Recipe: Eggs Benedict Version 2

Below is another one of my version of Eggs Benedict, replacing the usual muffin with toasted Gardenia bread, the usual bacon with grilled hungarian sausage and I think my hollandaise sauce is much better this time around.  

Click here to see my other Eggs Benedict 

Going Japanese at Rai Rai Ken

Rairaiken is well-known for its old-fashioned steamy bowl of ramen and tag as “Japan’s Famous Ramen!”  – Thus, a unique process of preparing the Broth soup and Proprietary recipe of Sauces and Freshly-made Noodles that makes every bowlful of Ramen a heartwarming experience! - http://www.rairaiken.com.ph

Rai Rai Ken's California Maki

Enjoying my Pizza Hut Palm Card

I can't remember how many Pizza Hut Palm Cards I've had. For a big family like ours who enjoys pizza very much, having a palm card is a steal! It just makes our pizza bonding much more affordable because of the free pizza we get!

How to get a PALM CARD?

KFC: Supreme Bowl Chicken ala King

Hungry for food (again), my sister and I took a scrumptious meal trying on a latest offering, KFC's Supreme Bowl Chicken ala King. And boy I love everything on its bowl! The sweetness of the sauce and combining my top 2 favorite food of all time - chicken and corn! I'm in heaven!

KFC Supreme Bowl Chicken ala King

MAFBEX 2011: A Foodie Experience

For the people within the food and beverage industry, the Manila Food and Beverage Expo (MAFBEX) is the biggest and much anticipated annual food showcase. I was at the World Trade Center on the third day of opening and I must say, it's definitely one of my best foodie experience! That day, everything was all about food and my hunger for food wisdom. I think if one were to plot out my brain space, food would inhabit a prime chunk of real estate :)

inside World Trade | MAFBEX entrance

Manila Food and Beverage Expo 2011 Photos

Below are some photos I took on June 17, 2011 during the MAFBEX 2011 (Manila Food and Beverage Expo). I will be posting more about this event in the coming days. For now here's a glimpse of what you could expect to see during the said expo at the World Trade Center. The event is up and running til June 19, 2011.

MAFBEX 2011

Ordering Online

Gone are the days when one needs a landline phone and a ready number of the local's establishment dug from the sheets of Yellow Pages just to order a meal.

Today, with a lot of households having PC's and internet connection, ordering online is made easier, faster and FREE! Forget about calling them and let them call you instead. Doing this saves you much on your phone billing plus ordering online is actually fun and sort of liberating because every info you need is just a click away.

I, for example have been ordering online for years now. Back when ordering online wasn't the "in" thing yet, I would need to have enough load on my cellphone just to call, say Pizza Hut. If I don't have a leaflet with me, I still have to ask for their latest pizza offering, sizes, prices and other inquiries and this eats up a lot of time and cellphone load. Now I simply log on their website and order (It's much faster if one creates his/her own account especially if you intend to order more than once). Minutes later they'll be calling your phone to confirm your order and that's it!

Recipe: Adobong Kambing and Kilawin na Kambing

When I hear the word Adobo, images of chicken and pork comes to mind. Ultimately, when my relatives back in the province showed me their adobo version, I became even more impressed with the versatility of cooking this traditional Pinoy recipe. Their specialty, Adobong Kambing!

Adobong Kambing

Dates of Tunisia

Date production in the world is only confined to a small number of countries, most of them being the Arab countries. And so when my dad returned home for a short 2 week vacation, he bought us a familiar pasalubong fresh from the Middle East Region - Dates. 

Dates of Tunisia

The date palm is believed to have originated in the lands around the Persian Gulf and in ancient times was especially abundant between the Nile and Euphrates rivers. A few trees around Bohol here in the Philippines are said to bear an abundance of fruits of good quality.

Dry or soft dates are eaten out-of-hand, or may be seeded and stuffed, or chopped and used in a great variety of ways: on cereal, in pudding, bread, cakes, cookies, ice cream, or candy bars. The fruit, because of its tannin content, is used medicinally as a detersive and astringent in intestinal troubles. In the form of an infusion, decoction, sirup or paste, is administered as a treatment for sore throat, colds, bronchial catarrh. It is taken to relieve fever, cystisis, gonorrhea, edema, liver and abdominal troubles. And it is said to counteract alcohol intoxication.

Espaghetti you say?

He brings you to an expensive Italian restaurant. Don't embarrass yourself by mispronouncing your order. I'm pretty sure we all don't want to end up doing what the guy did in this commercial :)

Bolognese: baw-law-nyeh-she
Bruschetta: broo-skeh-tah
Cacciatore: kah-chuch-TOR-ee
Calamari: kal-uh-mahr-ee
Calzone: kahl-zone-neh
Canoli: kah-noh-lee
Capree: ka-pray-she
Congchiglie: kon-keel-yeh
Coniglio: koh-neel-yeh
Farfalle: far-fa-lee
Funghi: foon-gee
Fusilli: foo-sill-ee
Gelato: jeh-lah-toh
Gnocchi: nyeh-ah-kee
Manicotti: man-ah-cot-tee
Mascarpone: mas-car-poh-nay
Mostaccioli: mos-ta-choh-lee
Mozarella: maht-suh-rehl-la
Pane: pah-nay
Parmigiana: pahr-muh-zhan-na
Patate: pah-tah-tay
Pecorino: peh-kuh-ree-noh
Pollo: pohl-loh
Prosciutto: proh-shoo-toh
Radiatore: ra-dee-ah-Tor-ee
Risotto: rih-saw-toh
Tagliatelle: tah-lyuh-tehl-lee
Tiramisu: tih-ruh-mee-soo

Commercial from Greenwich Pizza