One of the things I love most about summer is all the night markets. I love to be able to spend a warm summer night walking around in the crowds, smelling and looking at all the tasty food, and enjoying the atmosphere of the perfect night. Even though this summer is a write off for […]
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Milk Bread Panipopo
Asian bread products are so good. I don’t know what else I can add to that except that if you walk into an Asian bakery and take a look around, it’s a wonderland of shapes, smells, and textures. From the steamed bao filled with savoury char siu, to the crumbly sweet top of the bolo […]
Kimchi Udon with Italian Sausage
Ramen is extremely popular in the food world right now. Just look at Instagram nowadays and see the sheer amount of ramen porn there is out there. You can almost say that ramen is a little overrated, or at least you can say that there are other great noodles that are just not getting enough […]
Pantry Picadillo
In this video, I am going to show you how to make a delicious picadillo with some common pantry and freezer ingredients. This is the Filipino version of picadillo, which is a common Latin American style of hash. It uses ground meat as a base, in this case, pork, but you can use beef, goat, […]
Mami vs. Sopas
In this video, I’m gonna show you how to take a chicken and make a simple but flavorful broth that we’re going to make into 2 styles of Filipino noodle soup. One is called Mami, which is like ramen with long egg noodles and various toppings, and the other is called Sopas, which has macaroni […]
Garlic Shrimp with Bagoong Butter
We’ve only been cooped up in the house for 2 days and I’m already bouncing off the walls. So what do I do to pass the time while the kids are on their screens? After sorting the canned goods and arranging the noodles according to nationality and style, I decided to see what I could […]
Filipino Street Food | Bacsilog
Ever heard of Bacsilog? It’s the bacon version of a “silog” which is a common Filipino style of breakfast consisting of SInangag (garlic fried rice) and itLOG (eggs). The first syllable refers to the type of protein that takes the main stage of the dish. So, longganisa sausage is longsilog, Spam is Spamsilog, and Bacon […]
How To Make Hand-pulled Noodles (Biang Biang Noodles)
Biang Biang. The name of this hand-pulled noodle is actually an onomatopoeia, meaning that the name actually came from the sound it makes. In this case, the “biang biang” comes from the sound of when we slap the noodles on the counter while stretching them. Yes, today I am going to teach you a recipe […]
Takuan (Pickled Daikon)
Today I got a quick recipe for you that you’re gonna love. It’s for a Japanese-style pickle called takuan. If you’ve ever had bento either Japanese-style or Hawaiian you may have had these before. They are the yellow pickled daikon that is usually stuffed in the corner of the box. You can buy them at […]