OMG! I just spent my lunch hour getting a pedicure and the most fabulous neck and back massage from the salon across my office building.
A great way to spend my lunch hour. Ahhh, sheer blisss......
Ok, back to work now.
Thursday, March 6, 2008
Tuesday, February 5, 2008
Violet Glutenous Rice
Lookie lookie. I found this violet glutenous rice (locally known as pirurutong) at the supermarket today, very very rare. I almost thought that pirurutong was a myth and thought that no one's growing them anymore (you can't see it in the picture but the label says that the pirurutong is grown locally!). It's what traditional Puto Bumbong is made of, not the regular glutenous rice dyed purple to mimic the original.
If they only sold the Puto Bumbong steamer with it and a copy of the recipe on the package, people would be lining up to buy them. I would be one of them. Hubby loves Puto Bumbong (pictured below), almost as much as he does me. He he he :-)
Purple Glutenous Rice available at Shopwise for P177.75 for a pack of 2 kilos.
If they only sold the Puto Bumbong steamer with it and a copy of the recipe on the package, people would be lining up to buy them. I would be one of them. Hubby loves Puto Bumbong (pictured below), almost as much as he does me. He he he :-)
Purple Glutenous Rice available at Shopwise for P177.75 for a pack of 2 kilos.
Monday, February 4, 2008
Fast Food, No Cook
Jolly jeep dinner of Igado with a healthy dose of mixed salad with light honey mustard dressing and fruit bought from a nearby supermarket.
A solution to a day filled only with a few moments to prepare and eat dinner.
A solution to a day filled only with a few moments to prepare and eat dinner.
Busy Busy weekend
Wow our weekend was packed. After picking up my aunts from the airport Friday midnight, we drove them straight to my mom’s condo for a night (morning?) or conversation, kesong puti and asado rolls.
A few hours later, my nephew Jay-jay has a family fun day event at his school. His team won in one of the relay games. I came in late but I did still see some of the kids in action. Mostly, playing in the playground and gobbling plates of spaghetti.
After a hot morning under the sun, hubby treated me to a Japanese Lunch at Rai-Rai Ken in the newly built Pergola Plaza in BF Homes. We both ordered bento boxes since both of use were starving. A bento box is a wooden (or plastic nowadays) box, divided into several compartments. In Japan, the bento box is used for storing small portions of different dishes that compromise a full meal, usually lunch. A Japanese lunch box, if you will.
For this particular lunch, I got the Rai-Rai Ken Bento (P255). A meal consisting of miso soup, chicken lollipop, fried pot stickers, sautéed bean sprouts, beef teriyaki, 2 pieces of shrimp tempura and rice. Quite filling but highly unsatisfying. The tempura tasted like it was rolled in kropek bits and then fried. The chicken and pot stickers were much too dry yet oily, the dipping sauce was even worse. The beef teriyaki was good though.
Hubby ordered the 3 Kinds Bento (P270). His meal consisted of miso soup, a seafood stir fry, sautéed bean sprouts, beef teriyaki, 2 pieces of shrimp tempura and rice. Needless to say (but I’m gonna say it anyway), hubby wasn’t very pleased with how his meal tasted. Even the futomaki that he ordered on the side, failed to impress him.
The most anticipated on weekends of course is the Sunday lunch at LP. Since it’s a welcoming party for our aunts and an uncle (who flew all the way from Canada, Las Vegas and China respectively), we had crabs and some staple Filipino food: Sinigang, a pork dish stewed in a tamarind broth (not photogenic, hence the absence of a photo), Daing na Bangus (milkfish marinated in tons of calamansi juice, soy sauce, garlic, whole pepper corns and some vinegar then deep fried in oil). For dessert we had Brazo de Mercedes ( a meringue roll with a sweet and creamy egg yolk filling), yummy! It’s a light dessert if you forego the yellow stuff in the middle but then, why should you? It’s the best part of the Brazo.
Crabs
Daing na Bangus
Brazo de Mercedes slice
Welcome home, balikbayans!
A few hours later, my nephew Jay-jay has a family fun day event at his school. His team won in one of the relay games. I came in late but I did still see some of the kids in action. Mostly, playing in the playground and gobbling plates of spaghetti.
After a hot morning under the sun, hubby treated me to a Japanese Lunch at Rai-Rai Ken in the newly built Pergola Plaza in BF Homes. We both ordered bento boxes since both of use were starving. A bento box is a wooden (or plastic nowadays) box, divided into several compartments. In Japan, the bento box is used for storing small portions of different dishes that compromise a full meal, usually lunch. A Japanese lunch box, if you will.
For this particular lunch, I got the Rai-Rai Ken Bento (P255). A meal consisting of miso soup, chicken lollipop, fried pot stickers, sautéed bean sprouts, beef teriyaki, 2 pieces of shrimp tempura and rice. Quite filling but highly unsatisfying. The tempura tasted like it was rolled in kropek bits and then fried. The chicken and pot stickers were much too dry yet oily, the dipping sauce was even worse. The beef teriyaki was good though.
Hubby ordered the 3 Kinds Bento (P270). His meal consisted of miso soup, a seafood stir fry, sautéed bean sprouts, beef teriyaki, 2 pieces of shrimp tempura and rice. Needless to say (but I’m gonna say it anyway), hubby wasn’t very pleased with how his meal tasted. Even the futomaki that he ordered on the side, failed to impress him.
The most anticipated on weekends of course is the Sunday lunch at LP. Since it’s a welcoming party for our aunts and an uncle (who flew all the way from Canada, Las Vegas and China respectively), we had crabs and some staple Filipino food: Sinigang, a pork dish stewed in a tamarind broth (not photogenic, hence the absence of a photo), Daing na Bangus (milkfish marinated in tons of calamansi juice, soy sauce, garlic, whole pepper corns and some vinegar then deep fried in oil). For dessert we had Brazo de Mercedes ( a meringue roll with a sweet and creamy egg yolk filling), yummy! It’s a light dessert if you forego the yellow stuff in the middle but then, why should you? It’s the best part of the Brazo.
Crabs
Daing na Bangus
Brazo de Mercedes slice
Welcome home, balikbayans!
Thursday, January 31, 2008
Hubby's Home!
Hubby’s finally home. I’m very happy that he got home safely despite having a runny nose from spending a week and half in wintery weather in Taipei.
When I arrived home from work, I found him waiting for me in the dining room with his loot. He laid out all his “pasalubong” for me. He got me some neat stuff from Ikea and really nice stuff from the premium grocery store…..Canadian maple syrup (can’t wait to drizzle it over home-made pancakes!), Tasmanian honey, 2 varieties of sea salts, Kalamata Olives, assorted
milk, dark and macadamia chocolates, Belgian chocolate coins (ideal for cupcake decorations) and some yummy smelling stuff from The Body Shop. Awwww…hubby loves me :-)
After checking out every single pasalubong from hubby, we decided to celebrate his homecoming by dining out in Capricciosa in Greenbelt. We’ve never dined there before and we’ve been meaning to try it out for the longest time.
The restaurant is located on the third floor of Greenbelt 3. Their interiors are warm and the booth that we sat in was very comfy with padded seats. They have an open kitchen so it’s interesting to watch the chefs do their thing. As most Italian restaurants, we know that their servings will be generous and we settle for just two items from their menu. We settled for some Caesar’s salad (P280) and Lasagna (P616). The lasagna is baked in a skillet. Both disher were good and quite filling. We’ve noticed that the salad dressing was a bit sweet as with the lasagna. We don’t know exactly why this is so but hubby enjoyed both immensely. Personally, I prefer Sbarro’s lasagna over Capricciosa's.
For dessert, I promised hubby he can have as much ice cream as he wants despite having a runny nose :-) We sat at Gelatone, an ice cream parlor right beside Café Bola in Greenbelt. Hubby ordered the bubble gum flavor with the fun blue color (although it looks green in this photo). I ordered the marscapone with nougat bits. Both were equally good, yummy and rich. I couldn’t finish mine, hubby had to eat the rest for me. Yeah, poor thing. He he he :-)
Such a fun evening, my hubby’s home safely, out tummies filled to the brim and whole lot of nice goodies from hubby.
When I arrived home from work, I found him waiting for me in the dining room with his loot. He laid out all his “pasalubong” for me. He got me some neat stuff from Ikea and really nice stuff from the premium grocery store…..Canadian maple syrup (can’t wait to drizzle it over home-made pancakes!), Tasmanian honey, 2 varieties of sea salts, Kalamata Olives, assorted
milk, dark and macadamia chocolates, Belgian chocolate coins (ideal for cupcake decorations) and some yummy smelling stuff from The Body Shop. Awwww…hubby loves me :-)
After checking out every single pasalubong from hubby, we decided to celebrate his homecoming by dining out in Capricciosa in Greenbelt. We’ve never dined there before and we’ve been meaning to try it out for the longest time.
The restaurant is located on the third floor of Greenbelt 3. Their interiors are warm and the booth that we sat in was very comfy with padded seats. They have an open kitchen so it’s interesting to watch the chefs do their thing. As most Italian restaurants, we know that their servings will be generous and we settle for just two items from their menu. We settled for some Caesar’s salad (P280) and Lasagna (P616). The lasagna is baked in a skillet. Both disher were good and quite filling. We’ve noticed that the salad dressing was a bit sweet as with the lasagna. We don’t know exactly why this is so but hubby enjoyed both immensely. Personally, I prefer Sbarro’s lasagna over Capricciosa's.
For dessert, I promised hubby he can have as much ice cream as he wants despite having a runny nose :-) We sat at Gelatone, an ice cream parlor right beside Café Bola in Greenbelt. Hubby ordered the bubble gum flavor with the fun blue color (although it looks green in this photo). I ordered the marscapone with nougat bits. Both were equally good, yummy and rich. I couldn’t finish mine, hubby had to eat the rest for me. Yeah, poor thing. He he he :-)
Such a fun evening, my hubby’s home safely, out tummies filled to the brim and whole lot of nice goodies from hubby.
Monday, January 28, 2008
Deconstructing a Meal with Mom
I had a fantastic lunch with my mom this saturday. We dined at Zong, at The Fort. I'm not exactly a fan but mom is very fond of their fried chicken with salted egg batter. Very crispy and just slightly salty. Served over a bed of kropek.
For me, I'm partial to Jellyfish and Century Egg. (It's not really made from jellyfish, silly) It's called jellyfish because it's a pickled seaweed that resembles the look and texture of real jellyfish. Century eggs are named century because they are preserved on the ground with lots of salt for 100 days (or maybe less, who knows?). Hence, the reference for the "century". The yolk becomes green, mushy and yummy and has a funny odor. But don't be put off, it's really nice.
Mom also ordered the Hot Shrimp Salad, which was nice as well. The shrimps are breaded and fried then tossed in some mayo, cucumber and carrots. It's quite heavy for a salad and it's anything but healthy :-)
We balance out the fried stuff with some Steamed Fish in Mushroom and Soy Sauce. I like this dish very much. I gather hubby would love this too because of the shitake mushrooms (he loves 'em). It seems easy enough to do. My mom and I deconstructed it, I hope we got all the ingredients correctly: soy sauce, oyster sauce, sugar, shaved ginger, lapu-lapu fillet (red snapper), leeks, shitake mushrooms, stalks removed, carrots and broccoli steamed together and garnished with cilantro sprigs. I'm going to try and recreate this at home, wish me luck!
Deconstructing a meal in restaurants is a hobby of my mom and I. We love to taste dishes and try to figure out the ingredients in them. Most of the time, we can recreate a dish at home and make it better :-)
For me, I'm partial to Jellyfish and Century Egg. (It's not really made from jellyfish, silly) It's called jellyfish because it's a pickled seaweed that resembles the look and texture of real jellyfish. Century eggs are named century because they are preserved on the ground with lots of salt for 100 days (or maybe less, who knows?). Hence, the reference for the "century". The yolk becomes green, mushy and yummy and has a funny odor. But don't be put off, it's really nice.
Mom also ordered the Hot Shrimp Salad, which was nice as well. The shrimps are breaded and fried then tossed in some mayo, cucumber and carrots. It's quite heavy for a salad and it's anything but healthy :-)
We balance out the fried stuff with some Steamed Fish in Mushroom and Soy Sauce. I like this dish very much. I gather hubby would love this too because of the shitake mushrooms (he loves 'em). It seems easy enough to do. My mom and I deconstructed it, I hope we got all the ingredients correctly: soy sauce, oyster sauce, sugar, shaved ginger, lapu-lapu fillet (red snapper), leeks, shitake mushrooms, stalks removed, carrots and broccoli steamed together and garnished with cilantro sprigs. I'm going to try and recreate this at home, wish me luck!
Deconstructing a meal in restaurants is a hobby of my mom and I. We love to taste dishes and try to figure out the ingredients in them. Most of the time, we can recreate a dish at home and make it better :-)
Wednesday, January 23, 2008
Foodcourting in Makati
Hubby's out of the country, my mom's not home and I have no dinner companion. What's a "single" girl to do? .......Shop!........ Este, hit the food court pala :-)
I veered away from the sisig, lechon kawali and the like, to let my arteries rest for a while.
I've been craving for some sort of minced meat dish today since I saw my office mate eating menudo for lunch. I settled for Arroz a la Cubana from Pinoy Toppings. Their version is ground pork with sultanas, fried saba banana on the side, the rice is topped with fried egg. The rice is good for 3 construction workers.
Hmmm.... I guess pwede na for P70.00, Cheap eats.
I veered away from the sisig, lechon kawali and the like, to let my arteries rest for a while.
I've been craving for some sort of minced meat dish today since I saw my office mate eating menudo for lunch. I settled for Arroz a la Cubana from Pinoy Toppings. Their version is ground pork with sultanas, fried saba banana on the side, the rice is topped with fried egg. The rice is good for 3 construction workers.
Hmmm.... I guess pwede na for P70.00, Cheap eats.
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