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My previous entry for LaPiS was the puto, the logical companion for the dish above, which is the Dinuguan. Made with pig’s blood, it is definitely an acquired taste for some people. If you ask me, I don’t eat it. Never had, never will. Although I don’t share the enthusiasm of other people as they [...]

On our trip to St. Augustine, FL, we had lunch at OC White’s. Operating since 1790, the house where the restaurant now sits, served as one of the first hotels in St. Augustine, which is the US’s oldest city. For our lunch, my daughter had her usual – a “white” pasta or, in this case, [...]

Wouldn’t this bust make a nice addition to an asian-inspired garden? I saw this recently at the zoo (yes, the zoo) as part of the decor for the “animals from asia” area. I was actually inspired to create the same theme for my future garden. With a few pieces of durable authentic Asian outdoor furniture, [...]

Multi-colored carbo-loading, anyone? I love these rainbow-colored little rice-cakes (puto). They can work as perfect companions to savory meals like pancit and dinuguan, but they can also be eaten by itself as a snack. I can eat half a bilao of this, actually. But then, I would also need half a bilao of fat burners, [...]

This is Halo-Halo. Composed of a mix of different ingredients like sweet mung beans, nata de coco, kaong, crispy rice (pinipig), ube, and leche flan topped over shaved ice with two scoops of ice cream on top, it is undoubtedly one of my most favorite desserts of all time. Can you just taste how special [...]

We said goodbye to our apartment in Atlanta last month. It was very bittersweet because, of all the apartments we’ve ever lived in, this particular one was my favorite in terms of design. I loved the granite counters and the deep double kitchen sinks. I also loved the matching appliances. And I loved that it [...]

We were in Lucban, Quezon this past weekend and stuffed ourselves silly with all manner of local food and delicacies. The clincher? This small, unassuming bottle of Lambanog. No taller than 6-inches, this bottle carried a punch. I took four (or five, I don’t remember now, haha!) shots and I deftly forgot how to spell [...]

We brought along our Wii console and Wii accessories from the US on our vacation here in the Philippines. Guess how disappointed we all were to find out that we couldn’t plug it directly into the outlet because our unit uses works only with 110 volts! It’s a good thing we read the power information [...]

The last time I wrote about authentic street food fishballs, they were just a shot at the moon for me. But now that we’re back home, I just know that its just a matter of time before I could sink my teeth into those yummy, crunchy, saucy, little balls again. I am really glad that [...]

I just wrote about this a while back for the topic of X Marks the Food for another Food Meme. I might as well write about it again, especially since these particular beans have been banned from our home following my husband’s strict no-beans diet. I can’t tell you how much I miss it! Sauteed [...]