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By Mariko on 31 May, 2009
Pork on Pork: Pork Rice and Pork and Kutchay Dumplings Just P150 in my wallet. It felt a lot like my college days—except that back then, I didn’t really have a choice. I had to rely on a weekly allowance, and it wasn’t unheard of to survive on this much for three days. (Cafeteria food …read »
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By Stitch on 16 May, 2009
Goat Two Ways with Rice Franco comes up with the oddest requests. Given my penchant for going out and trying holes in the wall (literally), I was asked if I were willing to write about a P 150.00 meal, with the added twist being that I could not pop over to the nearest McKFbee and …read »
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By Mariko on 31 March, 2009
Potchero ni Tankeko: A Bestseller It had been a while since Mother and I had a date, so I invited her to (KKB) lunch at 1521. I figured that if any dining companion would appreciate Pinoy food, it would be her. When I got there, she had already started on her Kamias Cooler (P65). She …read »
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By Guest on 21 March, 2009
I love Pinoy food. In fact, whenever I travel abroad, I can only last a week without Pinoy fare before I start pining away for adobo, sinigang and tinolang manok. So when I was told that 1521 offers some of the best-tasting Pinoy food ever, well, then I just had to go check it out! …read »
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By franco on 9 March, 2009
Swak na Swak Chicaron Bulaklak I love Filipino food. I’ve been fortunate to savor the flavors of other nations but I always return to the food of my mother’s kitchen. There is really nothing like tasting the tangy sourness of a kinilaw, the fatty saltiness of a pork adobo or the deep earthy essence of …read »
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By Mariko on 28 February, 2009
In History class, we were taught that civilizations all go through the same cycle: growth, development, and decay. The same goes for food/drink trends, e.g., the once-ubiquitous pearl shake stalls. A few years prior to the whole sago shake craze, there was the shawarma craze, when practically every street corner had a shawarma stall. The …read »