Food articles posted in Jun 2007

Estrel’s caramel cake

Been hearing and reading — with superlative raves — about Estrel’s caramel cake for a long time but never got to try it until last weekend when we went to a niece’s birthday dinner. It’s good. In fact, it’s great but I wouldn’t call it “the best”. It would be “the best” only if [...]

Crepes a la mode

We were watching Little Miss Sunshine a couple of weeks ago and there was this scene where Olive (Abigail Breslin) ordered waffles a la mode (she pronounced it a la mo-dee). The waitress explained that it meant the waffles would be served with ice cream and her uncle went on to expound on the origin [...]

Red wine vinegar, white wine vinegar and balsamic vinegar

The traditional Filipino kitchen will usually have a bottle or two of vinegar. Often, cane and coconut vinegar. The vinegar is mostly used for cooking (seasoning, as with adobo), preservation (as with atsara or for removing the slime from raw fish.
Because I am very much into Chinese-style cooking, I also keep a number of rice [...]

Chicken teriyaki

When you discover what’s in a bottle of teriyaki sauce, you will wonder why you have been buying bottles and bottles of the stuff when it’s so easy to prepare it at home. Mirin, sake, soy sauce and sugar. Some ginger, if you like, but not really necessary. In fact, the traditional Japanese teriyaki recipe [...]

Lord Stow’s egg tarts and wheat-bread siopao

Egg tarts may look like a smaller version of the traditional egg pie but there are substantial differences between the two. Egg tarts have a flaky crust more similar to puff pastry than the bready crust of egg pie. The custard of egg tarts is more like creme brulee.
My kids loved the egg tarts from [...]

Canned whole peeled tomatoes

There’s nothing like fresh tomatoes, I know, for cooking stews and pasta sauces, for sauteeing… the fresher and plumper the tomatoes, the better the cooked dish turns out. Tomatoes are widely available, they are cheap and storing isn’t hard because they stay fresh in the fridge for several days.
There are months during the year, [...]

10-minute stir fried chicken, quail eggs and vegetables

We were at the supermarket yesterday for another week’s supply of food and more food. It hasn’t even been a week since the last trip to the supermarket but the freezer was almost empty yesterday. When the cart was full, my husband asked if I thought all of that stuff would last for two weeks. [...]

SM Megamall Food Court: the good and the bad

My daughter, Sam, takes figure skating lessons at SM Megamall on Sunday mornings. We would get at table at the adjacent Food Court where we could watch her skate and order food. If we’re planning on going shopping or seeing a movie afterwards, we’d wait for her before ordering anything and have quick lunch at [...]

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