Last day of the Lenten dishes week and for this time I will be featuring what I had guest posted at the Hungry Giant, a blog run by a fellow Filipino blogger called Gio. Gio as he describes himself is a frustrated cook, an amateur photographer, a writer, a closet hedonist and a passionate foodie. … Continue reading »
Soup week: Day 4. Soup doesn’t have to be hard to prepare. This time we are going to try something from a neighbor country, Thailand. They have a lot of great dishes and if it is about soup, they do have a lot to offer like this soup called Tom Kha Gai. This dish is a … Continue reading »
Tortellini are a type of stuffed pasta typically filled with meat and cheese, they look like small Asian dumplings. Making one is nearly similar as the Asian counterpart but bit trickier due to its small size, that is why the fresh packed version is becoming popular compared to making them at home. Usually this pasta … Continue reading »
Japchae, jabchae or chapchae is a Korean noodle dish made out of dangmyeon (sweet potato starch noodles) cooked with vegetables (carrots, onion, spinach, and mushrooms) and meat which is served hot or cold. The name japchae in English means “mixed vegetables”. A dish popular in Korea, severed usually as a side dish but can also … Continue reading »
Siomai or Shumai is a traditional Chinese dumpling served in dim sum. In China there are two varieties of Siomai which are the Cantonese and Jinghan. The difference between the two varieties is that the Cantonese is made out of pork, shrimp and black mushroom covered in a thin sheet of dough while the siomai … Continue reading »
When in a hurry this is one of dishes that comes into my mind a quick and stir fry beef recipe with mixed mushrooms and capsicums, a good mix of tender beef and flavourful vegetables from the earthy mushrooms, peppery red capsicums to the sweet yellow capsicum. What’s good is that I can be all … Continue reading »
Still got leftover ham? Like yesterday we will be using again that leftover ham you got in that fridge. Another great idea is to use them as a pizza topping so for this post we will make the classic Ham, Cheese and Mushroom Pizza. This pizza might be a popular flavour but did you know … Continue reading »
Do you have lots of leftover ham and don’t know what to do with it? Well let me share a recipe that let you use that leftover ham in a different way, an Asian inspired stir fry dish made out of asparagus and straw mushrooms. Since this is a free style dish I can’t tell … Continue reading »
Goulash is a dish that can be a soup or a stew usually made of beef, onions, vegetables, and ground paprika. Commonly served as stew but modern variations serve it together with pasta like vermicelli and fettuccine. A soup that originated in Hungary it is also their national dish, it is also popular in several … Continue reading »
You may had seen a lot of meat dishes in this blog (a lot of you have noticed it) but few vegetables that is because I only know few recipes that use vegetable as a main ingredient but that does not mean I don’t eat a lot of them I just repeat them more frequently … Continue reading »
Mushroom Burger is type of burger where its patties are made out of mushrooms; it was created in the Philippines by a mushroom grower during thr 1980′s which then started selling mushroom burgers called “Mushroom Burger“ situated in Tagaytay, Philippines. It all started when a customer of them a Swiss Executive Chef commented that mushrooms are … Continue reading »
Bulalo is a Tagalog word for beef shanks, traditionally in the Philippines there is only one way of using this meat cut and it’s in a dish called as “Bulalo” or “Bulalo Soup”, it is a very sought after dish specially its bone marrow. Recently around the late 90′s a dish called bulalo steak is … Continue reading »
Carbonara or Pasta alla Carbonara is an Italian pasta dish that consists of eggs, cheese, bacon and black pepper. The name came from the Italian word “carbonaro” which means “charcoal burner” and many believe that this dish was made initially by Italian charcoal workers. Traditionally or even proper Italian version does not add cream into … Continue reading »
Oden is a Japanese winter soup dish, it consists of several ingredients like daikon radish, boiled eggs, mixed fish cakes and konnyaku in a dashi flavoured stock. Like my dinengdeng post there are no strict rules on the ingredients and it will vary from different households as well as in different regions in Japan. A popular … Continue reading »
Kiam Pung or Kiampong is a Filipino Chinese dish which made out of sticky rice cooked with shiitake mushrooms, Chinese Sausages and adobo meat. A dish that is rarely seen in Filipino dining table unless you have been to Binondo (Manila’s version of China town) or you are of Filipino Chinese origin. This dish for … Continue reading »
