Nene's cozy roadside food stall in Pansol.On display are lechon manok, grilled hito, pork bbq and salted eggs. (Taken with a Nokia 6230)The whole clan motored to Pansol, Calamba City, Laguna last Saturday for my mom's advanced birthday celebration. The uninitiated may ask, "Where is Pansol?" Well, the place happens to be known as the Hot Spring Resort Capital of the Philippines. Being just 54 kilometers away from Manila,it is a popular place for rest and recreation. People also go here for health reasons. There's a septuagenarian I know who attributes his "eternal ... Continue Reading...
Cooking Project: Mang Cesar’s Salad & Lamb Kaldereta (from scrap)
Cooking to me is a luxury these days - which is a pity since I am more passionate about food than religion or sex.Before JR's eyebrows rise a notch higher, let me try to explain: am no frigid babe but a chunk of steak is more accessible to me than human flesh.And while I may not be particular about the assortment of food I pile up on my buffet platter, experience has taught me to discriminate among the smorgasboard of men ripe for the picking, at the risk of suffering those terrible womanly woes.Now, I can't imagine myself being a vegetarian but I swear the picture ... Continue Reading...
When prime rib is better than sex
My workload has consumed me this week and so it was such a relief when the presentation we were slaving on for days on end was finally delivered by our COO before congressmen and their staff at a hotel last night.It was interesting to see the country's legislators glued to the widescreen in the hotel ballroom as my dear agency appealed for our franchise extension. I feel good at being a part of a patriotic mission to secure the future of my 11,000 or so fellow employees. We need our jobs beyond 2008 and this country in dire straits also needs the billions in revenues ... Continue Reading...
Shabu-shabu high
Hotpot Hapones.This photo probably doesn't give justice to the delicious lunch I had today. But at 11:30 this morning, I felt this intense craving for some filling soup..not nilaga or sinigang but shabu-shabu. Thankfully, I was able to convince my officemates to go with me and try this place near our new office building, the Lau Chan Hotpot on Mabini St. You know the place is authentic because it is simply teeming with the Chinese who gulp their soup with so much gusto, you can almost see them sweat.I thought shabu-shabu is Korean but is originally Japanese and ... Continue Reading...
The Fontana of our Youth
Taken at the Pirates' Ship where the kids literally went wet and wild, originally uploaded by ajay. Before the heavy rains lashed Manila, I was fortunate enough to take the kids out to Fontana Leisure Parks and Casino in Pampanga's Clark Special Economic Zone. It was a sunny Sunday and there was hardly any traffic on the much-improved North Expressway. Our trip thus took only one and a half hours.As I found out, you shouldn't go to Fontana if your idea of adventure is plunging the depths of Tubbataha Reef. The resort has a lovely Water Park that is meant for kids. ... Continue Reading...
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