One of my family’s favorite way of eating cucumber is by turning it into salad, or into Ensaladang Pipino, as we call it. It’s merely composed of sliced cucumber soaked in vinaigrette. I actually wonder why it is so underrated, when, in fact, it can line up with other local salads like Fruit Salad, Buko
In the most recent season of Somebody Feed Phil, which was just released last March, Phil traveled to Iceland to showcase the country’s natural beauty and vibrant food culture. I discovered that they have this so-called marriage cake, which is actually a Rhubarb Cake or Rhubarb Crumble. I got interested so I made a further
There will still be three months before we go to Vietnam and I can’t stop thinking about Vietnam and their food already. I have the itinerary ready. I already know the destinations to visit and even the restaurants to try. I keep learning about their food culture and I’m excited to try the authentic pho,
After my mom knew that chamomile tea is good for sleep and weight loss, she ordered plenty of these dried flowers online so she can have her chamomile tea at night. Of course, I have to choose what’s available in the pantry so I have chamomile tea at times as well. I actually tried different
This year’s Lent is coming to an end. The period of fasting and abstinence from meat is also ending. I may not be an active Christian but it is also good to have a pescetarian practice during the Holy Week and Lenten season. After all, we take a break from eating meat, not just to
Another dish I discovered in the “Oahu, Hawaii” episode of Netflix’s Street Food: USA, after Poke, is Poi. Poi is a traditional Hawaiian dish made from taro root. It is a starchy, paste-like substance that is typically made by mashing cooked taro root with water. Some people describe the taste of poi as earthy, nutty,
As I watched Netflix’s Somebody Feed Phil, another easy-to-make dish uncovered. A tasty trip of Phil in Vietnam, as shown in the Saigon episode, brought me to the discovery of Clam and Spinach Soup. It’s much different from the well-known Clam Chowder. Instead of a cream-based soup, this one is actually made to a clear
I had a leftover cold brew from last time’s Vietnamese Cold Brew and I didn’t want that to put to waste. As much as possible, we’re gonna utilize all the leftovers here in our house. But when it comes to cold brew, that isn’t a problem because my husband and I are coffee addicts. Coffee
My mom is forcing me to make some kind of banana dish or banana pastry because we were given bunches of banana and we couldn’t eat them all immediately until some of them because overriped and almost rotten. Mom, that’s easy! We could just make some banana muffins. But, of course, I wanna make sure
In the western part of the world, corndog is known to be a sausage on stick that is coated with a thick layer of cornmeal batter. But Asians has a different view on corndogs. Instead of a having a smooth doughnut-like outer layer, the Asian corndogs, which is popularized by Korea, has a mozzarella filling
