tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-138080982011-04-22T10:14:33.497+08:00“A good cook is the peculiar gift of the gods. She must be a perfect creature from the brain to the palate, from the palate to the finger's end.” Walter Savage Landor (1775-1864)puFFhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04349269843410769235noreply@blogger.comBlogger511100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13808098.post-87417491668038979442008-11-02T19:55:00.007+08:002008-11-02T20:32:34.834+08:00

Some pictures of C taken at ThomsonReuter's Halloween event.

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This feels strange. Blogging after years of hibernation. So much have changed. I am no longer with Thomson, I have now moved to Singapore to start a new life, I am now working for Credit Suisse, I am with C for almost two years, no sooner will I be 26, so much has happened and I feel so different in a good way.Hopefully, I will revive this blog back to life with all the makan going on here in my

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This has turned into an obsession. When in season, my mom would always hoard the sweetest of all mangoes from her hometown in Zambales, and we would all feast on it every single day of the summer.I have a lot of mango memories to share. Two summers ago, our mango supply went totally out of hand that i was pressured to think of ways to use up all the mangoes that notoriously ripens every second. I

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This is my contribution for the monster's 15th birthday 3 sats ago. I had to use the biggest pots we have to cook this 2 kg. mother-of-all-carbo sans the equally heavy sauce, and struggle with all the stirring, transferring, layering, and stuffs just to get this all done in time for lunch.The recipe i used for the sauce is the classic pinoy style. If the boys like it sweet, then sweet it is. One

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An excerpt from the very lengthy formal complaint sent to AsiaWorldTravel.net."At 6:00 PM, a certain "Mr. Bob" picked us up at the hotel lobby going to the boat pier for the Chao Phraya Princess. After Mr. Bob talked to the ticketing staff, we were appalled to be informed that we can't board the boat because our travel agent didn't make any payment to the cruise company. If I remember it right,

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First House Hotel Elevator- dumbwaiters huh?

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Our fourth day was pretty much screwed up when our agent didn't show up for our scheduled Ayutthaya trip. Apparently Feb. 13 is a holiday in Thailand (Buddha Day) and AsiaWorld's hotline couldn't be reached that morning. I headed to the nearby Internet shop to email the agency (they charge 25baht/hour) and just as i was about to return to the hotel, my food radar switched to alert mode the moment

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Our third day in the city is all about shopping. From the hotel, we hailed a cab (35baht flag down rate) that took us to the BTS Phaya Thai station going to Mon Chit (25baht) where the Chatuchak Weekend Market is located. Chatuchak is probably one of the world's biggest bazaar, and i could very well compare it to BF Ruins x 100, if you're familiar with it. Finally we were able to have our money

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We were all up by 5AM on our second day due to a scheduled out of town sightseeing tour via AsiaWorldTravel.net. I was able to book this tour online more than a week before the trip just so to avoid all the hassles when we get there. Fortunately the driver was prompt in the 6:20 pick-up time. We were then transferred to a tourist bus, along with the other farangs (foreigners) and left Bangkok a

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To shop and to eat. That is my great Thailand motto.We left Manila via Kuwait Airways at 11:15pm, Feb 9, and arrived at Bangkok after the 3.45 hour trip. Time difference is an hour less in Thailand. Anyhow, i slept for only 10 mins in the plane out of sheer excitement, full stomach (yes, i dig plane food), and the distraction of a good movie since Just Like Heaven is being shown.The plane landed

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"Never let Christmas pass without baking a cookie or two for the people dearest to you." -PuFFYes that's me. I don't buy gifts because i suck in those. I personally prefer to slave away in the kitchen doing what i love most rather than lose my way inside an overcrowded mall for some hopeless attempt to find something that could at least pass on as a gift.I am a cookie amateur. Sort of a

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Christmas brings out the best in me. That's one thing i am certain of. Weeks before holiday, I made sure i'm ready for yet another showcase of cooking talent to impress the family. I came across this recipe for Aussie Chicken found in my life-saver Allrecipes site as i was compiling possible entrees for the Christmas dinner. With over 1,000 reviews posted, how can anyone ever go wrong? Fast

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This post is so outdated. Coming back from hibernation, thought i'll still post my December activities anyhow.What better way to celebrate Christmas than with parties. I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas last year! Cheers to a life full of blessings, love, and happiness!!! Thomson Christmas Party at the Shangri-La Hotel Makati Right after the Deals/PE Christmas Party at Raddison's

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I'm such a lazy blogger. The holiday buzz is just so overwhelming that i've totally forgotten about my blog and resorted to lurking other yummy foodblogs instead. Anyway, the plateful of food you are about to see is mine. Yes! all mine. That is what i ate at the Shangri-la Christmas Party of Thomson last Dec17. The food is fine but it would have been 100x better if their chicken-mango roll is

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If you love Kenny's corn muffins, then this recipe is for you. I almost abandoned the thought of making these cornbread until i saw the big package of cornmeal i bought months ago in my first (failed) attempt in making corn muffins (it was so bad, i threw it out since no one would touch it!). And now, gathering all that was left of my courage, i retrieved the almost untouched cornmeal and did a

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Banana cake is one thing i learned how to perfect during high school. I got my first banana cake recipe from the Del Monte Kitchenomics newsletter to which i am subscribed to years ago. I've kept that recipe hidden inside a broken fridge at the back of our old house (why oh why...), forgotten about it till after we transferred to another house, and technically lost it in the process. The original

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I discovered the secret recipe for this goody bars Christmas of last year and i never stopped baking this ever since. This is supposedly the monster's prize for setting up the christmas tree before their long sem break ended just this Sunday. Best served warm with ice cream on top. I reheated mine in the microwave just until the chocolate filling started oozing out of the oatmeal bars. YuM!

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gusto ko nung bangs ni mommy!!!Posted by puFF

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I did it! I finally got around to baking an honest-to-goodness chocolate cake for Neil's birthday party two Sundays ago. For the super moist and fudgey(!) chocolate cake, i used the Black Magic cake recipe i found at the ever reliable All Recipes site. I was supposed to frost it with a basic chocolate icing but changed plans at the last minute and decided to go for a marshmallow icing instead.

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I finally got to try out Heaven 'n Eggs with my college girlfriends for a pahabol lunch treat the Saturday after my birthday at Glorietta 4. Good thing, Khriz came really early (straight from work) so she was able to get a prime spot (the one with swings!!!) before the rest of us arrived. Now let's move on to food. Serving is really BIG, so sharing is a must. For starters, we had a platter of

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You can never go wrong with this cookies. I made a big batch one Saturday afternoon, divided the cookie dough into three, giving 1/3 each for myself and the two monsters. Neil took me by surprise when he rushed to the nearby grocery to buy the secret ingredients to his ultimate ultimate cookies. He went completely wild creating his own version with maltesers, almonets, choc chips, and teeny weeny

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I turned 23 last Wednesday. How depressing can that get? I'll be 30 in no time...aaaarghhhhhh... Anyway, we had a family dinner at A Veneto Pizzeria Ristorante, Aguirre branch. I've been dying to check the place out since it already opened another branch in Glorietta. Since i'm the celebrant, i was given the liberty to choose what we'll have for the night. My fickle-minded self took over and i

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Cocolate is a borrowed term from a chocolatier colleague. I made this out of sheer curiosity since i've never tried combining two kinds of batter in a single pan for baking. The blonde base has coconut as its primary ingredient, while the top is of course, chocolate. That explains the name cocolate. These bars are best served warm when the chocolate top is in its gooey-est state, topped with any

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This is what turned out when i tried to replicate the Chocolate Pudding Cake recipe i found in one of my fave food blog, bakingsheet. I doubled the recipe and baked it in a 10" round baking pan. The resulting cake should have been more gooey than this had i not insisted to lengthen the baking time to 50 minutes. I also added a teaspoon of cinnamon for more flavor. As for the taste, it was not at

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My family spent the entire weekend in Sta. Cruz, Zambales to attend my lola's 14th death anniversary padasal. Anne and I went home a day ahead so i had to make my mom swear to buy me this native delicacy before heading back home last Tuesday. Now, the photos may not seem appetizing at all, but if you can only taste by looking at the photograph...you will realize that looks can be deceiving after

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Two Saturdays ago, we had a Triple V dinner buffet at Alabang Town Center after Anne's oathtaking. I've been persuading them to just have an ala carte dinner in some fine dining resto but to no avail. The celebrant gets to pick the place you know. Thing is, i'm not at all that good when it comes to buffets. When confusion hits me...it just hits me. Anyway, the food is ok but the resto itself fell

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Mom bought me 1.5 k of baby back ribs one ordinary night. I don't know if she meant is as a surprise or a very practical joke because i don't have the slightest idea how to cook ribs. "Gayahin mo na lang ung sa Via Mare." Ehem...am i that good? As expected, the researcher in me took over, and i chanced upon a recipe of blackberry barbecue sauce (check out the review section...i'm quirkychef!) in

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I'm hooked. This is one of the best guilt-free desserts that i couldn't get enough of. My fave is the O% fat mango flavor, though i'm quite partial with the fruit selection version nowadays since it does contain aspartame (an artificial sweetener reported to be the root cause for the epidemic of multiple sclerosis and lupus). I just find it quite pricey considering a small cup now costs 29php in

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Here's one outdated photo with my college friends during our dinner at SoulFood (Greenbelt!) before Berna fled to the US early this year. Time never cease to amaze me. Berna just got back and we've set a homecoming get-together/ birthday (she just turned a year older last tuesday!) lunch-sort-of-thing this Sunday at Gateway. There...i said it. This is one post specially requested by my quirky

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The Private Equity team went wild over Hamburglar last September 16 (Friday), when he had our get-together dinner party at McDonald's Greenbelt. We had the Incredibles party theme, complete with parlor games and other party extras. The food package includes the chicken and spaghetti meal with drinks, cheeseburger, sundae/ mcflurry (pronounced by their manager as "mcflerry"), and a piece of

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Wild Over Hamburglar- Private Equity Night-Out at McDonald's Greenbelt, 09/16/2005Posted by puFF

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It's been raining real hard, and non-stop at that, for the past two weeks. Of course, i'm attributing the drop of temperature as the first sign of Christmas, considering we have reached the BER months as well. Christmas always reminds me of traditional after dawn mass fares such as bibingka and puto bumbong. I just had my dose of both, separately at Ebun and Via Mare. Ebun serves their bibingka

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I've been wanting to eat at Via Mare but found no chance to do so until last Friday. Mom invited us over for lunch at Greenbelt (the place to be!) and the best part is that we get to dine at the resto of MY choice. She's taking the entire day off with my eldest sister to shop for dresses they'd be wearing for the oathtaking this coming Saturday (Anne just passed the physician's licensure).Now

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This post is long overdue. I've actually forgotten about this blog due to being preoccupied by a lot of things for the past weeks. I met up with my college girlfriends last Sep. 3 to celebrate Khriz's birthday at Greenbelt. We had an early dinner at this new resto called Ebun (kapampangan for "egg"). No it does not specialize in eggs and i have not the slightest idea why it was even named as such

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by far the best (and the tallest) cake i ever had...

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Nope, i'm not referring to asian cuisine. What i mean is Asian Hospital food. Just got out of the hospital early this afternoon after a not so successful myringotomy operation yesterday morning. I was so drugged that i felt nothing during the entire procedure and even as i am writing this, i can still feel the effect of anesthesia flowing through my veins (talk about exaggeration;)) Oh well,

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As I was rummaging through my baking supplies, i saw the stacks of unused powdered stuffs and figured its about time to put them into good use. I remembered it was given to me when i attended this village cooking class last Christmas. It was at that event where i learned how to make crinkles...i just never got the chance to practice what i learned until last Saturday. 1/2 kilo All Purpose

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Food tripping was at the top of our list when my sister and i went to Sagada last May. Sagada is a small westernized village located at the top of Mountain Province where foreigners own the majority of business establishments and natives are more fluent in English than Filipino. During our 3-day stay, we were able to dine in St. Joe's Cafe (try their curry veggies and mountain tea), Cuisina

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Sunday is the perfect day to stretch the many possibilities of chicken. I've long contemplated whether or not to use the Chinese Plum wine i got for free from our company outing in Subic. The thing is, you wouldn't really know unless you try. Guess what? it was all worth it. The wine really complemented the cheese (wine and cheese...makes sense huh?) which is a primary ingredient in the pastel.

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Yesterday afternoon, James and i literally found ourselves staring at the ceiling, boring ourselves with nothing...and i mean n-o-t-h-i-n-g to do. I then asked him if he wants to bake something provided he be the one in charge of everything. I suggested the easiest recipe i have at hand which is chocochip oatmeal cookies. Five hours later and i'm still baking. The kids deserted me after

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Finally, a kid-friendly lunch to satisfy the monstrous appetites of my monster brothers. This is my version of fastfood burger steak sans the extenders and preservatives. Nothing really beats home-cooked meals.1/2 k (500 g) lean beef, twice ground2 white onions, minced1 head garlic, grated2 eggs3 tablespoon flour1 tsp. salt and 2 tsp. pepperCombine all ingredients. Refrigerate for 30 minutes.

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My cousin kept on saying that my version is definitely better than KFC's. This is the second time i made chicken-macaroni salad, and i could say that this is definitely one of the easiest and no-fuss recipe i can prepare even with my eyes blindfolded;). The secret is by adding lots and lots of chicken, cheese, and pepper. Yep, I'm a pepper person as well. 1 k salad macaroni, cooked al dente1 k

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Traditional Filipinos believe that the long strands of noodles signify long life. This must be the reason why it is considered almost a requirement in every birthday celebration here in our country. Since, i've grown too tired of the usual stir-fried vermicelli (locally known as "pancit"), i've decided to explore a little and introduce something new for a change. I should get a gold medal for

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This recipe is very basic yet a classic. Cooked this at my mom's birthday dinner. Just thought i'd share this with you...2 medium sized or 1 big lapu-lapu, cleaned and scaled2 stalks celerydash of salt and pepper1 c mayonnaise2 hard boiled eggs1 large carrot (peeled, diced and blanched)1 small cucumber, slicedPat dry fish with paper towels, stuff cavity with celery stalks (be sure to remove this

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Last July 16th was my mom's birthday. Actually, I was supposed to post a picture of the entire dinner table but my shots were just too terrible to be published. Anyway, we had Arroz a la Valenciana, buttered shrimp, shrimp with cashew and green peas, steamed lapulapu with mayo, chicken-mushroom hofan noodles, macaroni salad (recipes to follow), maja blanca, leche flan, and the Chocolate Overload

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The monsters did it again. James kept on saying that he is going to cook Churros con Chocolate but badly needs help. And so Neil, our youngest, willingly volunteered, but was assigned the heavy task of mixing the sticky batter, while his kuya pre-assigned himself to cook the chocolate (claiming it is the harder task...tsk...tsk). As usual, when the war between the two monsters begin, no one is

puFFhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04349269843410769235noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13808098.post-1121661995291411152005-07-18T12:02:00.000+08:002005-07-18T12:46:35.300+08:00

Sister out, mom busy...that leaves me in charge for last Sunday's lunch. I'm feeling quite independent that morning, so i decided to do away with cookbooks and follow my cooking instincts for a change. I was really planning to cook the traditional afritada, but the temptation of all the spices in the kitchen cabinet was too strong i just had to give in. 5 medium-sized ripe tomatoes, sliced

puFFhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04349269843410769235noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13808098.post-1121656472952031872005-07-18T10:29:00.000+08:002005-07-18T11:14:32.960+08:00

I must i must i must have something sweet over the weekend. Just realized that i've been feeding my monster brothers too much chocolatey desserts lately. This is actually my first attempt to replicate a Goldilock's original. Obviously, i failed big-time in the presentation. But the taste...oh the taste is just heavenly. I'm still having bouts of LFS (last food syndrome) except for the fact that i

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Last last Sunday, my sister prodded me to cook something that will complement her chicken adobo for lunch. At first, I thought of preparing veggies on the side, but then it seems like it's time to take a break from the greens and explore other alternatives. Since we haven't had tofu for quite sometime, it's just the perfect timing to try Breaded Tofu with Teriyaki Sauce.2 large blocks tofu (i

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I was 14 when i first tried my hand on baking. No recipes whatsoever, it just popped out of me when my groupmates in h.e. class gave me the ingredients that were not used up in a baking session at school.Of course, the result was a total disaster. It was the most greasy thing i've ever seen, and somewhat a cross between a cookie and a bread. And the taste... hmmm... i must say that i was able to

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Cooking...my lifelong passion.When and where it all started? Home Economics class in junior high. Blame my teacher when she asked the class this totally unexpected question out of nowhere:"What will happen if you steam a leche flan without covering the llanera (tin pan) with aluminum foil?"If you think i'm weird enough to know the answer to that q...then i guess you're right. The rule of thumb is

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