musings of a traveller and food lover

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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 ...

Namaste Nepal

Why Nepal? It’s been over a month since I came back from Nepal and the other day I was greeted by friends; Happy Holi, a festival of colours in Nepal where people throw perfumed ...

Langkawi’s Wet Market

I took the bike along the beach here in Valencia last Saturday… it was sunny yet the wind is biting. I dismounted from my bike and paused to hear the surf crashing against the sand and ...

…captain don’t fire me

Yesterday as we went to St Laurent du Var for crew dinner, I was almost choked with my emotions. I am actually leaving again… the thought of leaving this crew just make my heart ache. ...

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 ...

refreshing curried chicken salad

The chef pan grilled some marinated then curried chicken, chopped them, mixed the chicken with grapes, celery and some mayonaise, served with salad leaves and mangoes.