(Chicago) – A fresh hot soup is a big relief from the painfully biting winter cold here in the Midwest. This dish is hearty enough as a full meal but very simple and inexpensive to make. For this reason, it became a popular dish in the Philippines. Yes, we love hot soup dishes in the [...]
(Chicago) – This is probably the most popular bread in the Philippines. I can’t recall a day in my 20 years of stay in Manila that we never had pan de sal on the table for breakfast. It is inexpensive, small enough for 2 or 3 bites, sweeter than regular rolls and works well with [...]
The hip Brooklyn neighborhood of Williamsburg is the culinary battleground for this fifth season of the Bravo hit, as another crop of 16 contestants undergo numerous cooking challenges in a bid to become the titular Top Chef. Hosted by Padma Lakshmi and supervised by head judge Chef Tom Colicchio, the addictive series shows the nitty-gritty [...]
(Miami) - There are moments that I get sick of the whole process of eating out in a restaurant: short listing, selecting, reading reviews, calling to reserve a table, dressing up, waiting in line, so on and so forth. The effort it takes could qualify as a full-time job. But I just hope I get [...]
(New York) - Peter Luger has been feeding New Yorkers, and people from all over the world actually, with the finest steaks even before Philippines achieved its independence in 1898. Yes, it’s older than anyone of us. But the dry aged steak here will never be outdated. I re-visited Luger during my last New York [...]
(Atlanta) - Humbly tucked in a warehouse district in Inman Park, Atlanta, Rathbun is a spectacular hideaway for those meat and seafood lovers alike. It is far from Marta trains and touristy routes; though it is a short drive or taxi ride from hotels in downtown area. Every visit to this food mecca is a [...]
(Chicago) – It’s been quite some time since my last post. Well, like most of the Filipinos from all over the world, my calendar was pretty swamped with various holiday festivities. Though the degree of Christmas feel here in the US is not as crazily intense as in Manila, the past 3 weeks was full [...]
(Chicago) - We, Pinoys, love our tocino. I am personally addicted to this especially if it comes with a mound of fried rice and over-easy eggs. For the uninitiated, tocino is a highly sweet cured meat, either pork or chicken, which is usually bright red in color and very popular in the Philippines But as [...]
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