food trippin'

food tripping! nom nom nom... my sister paw cooked something for dinner because she and her hubby is having dinner with us tonight. she prepared her own version of chicken halang-halang (mine's more yummy though...hehe) and chicken liver and gizzard adobo.

paw's version of chicken halang-halang





paw's chicken liver and gizzard adobo



late this afternoon i went to the grocery store (robinsons, talisay) as i'm already running out of hair conditioner. i passed by these lovely looking cheese sticks so i grabbed a pack. after dinner i asked paw to fry it. too bad i forgot to buy a dip. i forgot the brand name but this one's really great as the wrapper is not that salty. you'll really get to enjoy the saltiness of the cheese instead of just the wrapper.



and of course my all time favorite cinnamon roll (buns). i bought one from Anitas for less than a hundred and this is already good for 5-6 person. this one is soft and sweet, and i am sooo lovin' the dried fruits on it.

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maes chicken halang-halang

Ooopps i did it again! i probably must be in the mood for some serious cooking this month. last sunday i've cooked bagoong fried rice for lunch and for today i've prepared chicken halang-halang. it's father's day and family day... so this recipe is great for this occasion. again, everything was just plain estimation. hmmm, i'm getting good at estimation these days. ingredients: chicken cut into bite size, chicken liver and gizzard, soy sauce, onions, finger chillies (siling mahaba in tagalog), red bell pepper, pepper, oil and some spring onions.

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prawns with butter

the picture below is one of the reasons why i can't leave home and be on my own. i'm not saying that i can't be independent it is just that my mama always knows what to cook for me. i've had prawns in butter for dinner. one of my favorites.

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maes bagoong fried rice

woke up today feeling like a chef so i've decided to make something for breakfast and as well as for lunch. this feeling-like-a-chef kind of thing must be due to the fact that i missed eating dinner last night and i'm starving like hell. i've only had 2 and a half slices of pizza before i got to sleep yesterday afternoon. so, for breakfast i made some tuna sandwiches and some hot choco. i wasn't able to take some photos as i'm already dying of starvation (this is me...exagarating again! lmao)

and for lunch i've cooked bagoong fried rice like a pro (or that's what i thought..hehehe)


yeah, i know it's pink! blame it on the pinkish shrimp paste. i wasn't able to buy a bottled shrimp paste at the groceries yesterday as i didn't plan this and so i bought this shrimp paste from a store nearby. what did i put on it? i mean the ingredients. everything was just plain estimation though. so i prepared the following: oil, pork cut into little pieces, shrimp paste, garlic, onions, scrambled eggs (cut into strips), green mango (cut into strips), cooked rice and some calamansi. and viola my own version of bagoong fried rice. i've had these for lunch today and i paired it with some fried fish and an ice cold coke. burp! (excuse me)

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chocolate, probably better than sex

here's the story behind the title: i've joined a search for ms. "something" last friday the 13th, just this month. all of the contestants (there were ten of us) were asked a total of ten questions each. one of the question as i've remembered it, was:

"if you were an ice cream what flavor would you be and why?"

other contestants answered strawberry, rocky road etc. but i'm not satisfied with their reasons why. though i admit that i love strawberry flavored ice cream, it's just that i don't think it would do me any justice (kidding). so i was thinking, if i were an ice cream what flavor would i be and why? first thing comes to mind was the last ice cream that i've eaten late last month. that was after an early drinking session when frenk (my number 1 fan...lol) and i went to sm. frenk bought a pair of sandals and i bought a pair of flip flops. just before we went home i bought a cupful of chocolate truffle ice cream from Gelatissimo in SM Cebu (picture above). just tasted heaven from a little cup (this is me exaggerating...lol). going back to the search, after the question has been thrown at me and after my number has been called i immediately answered:

"if i were an ice cream i would be a chocolate truffle... simply because it is better than sex"

audience screamed as though they're on a tv show, so i stop and asked myself: was that my serious answer to that question? or was it just that i wanna give them a good show? well, probably chocolate is really better than sex but it might also be that i just wanna give them a good laugh. that's all!

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