Browsing Category Stir Fry

  I have been invited by my good friend Nami to guest post at her blog — Just One Cookbook.  I am very honored to be posting for her great readers so it took me a while to come up with this theme.  It is a quick and easy recipe — Stir Fried Shrimp & [...]

Pan Fried Shrimp AKA Halabos na Hipon is a lazy man’s way of cooking shrimp. All you have to do is wash the shrimp, add salt, and pan fry. That’s it! The shrimp is very flavorful because it is cooked in its own juice. At our house, this dish is eaten along with other seafood [...]

I have read numerous good stories about this delicious dish Kung Pao. Some are very convincing, some are inspirational, and some are just uhh. . . whatever. But one thing that I can say is true—like any other Asian dish that was brought and introduced to the West, it gets enhanced or should I say [...]

  Sweet and Sour dish — particularly sweet and sour pork is a Cantonese dish that was introduced by Chinese migrants to the West in the early part of 20th Century.  Since then, it evolved into variety of dishes with the same basic ingredients — sweet and sour sauce. Some are prepared with chicken and [...]

    Corned Beef is one of the favorite canned foods in our house along with Spam and Vienna sausages.  When I was growing up in the Philippines, corned beef and spam were served only on special occasions or for special guests because it’s very expensive.   When I moved here in the U.S., I [...]

  Black bean garlic paste has this salty-spicy-sweet quality that enhances the flavor of a lot of Asian dishes. Basically, this paste or sauce is made from fermented beans AKA Douchi, soy sauce, and garlic. It is one of my favorite ingredients especially for flavoring the sauce of my dish. So, whenever I visit my [...]

A few days ago, Nami of Just one Cookbook informed me that she’s tagging me to participate in the Seven Links Challenge. I felt honored not because I am participating in the challenge but the fact that she added my food blog alongside with these other fine food bloggers. So, before I go on, I [...]

Ginisang Ampalaya – Fine Filipino Dish This is another one of those “love it or hate it” kind of food. I remember someone asked me. . . “Why do you like eating that stuff?” I just asked back. . . “Why do you like drinking strong-black coffee, isn’t that the same bitterness?” Don’t get me [...]

Pancit is not just a dish, it is an icon of Filipino Cuisine and to some, it symbolizes long life. There are a lot of variations of pancit and it all depends on who you’re talking to and what region of the country they came from. It has been a never-ending argument on who makes [...]

This is one of those dishes that we order and eat from our favorite restaurant every time we visit Chinatown here in Los Angeles. The flavor of the ribs and the mild saltiness of black bean sauce counter the bitterness of the melon. By the way, there are several techniques that you can use to [...]

Adobong Sitaw or String Beans Adobo or Long Beans Adobo is a very simple dish to cook. It is usually done in a traditional way of cooking the meat — adobo style, then just cook it again with the string Beans AKA Sitaw. Here in the States, string beans are readily available in most Asian [...]

Ahhh! I don’t know about you but to me, the best things in life are the simple things. I guess it depends on who you’re talking to. Some folks might have a different definition of the word simple. Someone might possess a Mercedes Benz, a Rolex watch, a 6,000 square foot house and to them, [...]

Another no-meat Friday especially for a Catholic family like ours and this is going to go on until after the lent season which will be Easter Sunday. Well, this is what I cooked and served for my family last night and everyone enjoyed it, so I guess Mister Carnivore like me can’t complain huh!. I [...]

Once in a while, I like taking a break from cooking Filipino foods to explore other Asian culinary adventures. Today we are going to be making Shrimp Pad Thai — one of my favorite in Thai’s delicious dishes. Did you know that Pad Thai is one of Thailand’s national dishes? So, going to a Thai [...]

Kulinarya’s March theme is about Filipino vegetable dish and “Vegetable” playing the main role. There are a lot of savory Filipino vegetable dish like Pinakbet, Adobong Sitaw (String Beans Adobo), Ukoy (Shrimp Fritters), Rellenong Talong (Stuffed Eggplant), etc. I chose Tofu (in the the Philippines, we call it Tokwa), because of its versatility as far [...]

This delicious dish – Beef with Asparagus Pancit is my post for the Kulinarya Club’s challenge for the month of February. One of the many wonderful folks in the group came up with a challenge, which is of course in time for the month where most of us celebrate Valentines. The rule is this, and [...]

Whenever I get a chance to go to my favorite Asian Supermarkets like 99 Ranch Market or Seafood City, I usually pick up a pack of Steamed Chow Mein noodle. The one that I always use is the semi-dried ones with small strands. Most of the time half of the package is all I need [...]

I adapted this recipe (with some variation) from one of my favorite Chinese chef and uncle – Martin Yan. Okay he’s not my uncle; he’s actually my auntie hahaha! Just kidding. I just wish he is my uncle but I’m sure he doesn’t share the same wish. Hey wait a minute!!! Let’s just imagine if [...]

I got introduced into eating tofu, especially Tokwa Baboy (Braised Tofu with Pork), during my teenage years when my parents used to take me to see movies in Manila.  I remember always having dinner in this hole-in-a-wall Chinese restaurant called Cho Nam near Quiapo Church. This dish is one of their specialties along with Pata [...]