Gastronomic Adventures in the Philippines
Small Talk Cafe’s Pinangat Pasta had been written about in papers and magazines by traveling gourmands from the world over. I was one lucky bastard who had the chance of getting a taste of the well-known pasta (a yet another fusion of a local dish with an Italian staple food). The serving was modest-sized for [...]
Our usual breakfast would often consist of the silog combi- tosino, egg & rice or corned beef, egg and rice or we would go for americanized version of cereal and milk. But my friend Mel & I decided to do breakfast this time- Dumaguetenos style. We headed off to Dumaguete’s Public Market at 6:30 AM [...]
Most of us are probably familiar with the mouth-watering Bicol Express by the Bicolanos. But the Dumaguetenos (people from Dumaguete) decided to create a new twist of their own “Dumaguete Express”. There is still the classic coconut milk, red chili peppers and crunchy pork bits but they added an original recipe of coconut meat. This unique [...]
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