Upon seeing the spring chickens in the Salcedo Saturday Market, I suddenly recalled my Max-style Fried Chicken recipe which I have been wanting to cook again. The extra crispiness of the chicken skin is due to the boiling of the chicken and refrying it twice. I showed this recipe a couple of months back butRead More
Sapin-Sapin Recipe (Steamed Coconut Layer Pudding)
I am not an expert when it comes to making kakanin. I rely a lot of my knowledge from my Food Preparation class back in college. The most basic of which is How to Extract Coconut Cream. However, there are packs of coconut cream that I’ve tested out for maja blanca. Sapin-sapin is a numberRead More
Kutsinta or Cuchinta
Kutsinta will forever have special place in my heart. It was the first product that inspired my mom’s Sally’s Bake Shop in 1966. She had seen mothers buying kutsinta after a movie. An idea soon hit her. Why not make my own kutsinta? Here is a kutsinta recipe similar to mom’s. Ingredients 1 1/4 cupsRead More
Carpaccio of Beef Tenderloin with Sesame and Ginger dressing
What I love about attending the Singapore Food Festival (July 16 till July 24, 2010) are the cooking demonstrations by the chefs. Not just your ordinary chefs, mind you. Mandarin Oriental Singapore hosted a cooking demo with celebrity chef Eric Teo. He is so funny as he interjects wit and humor every now and thenRead More
Puto Recipe – Steamed Muffins with Aniseed
What do you associate puto with? When pork was still part of my diet, I associated puto with diniguan. I dunk the puto on the thick sauce, then eat it together with the pork pieces. Another puto memory is pairing it with hot chocolate drink. Puto is a great pairing food with many of ourRead More
Waldorf Salad
I like this tangy sweetish salad. According to Wikipedia, the origins of the Waldorf Salad came from well, Waldorf-Astoria Hotel. A Waldorf salad consists of julienned apple and celery, chopped walnuts, grapes, and mayonnaise or a mayonnaise-based dressing. The salad was first created around 1893 at the Waldorf Hotel in New York City (the precursorRead More