My Good Friday and Black Saturday has been very busy.  Penitensya talaga. Deadline overload but then again, rice overload.  I did my marketing and grocery thingy last Thursday and planned for what to cook for the long weekend.  My break … Continue reading Seafood Casserole
Happy New Year! Well more like Happy Chinese New Year as I’ve had a very looooong holiday it’s a bit difficult to get back to blogging (and blog hopping).  I hope the scheduled posts about easy holiday recipes I published … Continue reading Chicken and Corn Soup
I love the fact that the kid is having food tech at school I am always looking forward to what he’s gonna bring home every Thursday afternoon. Last week Antonio and 3 other boys baked pizza scone rolls. He ate … Continue reading Pumpkin Soup by Antonio and Friends
I love watching cooking shows and the boys enjoy them now as much as I do. The last show we’ve been watching together ended already but the kid couldn’t stop thinking about the yummy seafood dishes. And so, as requested … Continue reading Seafood Tom Yum
Like my Dad’s unusual taste and take on food, my Mom also had her own specialties. Everything she had on the dinner table was considered ‘nutritious’ and the food she ate was constantly nagged to us as the ‘healthiest’ food … Continue reading Wild Cod Fillet in Sour Broth (Sinigang na Isda)
My Dad cooked and ate a countless number of fish stews almost every night for dinner. I think each night had a variation from the previous night. He grew up in Ilocos Norte and I am guessing fish was a … Continue reading Cioppino
I do a bit of marketing during the weekdays but I like the early mornings during weekends. Technically it’s not early morning as the wet market isn’t open until it’s 9am. But what the heck. I like it that I … Continue reading Clam Soup Version 3.0
In the family I believe it was my sister who cooks pancit molo a long time ago. Can’t remember really but it’s a dish that’s been lying at back of my mind but somehow I never had the chance to … Continue reading Pancit Molo
I had my very first trip to Hongkong when I was just about 10 years old. It was a family trip, and of course, for everybody else’s, it was outright and absolute shopping and feasting-no questions asked. The trip was … Continue reading Braised Beef Noodle Soup (Tendons)
I remember the first time I gave a cup of miso soup to the kiddo when we bought sushi for snack. My goodness, when he tasted it the expression on his face was priceless! But that was more than a … Continue reading Miso Soup with Wakame and Tofu
I love bangus if it’s… 1. Boneless. 2. Relleno. 3. All belly! So imagine how happy was I when I saw this packet containing 2 large slabs of bangus belly at a Filipino store. I grabbed it right away and … Continue reading Sinigang na Bangus Belly sa Miso
Working the weekends for almost two decades made me unaware of how a real weekend felt like. Now that I just passed a major personal turning point in my life, and my short-lived marriage has been finally adjudged, it was … Continue reading Arriba! Arriba!
A very busy week has passed. I had deadlines after deadlines; working through weekend, not to mention my small workspace at home was in a mess. I even moved it to the balcony while painters were working inside our flat. … Continue reading Chicken Noodle Soup
My boy is a sucker for soup. He loves nilaga, sinigang, and tom yum soup; even soupy adobo. He would pour it all over his rice and eat with gusto. And I’m a sucker for saving scraps. What I buy, … Continue reading Chicken Stock
I love Thai food and have influenced my boys into loving it as well. Tom yum, a hot and sour soup… Continue reading Tom Yum Goong