Fish Lugaw with Malungay, a Pinoy version of Fish Risotto with Malungay

Fish Lugaw with Malungay, a Pinoy version of Fish Risotto with Malungay. Today I got some malungay leaves at the Rapid Creek Sunday Market. I was thinking of having a fish soup with malungay lunch, but as I was looking for ingredients I saw this risotto rice that have been sitting in the cupboard for some time now. I end up cooking a fish lugaw using risotto rice. The resultant lugaw dish went great using risotto rice for my Fish Lugaw with Malungay...

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Fried Tanguigue Steak with Tomato Onion Chili Relish

Fried Tanguigue Steak with Tomato Onion Chili Relish. A lunch of fried fish served with chopped tomatoes and onion, and some chilies if you could stand the heat plus real fish sauce, eating using your hand. Would that make you drool? Today I had a similar lunch, Fried Tanguigue Steak with Tomato Onion Chili Relish, and yes I ate with my hands, how good was that. Believe me it was a great lunch.See other similar dish;Fried Pork Chop with Tomato...

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Fettuccine with Mushroom and Mushroom Sauce

Fettuccine with Mushroom and Mushroom Sauce. I would like to share a quick way to cook Fettuccine with Mushroom and Mushroom Sauce using Campbell’s Condense Cream of Mushroom Soup in cans. I have used Campbell’s Condense Cream of Mushroom Soup on my other similar recipes. Using this canned mushroom soup will cut all the time of preparing a mushroom sauce from the scratch. It is very convenient especially if you want a quick way to cook a mushroom...

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Braised Pork Belly with Pineapple

Braised Pork Belly with Pineapple. Sweet braised dishes have become regular to OPC. The dish come in many versions but they are almost similar with the use of common ingredients. Click the link of the list below to check out some of the pork and beef braised dishes that we had.Braised Pork Belly and Quail EggBraised Pork and Tofu with Black FungusBraised Pork Leg with TausiAsado Bulalo, Beef Shank AsadoBraised Pork Knuckles and Tofu with Black...

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Why Are Food Start Ups So Popular?

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Braised Pork and Tofu with Black Fungus

Braised Pork and Tofu with Black Fungus. I had a pack of fresh black fungi in my ref. which was sitting for some time. It did take a few days before I could think of what to cook out of it. We Pinoy are more familiar with the dried ones called “Tenga’n Daga” which literally means rat ear. Black fungus or would it be fungi are usually used in cooking pansit, the more popular one is Cebu’s Bam-i. On today’s dish, Braised Pork and Tofu with Black...

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Pork and Ampalaya with Oyster Sauce

Pork and Ampalaya with Oyster Sauce. This is an old recipe my Beef and Ampalaya with Oyster Sauce is one of the very first dish that I have posted when I was starting this Pinoy Food Blog. I do have also a chicken version of the dish, Chicken and Ampalaya with Oyster Sauce. I love this dish it is easy to cook and you cannot go wrong. I am am sure you will love it as well, not of course you do not like ampalaya. As I said cooking is easy, and it...

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Pansit Miki with Upo

Pansit Miki with Upo. Upo at this time have been a regular item in Woolworth Supermarket and on weekend markets here in Darwin, it must be in season. Now I have to think of something to cook this vegetable. The truth is upo is one of my favorite vegetables. In fact I have already posted a lot of dish that uses upo as the main ingredient or included as one of the vegetable ingredients. Check it out, click the link on the list below.Ginisang UpoGinisang...

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Ginataang Ampalaya

Ginataang Ampalaya. To Bicolanos most likely vegetables are cooked with coconut, even the bitter guard or ampalaya. Today I would like to share how I cooked my Ginataang Ampalaya, one of my favorite Bicolano vegetable dish cooked with coconut milk. For the “sahog” instead usual healthier tinapa, I used pork and some prawns or shrimp. I also added some sautéed salted shrimp krill or “bagoong alamang” to make it pungent to compensate the coconut...

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The Funniest Restaurant A-Boards

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Meal Planning Monday - Week 46

In a bit of a rush as we've just got back from holiday and there's no fresh food in the house!Monday – choir rehearsal Tuesday – out at a charity quiz night Weds- salmon and veg for me, gammon and chips for him Thurs- chicken in some sort of sauce TBA, with mashed potato Fri- burger and chips Sat – originally thought my boyfriend was going to be working today but he's not any more (which is good) but it means I hadn't thought of anything to do...

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Tinolang Manok sa Upo

Tinolang Manok sa Upo. Chicken tinola is one of my favorite soup dish I have been experimenting or trying to cook it with vegetables other than green papaya. Over the years I have been using different vegetables, click the links below to see those post.Tinolang Manok sa ZucchiniTinolang Manok sa PatolaTinolang Manok sa AmpalayaTinolang Manok sa PapayaTinolang Manok with SotanghonChicken with Ampalaya Tendrils and SotanghonChicken BinakolChicken...

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Patola at Sardinas with Misua

Patola at Sardinas with Misua. I did not expect that patola is also available in Australia. I bought some at the last Rapid Creek Sunday Market. Now I wanted to cook the patola with canned sardines then add some misua noodles. The combination of canned sardines and misua is a regular fare to most Pinoy, it is cheap very filling and yummy. It has been some time the last time I had one, now it’s time to satisfy that craving. Here is the recipe on...

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Adobong Sili

Adobong Sili. I grew up in Vigan, and Adobong Sili is a regular fare in our kitchen. The green long chili in Ilocos is not as hot compare to other places that the reason it can be cooked as is and is not just an ingredient for dishes that needs hotness. Adobong sili is some kind of side dish but most often it becomes the main vegetable dish to most Ilocanos. There are several ways to cook adobong sili, it really depends every households and available...

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