musings of a traveller and food lover

Shalimar

Simply Quick Baked Fish

I was walking down the road when I pass the fishmongers and saw wonderful seabass (loup de mer) glistening, calling me “am fresh am fresh” For 13€ a kilo it wasnt too bad, got 2 pieces ...

Will be way… for a short while

Will be away for a while going back to France for a month or so…I do not have my own connection and my own kitchen…Will be back soon! And for those who find themselves at Cote ...

Squid with Tomato Sauce

Yesterday, my husband suggested we drive to the eastern part of Attica, to be exact our main destination is Rafina. A drab port really but it offers a gastronomic appeal. The area is so ...

Eggplant Salad

Way back April when I was still in Norway, Market Man of Manila posted on his terrfic food blog about Grilled Eggplant Salad I knew I would have to wait for a while before I will have a ...

Overview of Maja Blanca

I took some of the maja blanca to some Swiss friends and as usual they were curious. I was asked what it is and the nearest equivalent I could find is BLANCMANGE. I did explain that instead ...

Maja Blanca -BLANCMANGE OF CORN AND COCONUT CREAM

Stel of Baby Rambutan her post dated 14th of July, wrote about kakainin and she mentioned maja blanca (BLACMANGE OF CORN AND COCONUT CREAM) maja blanca is a popular afternoon snack lumped in ...

Mung Beans & Munggo

My sister Tara and her husband Nick just came back recently from their short break driving around Killin, north west of Glasgow, around Loch Lomond and the Trossachs.They hiked, toured and ...

Palitaw

After a very Filipino lunch with mung beans my sister went craving for a Filipino sweet or dessert. My sister makes the wonderful leche flan, but she said too much calories but she even ...

Whats on my shelf?

Ah cookbook meme, I knew it will not be long before I will be tagged. And not once but twice, first byLady Charlie’s Cookshop and today by Market Man of Manila. But before I go on I ...

Global Pinoy Food Bloggers

Blog o Rama The Global Pinoy Food Bloggers This week, Manila Bulletin’s Blog O Rama continued with their feature on Pinay food bloggers who are scattered all over the world and yet ...

Cooking Meme

I have been tagged by Stel of Baby Rambutan. She is just curious how I learn to cook or rather she wants to know some gory details of my kitchen disasters. Ok then lets have some fun What is ...

Oxtapodia Octopus

LastJune 29th,Market Man of Manila posted on his wonderful food blog about Inihaw na Pusit – Grilled Squid I asked him if octopus is popular in the Philippines as I could not even ...