NOT A FAN OF KILAWIN

Yes, I am not a fan of kilawin. However, my mom in law asked me to do this dish. Actually, it's my first time to make this recipe and the output was not perfect as expected. The kilawin tuna was too spicy and I think the vinegar in it was not sufficient. Anyway, here is the photo..

LABOR OF LOVE (HAPPY 26TH BIRTHDAY DADDY)

 to do list

It's my husband's birthday and I want to cook something a little special for him. Although the dishes were not extravagant at least I know that everything is a labor of love..(yes naman!)Not to mention that our guests appreciated my cooking (I hope)..hahahaha..

 happy birthday to you daddy!!!

here is the menu:

caldereta

buffalo chicken

baked tahong

sisig-but I don't have a photo of it (lols)

fried wantons (no photo of the finished product)

pancit

mallows icecream cake

the procedure for the mallows cake

placed melted butter on the crushed graham then place on a round tin tray

melt marshmallow on milk in low-fire heat

melt the chocolate buttons and mix with the cream

here's how the melted mallows in milk would appear like

you would mix the choco cream mix in this then place it on the crushed graham

once it has cooled down you will refrigerate it for 8hours or overnight to fully set 

finished product

here's how I did the fried wantons

I dumped everything in (ground pork, chopped mushrooms, onions, grated carrots, minced celery, scallions, spanish paprika, salt and pepper, sesame oil)

mix everything up (looks like Payatas)

I used wanton wrappers

1 beaten egg to seal the wanton wrappers

wantons

me at work..hehehe..

my husband and friend Rapa working on the baked tahong

baked tahong (some are burned)

caldereta

pancit

buffalo chicken

TEXAS ROADHOUSE GRILL @ BHS

Me and my bestfriend had a double family date here at Texas Roadhouse Grill because I was very curious about the dishes that they can offer. The general experience was just ok. I was not totally wowed with the foods at all. However, the service is nice, the place is great, serving size is good for 2 and the nice thing is the free food for kids.

 just water for everyone :)

here are the free foods for the kids:

spaghetti with chicken 

 fries with chicken 

here are our orders:

buffalo wings (330php +10% sc)

boneless bbq chicken (330php + 10% sc)

shrimp and salmon skewer (440php + 10%sc)

tuna salpicao (385php + 10%sc)

grilled porkchops (340php + 10% sc)

the bar in front of our seat

my bes' family

my family

LULUBELLE @ serendra

Hubby and I were craving for ice cream but we ended having dessert at LULUBELLE.

there's too many choices for the toppings..

calamansi sorbet with mango

he chose this one but he kept on eating my yoghurt..lols!he even asked me how did I come up with the combination of walnuts and mochi..well, I don't know!I just feel like eating walnuts at that time and I want to try out the mochi that they have. 

natural yoghurt with walnuts and mochi

the damage..:))

STIR FRY BROCOLLI, CREAM DORY "FISH FRY", HONEY SEMIFREDDO

Ok..Again I was asked to cook dinner because my mother-in-law was wondering what I'm planning to do with the cream dory..I will do a fish fry and another variation of the stir-fry veggies..Plus, I experimented with making a honey semifreddo.. 

Here's what I have came up with:

STIR FRY BROCOLLI with TOFU

INGREDIENTS: garlic, red bell pepper, brocolli, fried tofu, little oyster sauce, salt and pepper

1st side

other side

CREAM DORY fish fry

INGREDIETS: batter -> flour, sprite, salt and pepper, oil

                         dip-> mayo, mustard, pickles, salt and pepper

1st stage

after whisking..

custard will become thick..

whipped cream

HONEY SEMIFREDDO

semifreddo means half cold.. this is like an ice cream but is not as hard.. 

INGREDIENTS: 4 egg yolks and 1 egg whisked together with honey 

                           fold with 2 packs of whipped cream 

                           refrigerate for 2 days and top with toasted nuts