Since it is the Holy Week, the dishes here at Pinoy Food Blog is all about seafoods thanks to The Maya Kitchen who invited experts from Mida Food Distributors Inc. The Seafood Specialist shared their knowledge on the proper way to select, clean, store and cook fish, squids, crabs and shellfish. This is interesting because most groceries carry frozen seafood that...

There are 101 ways to prepare seafood dishes during Lenten season. Here is another way by The Seafood Specialist and Mida Food chef Enrique “Rikks” Valles who demonstrated the recipe. Ingredients: 2 Cream Dory fillets, cut into cubes 1 tablespoon Garam masala, cumin powder, turmeric, curry, nutmeg, coriander seeds, cardamom, cinnamon 1 cup Greek yogurt 1 cup...

Salmon has got to be one of my favorite fish. I usually prepare this quite simply. Steam , poach or pan fry the Salmon Fillet with garlic and then serve with lemon . Mida Food chef Enrique “Rikks” Valles shared another version using Dijon Mustard. My husband just loves anything mustard especially with Beef. Since it is Lent and yes, he observes the Catholic...

Tomorrow is Chinese New Year. Will you cook? I am busy preparing for a special dish and after learning “Crab with Chlorophyll’s Shirataki Noodles” at a cooking demo in the Maya Kitchen, I decided to give it a try for tomorrow’s dinner. What is unique about this dish is the use of Shirataki noodles instead of the usual...

The lapu-lapu is always a special dish. Childhood memories of our family dinner involves a feast of lapu-lapu topped with sweet and sour sauce known escabeche. Escabeche has a slight ginger taste to it unlike the Chinese version of sweet and sour sauce. I am not sure if this is a Cebuano version of the sweet and sour sauce because I have not tasted it here in...

Crab Omelet is one my favorite omelet dish. With crab meat available in the groceries, it’s easier to prepare now. My mom used to prepare this by boiling the crabs and flaking the crab meat. The top shell is saved for filling in the crab meat. Anyway, this recipe is just plain crab omelet or tortang alimasag. A very simple dish. Ingredients 1 cup flaked crab...

Dagupan City once promoted 100 ways to cook Bangus but for me the best Bangus dish is still Rellenong Bangus (or Relyenong Bangus)> Here’s the recipe I use. Ingredients I medium sized Bangus (more or less 800 gramns) 1 Tablespoon soy sauce 3 teaspoons Calamansi juice 1/8 teaspoon Pepper Dash of Salt 1/4 cup water 2 Tablespoons cooking oil 2 cloves, crushed...

Just looking at the photos makes me want to eat more kilawin or kinilaw na isda. Once can use either tuna or lapu-lapu fillets to make this dish. I always associate the Kinilaw with a beach outing. Preparing dishes with vinegar ensures there is little chance of food spoilage. The fish is “cooked” using vinegar as the meat turnes opaque in color. ...

Yesterday, I got invited by a friend to attend the Sarap at Home, a cooking show at QTV 11 and a cooking demo by Chef Nino Logarta. I found it interesting because I love tuna and I know some of you like easy to cook recipes once in a while. TUNA CANAPES Ingredients: 1 can San Marino Corned Tuna 10-12 pcs wonton wrappers 5-6 pcs grapes, halved lengthwise Cayenne...

I promised that I’d share Singapore Food recipes from the chefs in Singapore. Now this Chilli Prawn recipe called Sambal Goreng Udang is so simple. Here is a recipe shared by Singaporean Chef Veni Knight Ingredients 500gm large prawns, remove heads and veins but leave shells intact 2 tbsp of chilli powder (You can easily buy these at the supermarket) 2 large...