Halo-halo, mix-mix and dreaming of summer
It’s damn near the kitchen sink of delicious things you can find in the PI. Continue reading Halo-halo, mix-mix and dreaming of summer
Tag: Filipino food
Balut, a new kind of Easter egg
Can I ask some fun-loving Filipino or Filipino American parents, in the spirit of tomorrow’s April Fools’ Day, to please hide a lavender- or pink-dyed balut in their Easter egg hunts today? Continue reading Balut, a new kind of Easter egg
Filipino food, is this a thing now?
Take a look at this interesting graphic pulled from the pages of none other than Travel & Leisure’s April 2013 issue, AKA “The Food Issue”….
On a scale of Overhyped (closest to this: cupcakes, tomato foam and no-bookings policies) to Underrated (closest to this: paletas, or ice pops; tomato sauce and accepting reservations), just to the right of Just Right, Filipino Cuisine falls on the Underrated side of the continuum. Is Filipino food becoming a thing now?
I don’t know, but it’s always been my thing. Continue reading “Filipino food, is this a thing now?”
I have no idea what’s in season.
But this is Chicago in the middle of winter. There’s fucking nothing in season. Without modern highways, air freight, railroads, canning and other industrialized food processing techniques, refridgeration and chemical preservatives, no one could live here between September and May. I paid a little visit today to the Fulton Market, Chicago’s meatpacking district of old – from Upton Sinclair days – till now. Continue reading I have no idea what’s in season.
