Reel and Grill

This month’s Kulinarya Challenge hosted by Frances of Iskandals and Jenn of Storm in my Kitchen is about one of my favorite Kapampangan dishes which, when the family moved to Tarlac City, ...

http://reelandgrill.blogspot.com/2012/11/sisig-pampanga-for-november-kulinarya.html

We are being served with lots of curried dishes lately and as typical Filipinos away from home, we are deeply missing the salty-sourly-savory comforting taste of “adobo” . Particularly the ...

http://reelandgrill.blogspot.com/2012/03/paigang-adobo-sa-gata-chicken-adobo-in.html

My colleague and walking buddy Carlo just celebrated his birthday last Saturday. He treated us to a very exciting dinner with a cuisine so close to his heart – Thai Foods. Carlo stayed in Ban...

http://reelandgrill.blogspot.com/2012/03/thai-food-birthday-celebration-at-jack.html

Yes you read it right …… it’s a salad made of bitter melon or “ampalaya”. Kids will probably raise their eyebrows on this …… and most likely disappear from the dining table long b...

http://reelandgrill.blogspot.com/2012/02/kinilaw-na-ampalaya-na-may-dilis-la.html

This month’s Kulinarya Club challenge lovingly conceived by the tandem of Abigail of My Nappytales and Marni of Kensington Kitchen is about …… well …… first LOVE and the dish assoc...

http://reelandgrill.blogspot.com/2012/02/chili-crab-la-regina-for-february.html

It’s good to be back. Yes, I’m back from a long …… actually, prolonged hiatus which started during my long Christmas holiday back in the Philippines from late December last year. I had a...

http://reelandgrill.blogspot.com/2012/02/tokwat-isda-fish-and-tofu-in-sweet.html

For foodies and people who love food, cooking, eating and everything in between (you are right, the one after eating is usually not well loved :)), one Christmas tradition that excites me the m...

http://reelandgrill.blogspot.com/2011/12/baka-tim-or-beef-pata-tim-beef-in-sweet.html

Just when you thought you are so tired or actually lazy to make an awesome dessert, try this fruit salad. It’s so good you will impress yourself and boost your morale. This is the perfect des...

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It’s Kulinarya time once again …… and the November Challenge conceived by Joy of Joy’s Misadventures is up among the (probably) finest Filipino food bloggers around …… exploring a...

http://reelandgrill.blogspot.com/2011/11/arroz-caldo-filipino-chicken-congee.html

This is about beef liver as a culinary item …… and I need to tackle this matter convincingly …… my better half is not a fan of the food and as we all know, it’s hard to argue with the...

http://reelandgrill.blogspot.com/2011/11/atay-ng-baka-sa-oyster-sauce-beef-liver.html

Avocado is in season here in Sri Lanka and our group has been consuming the healthy fruit (or vegetable, if that’s the way you like categorizing it) enormously. Either prepared as avocado sha...

http://reelandgrill.blogspot.com/2011/11/avocado-banana-milkshake-smoothie.html

I bet you’ll love this. Seriously! :) Although “pichi pichi” is just a simple Filipino sweet delicacy (“kakanin”) which I believe is just a recent addition to the Philippine gastron...

http://reelandgrill.blogspot.com/2011/10/pichi-pichi-cassava-pudding-with-grated.html

Oxtail is quite exotic a cut of beef and therefore less appealing (if at all, it is even considered an edible cut of meat) to most, especially mothers, ladies and young children. It composes lo...

http://reelandgrill.blogspot.com/2011/10/buntot-ng-baka-sa-oyster-sauce-oxtail.html

I have three words for this dish – INGENIUS, FABULOUS and DELICIOUS. I kid you not. This is one smart variation of adobo worthy of your time, money, effort and yes, experimentation. :) The im...

http://reelandgrill.blogspot.com/2011/10/adobong-manok-sa-tomato-sauce-chicken.html

For me, “tapa” (meat jerky), “longanisa” (a type of fresh sausage) and “tocino” (sweet cured pork) all together make the triumvirate of authentic Filipino meat breakfast. Arguably, ...

http://reelandgrill.blogspot.com/2011/10/tocino-la-lalaine-filipino-cured-pork.html

With the above image, I guess I really don’t need to explain at length why I have added the rather peculiar extra wordings in the title of what should have been a plain food post. This very h...

http://reelandgrill.blogspot.com/2011/09/ensaladang-labanos-white-radish-and.html

We are experiencing sweet tooth for the last several days. To satisfy the craving, I initially planned of making a “maja blanca” or Filipino white pudding but for some reasons, I can’t s...

http://reelandgrill.blogspot.com/2011/09/bread-and-butter-pudding.html

If you love food (and I mean lots and lots of good food :)), pop and rock music, games and adventure and everything in between, read on ……… you’re in for a night filled with sumptuous...

http://reelandgrill.blogspot.com/2011/09/calle-bistro-on-111111-quality-fun-for.html

We are in the mood for another “paksiw na isda” or fish stewed in vinegar and ginger dish. But what we have in the freezer are just some small “lapu-lapu” or groupers and a medium “t...

http://reelandgrill.blogspot.com/2011/09/paksiw-na-lapu-lapu-at-talakitok.html

Filipinos love “chicharon” (“chicharron” in Spain) or deep fried pork skin so much. Sometimes called crackling in English, the versatile dish is eaten in so many ways: as a snack, morsel...

http://reelandgrill.blogspot.com/2011/08/chicharon-balat-ng-manok-or-tsitsarong.html

I once read a fellow food blogger’s account about an amazing chili chicken dish being served in one of the restaurants of the world renowned resort island Boracay of the beautiful southern Phi...

http://reelandgrill.blogspot.com/2011/08/chili-chicken-deliciously-hot.html

It’s rainy season in the Philippines. Although this would mean bad news to many Filipinos and tourists alike, due to the flooding, thunderstorm and typhoon (name of cyclone in the pacific) tha...

http://reelandgrill.blogspot.com/2011/07/sinigang-na-lapu-lapu-grouper-stewed-in.html

Frog tastes like chicken. You heard that before, right? Of course when I state that phrase (or sentence), it is more of a personal account rather than a generally accepted fact or knowledge. Man...

http://reelandgrill.blogspot.com/2011/07/ginataang-palaka-o-gatang-palaka-la.html

This is good. If you like “daing na bangus” (fried vinegar & garlic-cured milkfish), this is a fine alternative. If you have not yet eaten a flying fish your entire life but keenly consideri...

http://reelandgrill.blogspot.com/2011/07/daing-na-flying-fish-o-bolador-fried.html

Here I go again playing with “pata”. As I have mentioned many times in this blog, I really like the versatile “pata”. The popular Philippine cut of pork that consists of the whole hand o...

http://reelandgrill.blogspot.com/2011/07/pata-hamonado-pork-knuckle-cooked-in.html