Atchara And Biding My Time
It's a morning for atchara!
Read MoreLumpia And Building Layers To Get To The Good Stuff
Lumpiang shanghai, in its essence, is a fried egg roll filled with meat and minced vegetables.
Read MoreClarity In Tinolang Manok with Kale, And Organized Chaos
I spent most of this week feeling pretty awful with a bad cough and cold, and desperately wanted some good, down home chicken soup.
Read MoreAdobo, Let Me Count the Ways
To Crisp Adobo Flakes, I love you for all your complex glory, for the flavour that permeates through literally every shred and fiber of your being.
Read MoreChicken Pastel / Pot Pie: Historically, We're All the Same
I made a large batch of Chicken Pastel, or what you may consider the Filipino take on Chicken Pot Pie. I got one pie for dinner, one for the freezer and lots left over to pack as a chunky stew for the week.
Read MoreRolling With The Punches (And Skinless Longganisa)
The past few weeks have gone by in a blur.
Read MoreSiopao (Steamed Pork Buns) From Scratch, Or An Exercise In Patience
On Saturday I decided to tackle making siopao asado. It took awhile to get the twisty top done correctly, but quite happy with how they turned out!
Read MoreSisig, And Missing Home
Sisig - crisp, crunchy pork jowls and belly served on a sizzling platter with a raw egg broken on top, calls to mind rowdy, evening-to-early-morning drinking sessions, otherwise known as inuman. Typing these words makes me yearn for home.
Read MoreSinigang At 12 And 4 pm: Or, My Summer At Home
I finally made sinigang from scratch!
Read MoreA Savoury Home for My Soul in Bistek
Tonight's post is going to be about an amalgam of things - cozying up indoors, listening to my favourite folk albums, preparing pan-seared skirt steak with a soy and citrus glaze, a.k.a. Bistek Tagalog.
Read MoreMenudo, Or Why I'm Craving A Hearty Stew At 11 AM
Back to menudo - a dish that warms my heart, and soul, and fills my belly.
Read MoreWhy, Indeed, Sinigang?
Dear Sinigang na Hipon (Shrimp Sinigang), let your sour, savoury goodness flood my taste buds and entice consumption of multiple bowls of rice, while those delicious shrimp heads drip broth down my arms.
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