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This is best paired with a tall glass of Coke with lots of ice. Yum! One of the favourite snacks of Pinoys is this deep-fried peanut aka ad...

This is my homage to Hong Kong-style fastfood restaurants that ushered me gently into the wonderful world of Hong Kong food. At the start my...

Lesson for this recipe: use a non-stick pan! As you can see from the pictures the brutality of the removal from the pan I used is quite evid...

I'm so happy, I'm so giddy, I'm so happy and giddy and gay! (to the tune of I Feel Pretty). Why do I feel this way? I found thes...

This is one of my all-time favourite winter comfort food. It's rich, spicy, flavourful, and very Southeast Asian. Like our adobo, there ...

My eldest daughter J9 had her birthday a few weeks ago. This time I asked her pointedly on what birthday cake she likes that she will eat. ...

Fudges has been quite generous to send me some of their delectable savoury biscuits. I'm quite familiar with the brand although only th...

I've been experimenting with concoctions for a chicken inasal recipe ever since I read this article about the wonderful piquant barbe...

It was the apple monster's 19th birthday and this is what he requested - the same chocolate cake I made about two years ago for his fat...

It's been quite a while since I've blogged and I'm missing it a bit. My virtual life has to be put on hold so that I can take ca...

It's World Bread Day ! The previous year's blog event for this special day always passed me by. Bread making wasn't really in my...

My family knows that I operate in phases. Even in food and cooking, they certainly remember those weeks when all I try to bake and think abo...

It's not very pretty. In fact it looks like some ... oh never mind. I never thought meringue making is this easy. It only consisted of ...

What's the best dip companion for crisp fried danggit ? Why spicy vinegar of course, smothered in copious amount of hot steaming fluffy...

Happy birthday my blog, happy birthday my blog ... It's been more than five years now since I started pounding the keyboard to breathe ...

My bundt cake pan saw first action today after languishing in my cupboard for the last 4 years. I've never done a recipe that requires o...

I forgot to include in my previous post of favourite things this ampaw that I can't resist. In my younger years, whenever we go back ho...

What can I say? I had a great two-week break back home in the Philippines. As expected I didn't fail to eat all my favourite things. Th...