A few weeks before the school year ended, I bought a kilo of boned chicken breast to make chicken salad sandwiches for the kids to bring to school. I boiled and flaked all the chicken to save time. The following day, the kids were bored with a chicken salad sandwich. I was stuck with all…
Here is a recipe that originated from China. The Chinese introduced noodles, noodle-making, and noodle cooking in the Philippines centuries ago. We have adopted and improvised Chinese noodle recipes and integrated them into our cuisine using locally-available ingredients. Just like Italian pasta, oriental noodles come in a wide variety of shapes and sizes, fresh and…
What do you do with the water in which you have soaked dried mushrooms? Throw it away? Don’t. It has just as much flavor as the mushrooms themselves. Just get a clean cheesecloth (kata, or any similar fabric), fold it in half, and set it over a bowl. Strain the mushroom in soaking water with…
A cross between the Chinese mami and the Vietnamese chicken and vegetable noodle soup, this very oriental dish is cooked with flat rice noodles in chicken broth and topped with chunks of chicken breast meat, carrots, and leeks. If you’re in a real hurry, you may use canned broth or even bouillon cubes. Note, however,…
There is a Chinese restaurant along Shaw Boulevard in Mandaluyong City, with a branch along Banawe Street in Quezon City, that we used to frequent before we moved to the suburbs. Not so accessible anymore so I miss the food. It was my husband who introduced us to the place. His department used to hold…
It’s your kids’ P.E. day and they will be home in about half an hour. They will want more than a light afternoon snack. Problem? No… Whip up a pasta dish in 20 minutes! We’re normally prepared when the kids get home from school. But things did not run their usual routine today. Meaning I…
One of the worst traits of Filipinos is overdoing everything during the holiday season. Spending, eating, partying… I try not to. Not always easy but being conscious about excesses helps. While we do enjoy the special food and delicacies that go with the season, we exert efforts not to buy too much of anything. There…
My husband said we should call it hill feast because it was a variation of the noodle feast (fiesta noodles) recipe and, at the same time, an original made-in-the-house-on-a-hill dish. Well, why not? While the idea did start with a noodle feast, this oriental noodle dish recipe was cooked in an entirely different way. While…
Noodle soups are very Asian. While I grew up with Chinese noodle soups, more popularly known in the Philippines by the generic name of mami, I have come to love Vietnamese noodle soups as an adult. One of the basic differences between Chinese and Vietnamese noodle soups is the kind of noodles used. Egg noodles…
The multi-colored and multi-flavored vegetable noodles are a product of China. The good news is that they’re really pretty–pretty enough to turn an old boring dish into something new and exciting. The better news is that they’re good for making oriental noodle dishes as well as Italian pasta dishes. The best news is that they…
