Browsing Month January, 2012

Mussel Ginger Soup (Sinabawang Tahong)

Posted on January 22, 2012 | by Ray

It’s that time of the month again where Kulinarya Club and its lovely January hosts—Pearl of Sassy Chef and Thea of Words and Nosh—picked a very interesting but challenging theme. The theme is to come up with a healthful dish that you would like to have for your birthday! My cough-cough-choke-tieth birthday [...]

Lime-in-the-Coconut Drumsticks

Posted on January 19, 2012 | by Ray

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I was going through the January/February release of “Everyday by Rachel Ray” and this recipe called “Lime-in-the-Coconut Drumsticks” caught my attention because not only it looks delicious, but also there was something about the marinade instruction that I thought was kind of funny. Okay, here’s what it said about pureeing the marinade verbatim “In blender, [...]

Oxtail Kare Kare (Filipino Oxtail Peanut Stew)

Posted on January 16, 2012 | by Ray

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Oxtail Kare Kare (kare kareng buntot) is a stew type of dish that is always present in every Filipino party. I’m not talking about ordinary parties, but rather important ones like baptisms and weddings. It is one of the centerpieces of feast table — meant for special occasions and special guests. Today, I am very excited [...]

Chicken Wings Afritada

Posted on January 8, 2012 | by Ray

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Tomato-based dishes are one of the few good things that we inherited from those bored Spaniards who colonized the Philippines for centuries; the same conquistadors that had nothing else to do but to bug little islands in Asia in search of spices (of course). Anyway, there are a lot of delicious dishes using tomato [...]