure has Marketman’s brain on overdrive, thinking of new uses for lechon “extras”. This concoction seemed like a natural; instead of pork, why not use lechon legs/feet, which are chockful of flavor and some gelatin still. This…
27 Aug, 2009
At a roadside vendor in Wawa, Batangas last weekend, we found these wonderful looking “Bangkok” santol that were a medium large size and turned out to be incredibly sweet (the seeds, that is). We bargained a bit and ended up with some 10 kilos for PHP70, or PHP7 per kilo. The next…
11 May, 2009
This is the ultimate and often sought after “fast food” in our home. Sarangani Bay boneless bangus marinated in soy sauce, garlic, kalamansi and ground black pepper and fried to a crisp. The bangus comes in vacuum-packed frozen packaging that takes less than an hour to defrost and it easily serves three…
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…
24 Feb, 2009
Some Saturdays we feel really lazy and want to just buy our lunch and eat it in the comfort of home… in other words, not eat at a restaurant. And if I happen by the Salcedo market, I will almost always drop by at Tita Cely Kalaw’s stall and I don’t really have…