today, i woke up late from an all-night packing and organizing two balikbayan boxes to be sent back home. laziness wells up as i was having my morning ritual of coffee, pandesal and yosi, hence my planned outing to go and look at the pinoy sunday street food stalls outside the catholic church here had [...]
today, supermarkets and shops around town are closed as it is the first day of hari raya aidil fitri, the muslim festival of sacrifice, which follows the fasting month of ramadan. been looking forward to go for my usual round of houses to visit and enjoy specially-prepared malay dishes (and desserts!) but laziness struck once [...]
while doing my usual weekend grocery run yesterday, i was at the same time contemplating what recipe to experiment on. i decided to go for celia kusinera’s GISOK instead of the italian bollito misto i had for lunch in the hotel. with all the ingredients on hand, i went home to prepare and marinated the [...]
