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Pinoy Halo-Halo on Top Chef

Posted on Sunday, 11 May 2008 by Mike | Category: Celebrity Chefs, General, Pinoy Pride

I was never a big fan of reality TV shows until two years ago when I came home from overseas for good. Call me ‘baduy’ but that’s not gonna change anything - I was addicted to ABS-CBN’s Pinoy Big Brother, the local version of the popular Big Brother reality shows overseas. I was so into … Read more »



Lasang Pinoy 25: MAKE YOUR OWN BENTO

Posted on Tuesday, 6 May 2008 by Mike | Category: Asian, Featured Articles, Filipino / Pinoy, General, Lasang Pinoy

Being one of the moderators of the Lasang Pinoy food blogging event has its advantages. One of them is you get to know in advance what theme is coming up!
This gives someone like me an enormous amount of time to think of an entry. But it always ends there. Period. Executing the idea has always … Read more »



Nepali food trip in the “Valley of the Gods” (Part 1)

Posted on Wednesday, 30 April 2008 by Mike | Category: Featured Articles, General, Glorious Food

The following is one of the many backlogs I have . . . “What is Nepali food?” That was one of the most asked questions we got from friends before we left for Kathmandu in August last year. It was a question that I found quite difficult to answer. For one, it was going to … Read more »



Postcards: SITIO REMEDIOS

Posted on Tuesday, 1 April 2008 by Mike | Category: Blab, Musings, Et Al, General, Ilocano, Postcards, Regional

It’s been three months since my last post here. With tons of other commitments and changed priorities, I have not been able to update this blog until last week when I was trying to look for a post that I simply couldn’t find. I realized then the necessity for a new theme. Hence, the new … Read more »



Lasang Pinoy 22: RICE TO THE CHALLENGE!

Posted on Thursday, 3 January 2008 by Mike | Category: Asides, Glorious Food, Lasang Pinoy

A few months ago, Michelle and I were in a “one-dish-meal” mode with rice as the base ingredient - two of which I already have posted here . . . The first one was an experiment on a favourite dish of ours – Adobo Rice, cooked (and baked) a la Paella. The second was a … Read more »