Comments on: Plump and Spicy Fresh Chorizos

By: Mitos

Mitos — Thu, 08 May 2014 22:34:32 +0000

Can’t wait to try the new chorizos at Zubuchon! All the posts about the “presidential dinner” were hilarious!

By: Migs

Migs — Tue, 06 May 2014 14:44:05 +0000

My kind of chorizo! You are the only one who sell nitrite-free chorizo. I’ll buy from the nearest Zubuchon this Saturday.

By: Eva Mondragon

Eva Mondragon — Sun, 04 May 2014 05:56:19 +0000

When I saw the bahay-kubo, I felt my eyes grew wider in disbelief. Really, what was the decorator thinking?

By: Hershey

Hershey — Fri, 02 May 2014 08:22:22 +0000

Hello MM, I think adding curing salt will give that distinct sausage flavor to your chorizo :) it gives the cured taste like bacon or ham otherwise it will just taste like ‘salted pork’ :)

By: Sister

Sister — Wed, 30 Apr 2014 23:43:57 +0000

Sorry,didn’t know your president was a bachelor.
Why can’t the Palace get away from bahay kubo decor?

By: Botchok

Botchok — Wed, 30 Apr 2014 10:35:49 +0000

MM here is the link, you can fast forward it to 3:40 https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/video/201830/24oras/us-president-obama-nasa-malaca-ang-para-sa-state-dinner

By: Marketman

Marketman — Wed, 30 Apr 2014 05:19:40 +0000

Botchok, I didn’t see the faux pas so I don’t know for sure. But even if he had a champagne glass, they could have filled it with champagne and he didn’t have to drink any of it, just raise it and bring it to his lips. It’s just a formality, but with dignitaries, they do tend to be sticklers for protocol and manners of this sort…

By: Botchok

Botchok — Wed, 30 Apr 2014 03:29:36 +0000

MM, I think PNoy have a champagne glass though it was filled with water because they say he doesn’t like anything with alcohol.

By: Marketman

Marketman — Tue, 29 Apr 2014 23:36:52 +0000

Sister, he is a bachelor. So his “Carson” would be more to blame. I wasn’t going to comment on the dinner, but since everyone else has started it, yes, there were some “cringe moments” not the least of which was the translation of the menu. Kalamansi MARMALADE is not a jam, unless they made and meant kalamansi JELLY — any “jam” like substance made with citrus is technically a MARMALADE. Whole or whole-ish fruit is preserve, sliced up citrus is marmalade, clear citrus jelly is jelly. So unless they pureed the kalamasi pulp and rinds and made a thickish looking sweet “jam” the translation was poorly done. I believe there were some odd translations of food items as well. Unless I am just wrong as several filipino food items have multiple local names… Guimaras lobster should probably have been translated as “banagan” in the Filipino version of the menu. Instead, I think they put “ulang” which is fresh river prawn. (I googled lobster and the translation is ulang. But in all of my years writing about food, I have always heard banagan for lobster and ulang for large headed river prawn — so maybe the translator was using google to figure out words for the menu…) And later, they describe suahe or (white shrimp) as fresh river prawns…. While both shellfish are sustainably raised in pens or fishponds (that’s good), the next course featuring red dotted lapu-lapu is dubious. Several varieties of lapu-lapu are on the IUCN watch list and while perhaps not endangered, already on their way there… so I hope the “red-dotted” one isn’t one of them… But these are little quibbles, and just a bad translation, the actual dishes sounded quite appealing and otherwise appropriate for a state dinner. The decor was another matter, I will not comment except for the mock bahay kubo in the background… seriously?! What really made me shiver was the sudden appearance of what people or a designer probably thought was a modern day remake of a terno by having the younger or hipper guests dressed in jet-black ternos presumably to honor the “black tie” type of event. To me, this was just SO WRONG. A terno is meant to showcase the beautiful hand made fabrics of the country and looks stunning when properly done in piña or jusi. I noted with some relief that the most senior ladies sitting near the Presidential table were in traditional ternos for the most part. And the President’s sister, Kris, apparently wore a purple terno by Cebu designer Cary Santiago — not traditional material, but closer to the real spirit of a terno in form and function….

By: Stewart Sy

Stewart Sy — Tue, 29 Apr 2014 22:12:17 +0000

Woohoo! Am planning a return to Cebu next year for more whale shark photos…I’m definitely stopping at Zubuchon for chorizo and lechon (can feel my arteries slowly blocking already!) …and likely will overnight at the Islands hotel too.