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Kalabasa Flan (Pumpkin Spice Flan)
Its been a while since I posted here. Apologies! Anyway, I've been on a kalabasa and kamote kick recently. Oatmeal with sweet potato or pumpkin? Ooh, sign me up. Add in a bit of butter and honey and you've got a bowl of caramel goodness that's sort of healthy too....
Homemade Matcha (And Lemon!) Kit Kat
I feel incredibly vulnerable saying this: I don't like Kit Kat. I don't hate it. I'm just not partial to it. But then again, I may be loose in the head (according to The Favorite Dining Companion). After all, I love Almond Joy. Oh Almond Joy! Here you have a sweet...
Venice Restaurant Los Banos – A Review of Sorts
In what used to be Cafe La Bonne Vie now stands Venice Restaurant. As fate would have it, on Cafe La Bonne Vie's last day of operation, the Favorite Dining Companion insisted that we have coffee and dessert there (after eating a hefty lunch at Mio Cantina). We even...
Sweetened Red Mung Bean Spring Roll (Minatamis na Munggong Turon)
Banana spring rolls are good. Cream cheese-filled spring rolls are better. Red mung bean spring rolls, however, take the number one spot in my refined coconut oil-drenched heart. According to myfather-in-law, red mung bean spring rolls used to be as popular as banana...
Mio Cantina – A Review of Sorts
Easily one of my favorite places to eat at in Los Banos, Mio Cantina offers interesting food at friendly prices. My favorite is their Sweet Pork Bao. I've tried the Shiitake Bao and the plain Pork Bao but the Sweet Pork Bao easily earns the top spot in my heart. <3...
Easy Spanish Bread (and Ensaimada) Recipe
Sometimes, I wonder what kind of mother will I be. Will the toddler love me when he's already towering over me? When he knows more than I do? When he no longer needs me but I need him? I admit, every single day with a toddler is a struggle but my view of the world is...
Boom’s Cold Brew – A Review of Sorts
What I love about cold brew is that it brings out new flavors and diminishes stronger notes like those found in Barako/Liberica coffee. Truth be told, I love the acid notes in coffee. When it comes to acids found in coffee, not all acids are considered equal. Some...
Corn Muffins
Muffins generally don't appeal to me much. Except when we're talking about corn muffins. I grew up eating Kenny Roger's corn muffins on the weekends so this is my gold standard when it comes to corn muffins. Every now and then, I also got to taste the boxed cornbread...
WOFEX 2015 at the SMX Convention Center
WOFEX didn’t have a lot of booths dedicated to quirky or artisanal products. I was actually hoping for weird/artisanal/one-of-a-kind products. A lot of the booths simply offered regular supermarket products at lower prices. But i still enjoyed this year’s World Food Expo and I will definitely come back next year.
A Bastardized Version of Christina Tossi’s Corn Cookie Recipe
I highly doubt that Christina Tossi would see this but for the fans at least, please forgive me. Call it 3rd world ingenuity or whatever you like; I won’t take offense. But please do forgive me for butchering Christina Tossi’s recipe!