musings of a traveller and food lover

Lasang Pinoy

What is your adobo story?

If you were to ask my London born nephew what his favourite Filipino food is, with out missing a beat, “Chicken Adobo” is his answer. Wasn’t it just last week that I cooked squid ...

Lasang Pinoy Sundays # 25… Saucy

When Ces of Spices started hosting this weekly Filipino food photography, she always have encouraged me to join. After all I have been active with the Lasang Pinoy “Filipino ...

saging pinaypay, a childhood favourite

“Your eating habit is not Filipino anymore!!”… Thats what my Filipina (rather Cebuana) crew mate had said after over a month of working and living together. Marica and I ...

Dinuguan: Pork Blood Stew LP#9

Pabumum our host for the Lasang Pinoy 9th edition had chosen the theme Lamang-loob: Odd Cuts and Guts. In Tagalog, laman [la’man] translates to “contents,” and loob [lo’ob] means inside–I ...

Lasang Pinoy 8 Kusinang Bulilit part 2

I have learnt many about cooking. A friend of my mum named Shalimar has taught me cooking, baking etc. The first time that I try to bake was chocolate fudge, it wasn’t really difficult for ...

Menudo ~ Lasang Pinoy # 8

When I was young, cooking was an obligation. There were times when I just hated it. I was told off a few many times for either over cooking or undercooking the rice. Those were the times ...

Pork Hocks & No to Plagiarism

Many times I have been asked why I do not have my travel photos on some online gallery for public viewing. Why? Its not because they are not good, the problem is they are far too good that I ...

Filipino Soul Food

Lasang Pinoy 4…Soul Food- favorite traditional Filipino food that instantly enhances mood…“soothing, comfort food that brings back warm memories of family dinners”. I am back ...

Champorado

This post is for the first Filipino Food Blogging Event: LASANG PINOY “Food embodies the culture from which it developed. To know a culture, one can start with food.” For their ...