Stripey Sticker Name Birthday Card

I haven't had time to any crafts for the best part of this year - I put my house on the market in February and we wanted to declutter for the estate agent photographs so all my card making and craft supplies went into storage. I secured a sale on my house quite quickly and we found our dream home almost right away - it was only the second house we looked at! But as regular readers will know, what should have been a straightforward process was held...

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Viennese Apple Strudel

When I visited Vienna in November we went to the Schonbrunn Palace. As part of our Winter Pass ticket, we got entry to the Apple Strudel Show: a demonstration of how to make apple strudel with a piece to try.Apple Strudel is said to originate from Austria and is a Viennese speciality in particular and the oldest known copy of a strudel recipe is a library in Vienna.The demonstration was entirely in English which was lucky as though I speak German...

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Pork and Mushroom Adobo

Pork and Mushroom Adobo may not be new but I have to try it. Every time I visited supermarkets and groceries here in Australia I am always overwhelm with the availability of mushroom in the fresh vegetable sections. I like mushrooms and I have been picking some of it every time or most of my visits. I usually end up thinking what to cook out of them. Below is the list of some of the mushroom dish that I have cooked all these years, click link to...

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Dairy-free Vegan Frozen Cupcakes - Golden Syrup Flavour

I love Frozen - and I'm clearly not the only one! In my opinion it's the best Disney movie in years with a strong feminist message and a brilliant song from Idina Menzel. Judging by the amount of merchandise available in the shops, from fancy dress costumes to Frozen shampoo and showergel at Poundland, not to mention all the Frozen-inspired birthday cakes I've seen online, children everywhere are captivated consumers of all things Elsa, Anna and...

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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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