Fun pot luck birthday party for Angela and Swanee aka Batman and Joker

Birthday Cakes

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Dessert Table

Bananas and Lanzones

Cassava Cake and Biko

Mudpie

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Lapid's Chicharon

Green Mango and Bagoong

Pork Barbeque

Dinuguan Puto at Kutsinta

Chicken Dish

Tuna - Puttanesca Pasta

Pancit ng Taga Malabon

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Chinese Lumpia, came late I didn't have time to put

on a serving plate.

Roast Chicken

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Happy birthday Ladies!!!

Love love love...

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A chicken dish, afritada or menudo

Chicken Afritada or Chicken Menudo ???

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You will need these... and some chicken.

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Saute the minced garlic, chopped onions and tomatoes.

Add the chicken. Season with vinegar, soy sauce and fish sauce.

Add some salt, pepper and sugar.

Add the carrots , potatoes, hotdogs and raisins. 

Cook til fork tender.

Serve warm with hot steaming rice.

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How to make Tuna - Puttanesca Pasta

Tuna - Puttanesca Pasta

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The origin of Puttanesca, short for alla puttanesca in Italian 

means, in the style of a prostitute.  It was believed that the "ladies 

of the night" would use whatever ingredients they already 

have in their homes like garlic, tomatoes, capers and olives, 

sometimes anchovies and peppers, and whip up these

ingredients to make a quick delicious sauce, that is puttanesca.

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You will need these ingredients to make my 

Tuna - Puttanesca Pasta. Puttanesca with a twist.

I always brown my minced garlic first. Gives the dish

a slightly different flavor.

Then I add the tomatoes, olives and capers at the same time.

Add 1/3 cup of  red wine,. Cabernet Savignon was

what I had in my refrigerator. Let boil for a few minutes.

Add a can of Century Tuna, Solids in Water.

Add Tomato Sauce.

Season with Salt, Pepper and Sugar.

Drain the al dente pasta. I used San Remo's Pasta Shapes.

Combine the noodles and the pasta and place in a serving dish.

Tuna - Puttanesca Pasta 

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A surprise buffet at Kowloon House, West Triangle, QC

DF Janet and I wanted todo some carbo loading, 

that is, eat yang chow fried rice and pancit. 

 I love fried rice and the DF likes pancit.

We came from SFDM, where my art teacher lives, and the 

nearest place to execute our meal plan was at an 

old all-time favorite Chinese restaurant, Kowloon House.

When we entered the restaurant, 

the DF noticed an array of chafing dishes.
What a pleasant surprise! They serve Chinese buffet lunch

for PHP 299, inclusive of bottomless iced tea.

Kowloon House, West Triangle, Quezon City

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This was my plate, with a mountain of fried rice.

DF's plate

Pancit and Fried Rice and lots of century egg slices

 underneath the Hainanese rice.

  

Sesame Balls or Buchi and Almond Jelly for dessert.

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Value for your money.  I even ordered Take out of Pancit 

and Crab Foo Yung. Brought back memories of

 childhood luncheons with family and friends.

It was also a place where we used to hang out 

after clinics, where we stuffed our pie holes

with siopao, siomai and curry pies.

Love it!

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Can't get enough Japanese food...

Son can't have enough of Japanese food. 

He can eat it any time of the day, every day.

That's Tokyo Tokyo's Japadog, Japanese hotdog with

kani stick and Japanese mayo, served with fries.

California Maki

Gyoza

Tempura Ramen

Ramen to go,

Sushi bought from Save More.

They sell these every weekend.

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Brunch on another rainy Monday

It's another rainy Monday.  That's probably why Paul Williams

and Roger Nichols wrote the song, Rainy Days on Mondays.

As I've said before, I love the rain and I love Mondays.

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Fried eggs and Fried Tulingan (Mackerel Tuna). 

I grew up eating this fish, which is a staple dish of the 

Batanguenos.  My Nanay was from Bauan, Batangas.

Adobo Flakes, but not crispy.  I was lazy to fry the adobo.  

This is another staple dish for Filipinos.

My Nanay used to cook 5 kilos of pork adobo and 

I remember having adobo for breakfast every day.

Green Mangoes and Bagoong

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We were at Eastwood over the weekend and I just

had to get these dinner rolls and mini ensaymadas

from Must Be Mom's.  Their mini cinnamon rolls weren't 

available and were sold out.

These are the softest dinner rolls and I love them so much!

Underneath are the mini ensaymadas.

Sorry, I forgot to take a separate photo.

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I called Must Be Mom's and they deliver, 

with a minimum order of  Php500.

That's just perfect!

Also got some Napoleones.  But these weren't crunchy 

and flaky anymore.  The crusts were soggy.

This costs Php230 for a box of 10 Napoleones.

When you open the box, there will be an empty space 

in the middle of the box.  I don't understand why

they can't add two more and sell a dozen per box.

Just doesn't make sense to me.

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Lovely way to start the week.

/ chicsanders 2013