Lamb chops

Lamb is not usually the favorite of a few people when it comes to grub. Either they find the gaminess a little off putting, or the thought that they’re eating Mary’s furry friend. Lamb is one of my favorite meats. It’s tender, flavorful and it goes with a lot of spices that I really love…

Sausage (Arabiki)

I have been sort of obsessed with the tiny Japanese sausages called “kurobota”. Unfortunately kurobota pork or its cousin the Berkshire pork is out of my price range. Naturally I scoured the net trying to find a recipe. Lo and behold, I cannot find anything. I figured that since I know a little bit of…

A little filler

Since I’m still planning some stuff. Here’s something that I have been doing for quite a while now. I guess most foodies are familiar with Masaharu Morimoto. He is of course the only Asian iron chef on the food network for a very long time. I had the privilege of dining in his restaurant in…

Pulutan Series

“Pulutan” by context means food consumed while drinking. This is the first of the recipes that I will be posting. It’s not only dishes from my home country, but from all the foods that I have encountered my whole life. I am currently in my second semester of culinary school, even though I have been…

My test kitchen

I aptly named the topic and my first official post as “My Test Kitchen”, mainly because food is always evolving. Our tastebuds are always looking for something new and at the same time, something familiar. A little background on myself. I am Filipino. I lived half my life in the Philippines and half of it…