Try This
By Kitchyart on 2 August, 2016
A friend from high school recently started posting photos of the fresh pasta she makes from home and her tomato chili pasta caught my eye. We got in touch and I ordered a few variants including the mushroom garlic and herb garlic to try. Pasta is a cupboard staple in our home; fresh pasta changes …read »
Restaurants
By Anonymous Paul on 20 July, 2016
carnitas The Filipinos’ tastebuds are getting more global each day. Who’d have thought that Manila would ever have several decent options for taco cravings. It’s something that I’m truly thankful for. A promising new player is Lagrima. Not serving up Tex-Mex nor Cal-Mex but Oaxacan styley Mexican food (by way of Cebu). chili verde and …read »
Conversations
By Kitchyart on 15 July, 2016
I recently posted a rant on social media about salt. I went to two supermarkets the same day and the salt available on the shelves were either iodized or imported (read: expensive). I even went inside a specialty health store to check if they sell local salt and they had iodized and non iodized imported …read »
Try This
By sanju on 13 July, 2016
When it comes to eating spicy food or sauces, I have to admit that I am not as hard-core as Anonymous Paul. But, I do like to experiment with hot sauces especially those of the artisan breed. The latest I have tried is Chef Gino Gonzalez’ Gino’s Sauce from Hell (P280/jar). Chef Gino comes out …read »
Recipes
By Anonymous Paul on 4 July, 2016
Santol is in season. Over the years I’ve adapted the buro recipe I’ve made for green mangoes I posted earlier here for when there’s abundance of santol. And I must say I like using this fruit more now than mangoes for preserving. It produces this unique, almost meaty texture and floral flavor. Sweet, sour, a …read »
Restaurants
By sanju on 27 June, 2016
Recently C, Cy and I visited a couple of restaurants in the Poblacion area. Although both were fairly new and still at their birth stages, there is tremendous promise if their trajectory continues to move towards the positive. Wild Poppy A rooftop restaurant cum bar that has both indoor and outdoor seating. Vibe is hipster …read »