County Fair Winner Dill Pickles

            Who can honestly say they don’t like dill pickles?  Those satisfyingly crunchy spears of tangy salty goodness are the...

County Fair Winner Dill Pickles

New York Style Bagel Recipe

       My friend Bruce and I are crazy over bagels which is really a shame because you just can’t find them over here.  Yep, you heard it...

New York Style Bagel Recipe

Review: Mandarin Tea Garden - NCCC Mall *4 Stars*

Synopsis:      I have been wanting to write about Mandarin Tea Garden for some time now but have been thwarted by my lack of...

Review: Mandarin Tea Garden - NCCC Mall *4 Stars*

Duckpin Bowling in Davao

     I really love bowling.  I can remember back to my earliest years bowling duckpins with my grandparents at the Catonsville Fairlanes.  These days...

Duckpin Bowling in Davao

Review: Rai-Rai Ken Japanese Restaurant *3 Stars*

Synopsis:  It’s been quite a long time since I have been able to write about a restaurant here on the blog so naturally...

Review: Rai-Rai Ken Japanese Restaurant *3 Stars*

Amazing Adobo: The Tamasi Family Adobo Recipe

       When most people think of Philippine Cusine the first thing that comes to mind is Adobo.  A vinegary mix of pork, spices...

Amazing Adobo: The Tamasi Family Adobo Recipe

Trivia Night at Al’s Diner, Crooked Road, Davao City

       This past wednesday night we were treated to a trivia party hosted by Al’s Diner in downtown Davao City. ...

Trivia Night at Al's Diner, Crooked Road, Davao City

Visiting Departed Relatives, All Soul’s Day in Davao

This is a repost of an article I originally ran last year.  Hopefully I have more readers on my site than I did back...

Visiting Departed Relatives, All Soul's Day in Davao

Mashed Potatoes With Garlic and Onions

               Could there possibly be anything more boring than mashed potatoes?  That glutinous mass of starchy tubers is staple...

Mashed Potatoes With Garlic and Onions

The Road to a New Life

       Today I was supposed to write about my really excellent recipe for roast chicken… unfortunately I was so absorbed in cooking that day I...

The Road to a New Life

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County Fair Winner Dill Pickles

County Fair Winner Dill Pickles

     
      Who can honestly say they don’t like dill pickles?  Those satisfyingly crunchy spears of tangy salty goodness are the perfect companion to a hamburger, sandwich or even a chicken dinner.  Indeed one of my favourite easy meals is Tomato Soup, Grilled Cheese Sanwiches and Dill Pickle on the side… mmmm heaven. 

New York Style Bagel Recipe

New York Style Bagel Recipe

 
     My friend Bruce and I are crazy over bagels which is really a shame because you just can’t find them over here.  Yep, you heard it here first, no bagels in the Philippines (that I know of anyway).  So being the intrepid do-it-yourselfer that I am I thought I would have a go at [...]

The Gift

 
    Today is the 2nd anniversary of my wife and I meeting eachother on myspace.  I had a whole nice article written out but thanks to AN Hosting and their slower than the stone age servers coupled with PLDT DSL the article was lost.  Suffice it to say, Happy Anniversary Mahal, you know I love you [...]

Recipe: Pork Humba, Luzon Style

Pork humba can best be described as a sweeter cousin to adobo.  Just like adobo it has many different variations depending on where you are in the country.  I had a friend of mine give me this recipie to try out, and I can say I liked it alot.  The sauce came out a nice [...]

Review: Mandarin Tea Garden - NCCC Mall *4 Stars*

Review: Mandarin Tea Garden - NCCC Mall *4 Stars*

Synopsis:
     I have been wanting to write about Mandarin Tea Garden for some time now but have been thwarted by my lack of a picture.  Well I guess a cell phone picture is better than none at all.  Mandarin is on my short list of places I will go to again again simply because they have [...]

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