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This is one of my favorite chinese fast food. Partner it with a lot of plain rice and I'm good to go.

I found this recipe online here. I just did a bit of tweaking with the lemon glaze / sauce since I like it sweeter.
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Chicken Macaroni Salad is a side dish usually serve with fried or roasted chicken.
It's also a regular at Fiesta celebrations in my family . The savory taste partners well with fried dishes.

This is also the first time I'm using pictures from my new Fujifilm S1600. It has a slight learning curve, but it's working well so far.

Here is the recipe for the version that I grew up with.
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Basic Flatbread 08/27/2010
 
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Flat bread is a staple food in many cultures. It is simple and quick to prepare. It is known under many names. Well known versions of flat bread are roti, chapati, tortilla and pita.

They are often used to wrap or scoop up other dishes.  Here are a few dishes that are eaten with flat bread: curry, roast beef (shawarma), mung dal, hummus, keema and baba ganoush (eggplant).
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Burong Liempo 07/11/2010
 
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Fried pork belly is pretty easy to cook. There are different versions of burong liempo but this is how my relatives in Batangas prepare theirs as I recall. The common ingredient is pork and lots of salt. You can also use other cuts of meat, but choose the fatter cuts and preferably with the skin on.
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I'm really not a big fan of pinoy style spaghetti. I prefer pancit sotanghon or palabok over it. I am fan of Italian style meat sauce though, the type you use on spaghetti, lasagna and baked macaroni.

This is my version of ragu. I followed the long cooking process but tweaked the ingredients a bit. I used what I had on hand. I did not use any tomato paste or sauce. I opted for the fresh tomatoes. The only shortcut I applied was using beef stock cubes instead of actual stock.
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It's June and the rains have started to come. I've decided to finish my Nacho post to open the month right.

Nachos originated from Mexico, one of the country's Spanish era trading partners. We have imported a lot from them; avocado, sayote, tamales, even the word "palengke". 

However, it wasn't the Mexicans but the Americans who introduced Nachos to the Pinoy food scene.
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Ground meat (mince, giniling ) is a very versatile ingredient. I always have a few cups in the freezer. I usually add it to sauteed vegetables, soups, and pasta sauces.

Here's something I cooked the other day. I can't recall if I had seen this recipe somewhere but I wanted to find additional uses for curry powder. I added the okra for some fiber and texture.
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Capones Island 05/14/2010
 
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This is a continuation of my Anawangin post. I was there on May 1 and 2.

You will see several islets once you reach Pundaquit's beach area. Two of the larger ones, Capones and Camara, can be reached by boat.
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our ride around the area
The small cove of Anawangin can be found near the town of Pundaquit in Zambales. It boasts of a pine tree covered beach with sand primarily composed of ash fall from the Pinatubo eruption. It is a quiet and peaceful piece of Philippine coastline...  except it seems during summer weekends.

The last time I visited Anawangin cove was 2 years ago. It wasn't summer vacation season then and Anawangin was just starting to become popular  destination to non trekkers on the internet.

Once the instructions on how to get there had become widespread online, the "off-the-beaten-track" aspect of the beach understandably disappeared.
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"Waterproof" 05/06/2010
 
Hello world! I am currently working on a few posts. Pictures for my posts are currently stuck in a mini sd card that was salvaged from a supposedly waterproof camera. The memory module is all dried out now and I am going to a photography shop to get them transferred. I'll have the posts up before next week. If I am not able to salvage the photos, I'll just have to get some new articles up on the blog.
The camera model by the way is the Olympus 1030sw. If you search the net for information about this camera, it will show a history of waterproofing failure. Unfortunately for us we bought this model when it was newly released. No info then about it's poor waterproof capability.
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