I’ve been jonesing for this dessert for a while now and finally two days ago I was able to make it. I wanted something with the same soft and delicate texture but has different tastes, namely, bitter (chocolatey bitter), sour (almost ripe mango kind of sour) and sweetened cream. Although I normally make…
Tag: summer
mango cooler with cayenne
Need a story? Hmm. I’ll think about it. For now. Here. Have some. 1 1/2 cup crushed ripe mango 1 cup club soda 1 cup white wine 2-4 tbsp lemon juice sugar for rimming the glasses cayenne for garnish Rim glasses with fine white sugar. Strain the muddled mango into a pitcher (I…
sweet potato: sugar coated, fried, steamed and free
When you live in a place where farming is the life that feeds most in the community. You expect to receive a few if not a lot of generous gifts from a few of those who’ve worked for you. In the past few days, a middle aged woman who sold a parcel of…
What's with kids these days?
My best little pal who gives me the tightest (too tight he complains he can’t breath! he’s the one to blame!) Vince came calling me about noon today (it happened to be very humid as of late) and… Vince: Achi, Achi, ate Achi (big sis Achi), tingnan mo oh. ( look) He holds…
What to do this summer?
It’s almost officially summer. Good thing about summer is the expectation that guests will come in and out unannounced, it amuses me. Better thing about summer is I get to go and do summery things (swimming, fishing, outing ). The best thing about summer (this summer) is that I discovered something magical. I…
Sometimes Breakfast: BBQ and Cucumber & Mint Salad
Are you the kind of person who has specific types of food eaten on a specific time of the day? Let’s say cereals, pastry and coffee or bacon and eggs for breakfast? I sometimes don’t obey this tradition observed by many. The other day I found pieces of pork marinating in soy sauce,…
Red Radish Iceberg Lettuce Salad for Batman
My favourite superhero of all time is Batman. It hasn’t changed since I learned about him back in grade school. Never mind that it was thru the worst batman movie ever. Excuse me Mr. Clooney, I adore you to bits but your batman movie sucked big time. The reason mainly is because his…
Frozen Avocado Milkshake
As of late I haven’t set aside some time to take photos of things I make. Three parties went by and no single good photo made its way here. Ah, it could just be the summer sun. The sweltering days I have to go through. Tsk tsk. Although let me tell you that…
