Just like last week’s Noche Buena, I made sure to have my own contribution every Media Noche or New Year’s Eve feast. But it was my first time to run out of ideas. I just created a simple and common one, which is Filipino Coconut Salad or Buko Salad. But, when we were setting our
Every year, I make sure to have my own contribution every Noche Buena so I decided to have Cordon Bleu and Panna Cotta as my contribution. Panna Cotta is usually mistaken as gelatin, jelly or pudding. It isn’t even a custard. While panna cotta might be similar to these desserts, they are not the same!
I couldn’t count how long I crave for Cordon Bleu. Even before Christmas, I was longing for it. However, just thinking on the process of making these ham and cheese chicken roll-ups makes me tired already because the preparation alone takes a lot of methods already. To make this, we have to follow the steps
Bolinhos de bacalhau or pastéis de bacalhau is a Portuguese dish that is commonly referred to as cod cake or salt cod fritters. It is served hot or cold before meals as an appetizer or as a meal itself. I discovered cod cakes in the “Lisbon” episode of Netflix’s Somebody Feed Phil. I actually have no plans of
Don’t know where to put yout leftover Mac N’ Cheese? One fun way is to top it on pizza! This fusion of two Italian dishes may seem weird but it exists! The streets of America has it. Pizza Hut Australia has it. Why can’t we have it? However, in my case, I have a leftover
Omurice is a Japanese dish consisting of omelette made with fried rice and thin runny scrambled eggs. I’ve seen how this masterpiece is done on TikTok clips and Netflix documentaries and it requires precision when cooking. It is wobbly when placed over rice and creamy and fluffy when flapped open. As a person who prefers
Last week, my mom gave me a board of charcuterie for my birthday. She knows how I love it. She knows that I’ll be able to finish a big box all by myself. That’s how I love cured meats and cheese. On its last day, when the cured meat slices were gone, I decided to
You know that it is near Christmas season in the Philippines when chestnuts are being brought by my mom to our house. We usually cook chestnuts by merely roasting them. But in other countries such as France, chestnuts are candied and are called Marrons Glaces. It can be an ingredient in many desserts. It can
I was on the “Singapore” episode of Netflix’s Somebody Feed Phil and I discovered another attractive drink from this Southeast Asian city. The Singapore Sling is a gin-based cocktail developed by Ngiam Tong Boon, a barista at Long Bar in Raffles Hotel. By that time, it was socially unacceptable for women to drink alcohol in
Sardines was introduced to me as a canned fish either in tomato sauce or olive oil. When we hear of sardines, we initially think of the ones in cans instead of the fresh ones because it’s a fish that we don’t usually buy from the wet market and cook it at home. It’s a fish
