Food articles posted in May 2006

Ostrich tapa fried rice

When I cooked the ostrich tapa a few days ago, I actually cooked 500 grams of ostrich meat which turned out to be too much for a meal for four. There were leftovers–not much but enough for a Chinese style fried rice the following day. I threw in some leftover barbequed roast pork and there was enough meat in the fried rice dish to dispense with the need to cook a new main dish. That’s really one reason why I love Chinese style fried rice. If you don’t scrimp on the meat (or seafood) and vegetables, it can be a complete meal by itself.

Ostrich meat, tapa style

…While it is easy enough to find good quality tocino, finding good tapa can be a problem. We have had many unfortunate experiences of buying tapa which, after cooking, turned out to be tough as rubber.

When I discovered ostrich meat a couple of years ago and started using it for stir fries like ostrich chop suey, I realized that the fatless, tender meat would be ideal for making tapa.

Chicken and potatoes in lemon-cream sauce

I cooked this chicken dish a couple of weeks ago. I had no intention of posting the recipe because I was saving it for the cookbook that I am writing. Oh, there, I announced it already. Anyway, the cookbook will contain unpublished recipes. My original plan was to include only original recipes, meaning, ones that I “invented”, in panic mode or otherwise. But I decided to stick with an all-Filipino theme. That said, this recipe will not be included in the cookbook since it’s hardly Filipino…

Starbucks’ raspberry-flavored blended tea

When my mother-in-law called up last week to tell us about Ava’s birthday lunch party at Kopi Tiam, she told us to be early because restaurants are often full on Mother’s Day. Yeah, we knew that having been victimized often in the past. It isn’t smart ot just walk into a restaurant on Mother’s Day. [...]

Mother’s Day at Kopi Tiam

Mother’s Day this year fell on my sister-in-law Ava’s birthday. She treated the entire Veneracion clan to lunch at Kopi Tiam along C. Benitez Avenue in Cubao, Quezon City. Neither my husband, kids nor I had been there before. We were told it was a Korean version of North Park Noodle House. Since I am [...]

Chicken and asparagus eggdrop soup

I was first introduced to chicken-asparagus soup in a Chinese restaurant in Caloocan City called Boy Ching Woo. Ten years ago, it was the only Chinese restaurant with decent food on the street where we lived. But since most of its customers were beer drinkers who enjoyed the Chinese dishes as pulutan, very rarely did we dine there. Most of the time, we ordered “to go”. Since it was only a five-minute walk from our old house, take out grub was almost as good as dining in. The distance was so short that the food did not have the chance to acquire the taste of packed food…

Pandan leaves

It’s aroma is indescribable–sweet and nutty, pleasant and soothing. Add a leaf to rice while cooking and the term “plain white rice” loses its meaning. My father-in-law used to grow pandan in a pot in the garden in front of their house. When cooking rice, he would cut off a leaf and put it in. [...]

Milk and cheese from UPLB’s DTRI

UPLB is the University of the Philippines at Los Baños where the state university’s agricultural courses are offered. DTRI is the Dairy Training and Research Institute. No trip to UPLB is complete without a visit to DTRI for its fresh milk, kesong puti (white cheese) and ice cream. This is a (combined) repost of a [...]

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