No Reservations: Philippines

I have to say that nothing excites me more then good food, and being that Anthony Bourdain had finally taken some insight on doing a show about the Philippines, I decided to turn the channel and watch(actually DVR is my friend).

No Reservations: Philippines, begins discreetly on the streets of the oldest Chinatown in the Philippines, a place of which obliquely feels all too common to us named “Ongpin”. Angie and I recently visited the Philippines last fall and we stayed at Angie’s grandparent’s apartment in Ongpin. Angie and I are both Chinese born in the Philippines, but have been instilled with many Filipino cultural values since childhood, so we have always enjoyed going back home. Barring obvious language barriers and our so-called stupor to explore the area, we didn’t get around as much as we had wanted, partly due to the fact on my 2^nd night I caught an amoeba virus and was sidelined to Metro Manila Hospital for the rest of my stay. Nevertheless this fall, we will once again return back to the motherland and resume our quest to seek out the best the Philippines has to offer.

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Old Brooklyn

Nostalgic in Brooklyn sent me a very cool bakumatus koshashin generator making images appear 50 - 60 years old!

garlic cheesy bread

just a little snack of melted goodness, filled with garlic, butter, mayonnaise, gruyere, cheddar and herbes de provence on oat bread.

Maggi Seasoning

Ever since I was a kid, I have been putting Maggi Seasoning on my rice!, soups, and meats! It exactly does what it says! Improves the taste! Maggi is a dark sauce with Swiss roots, similar to soy sauce without containing soy. Some might say it opens up the Umami taste/feeling receptors!

INGREDIENTS: Water, salt, wheat gluten, wheat, and less than 2% of wheat bran, sugar, acetic acid, artificial flavor, disodium inosinate, disodium guanylate, dextrose, caramel color.

Can be bought at most local asian markets.