How to Prepare No fuss, No Cook Fish Tacos

You will need:

1 can Century Tuna in Water

4 pieces Ripe Tomatoes, chopped

1 small head of lettuce, shredded

1/2 c shredded cheddar cheese

10-12 pieces Taco Shells

1 jar of Tostitos Salsa

Mix the tuna with 1/3 c of Tostitos salsa.

Prepare all the other ingredients and assemble them

on a "lazy susan" serving dish.

Serve right away.

This is a quick, no fuss, no cook meal for

our "meatless" Fridays of Lent.

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The 'lazy Susan' was a wedding gift from our Ninang Pat Estrella.

Thank you Ninang :) 

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/ chicsanders 2014

How to Cook Shrimp & Squid Karekare

Shrimp & Squid Karekare

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Ingredients:

1 tsp miinced garlic

1 onion / minced

1/2 kilo Shrimps

1 kilo Squid

1 cup peanut butter

salt / pepper / sugar

2 tsp cornstarch in water

1 cup cooked string beans

1 cup cooked pechay or bokchoy

1 cup cooked banana blossoms

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Procedure:

Boil or steam / cook the vegetables separately,

then set aside. No need to season.

Saute the garlic and onions in a  teaspoon of canola oil.

Add the shrimps, then the squid.

When cooked, add the peanut butter.

Season with salt, pepper and a pinch of sugar.

Remove the shrimps and squid. Set aside.

Add the cornstarch and water mixture to 

thicken the sauce. 

Set aside.

Place the shrimps, squid and vegetables in your serving dish

or prepared casserole. Then, pour the thickened karekare

sauce over the shrimps, squid and vegetables.

Serve warm with bagoong and steamed white rice.

Enjoy!!!

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Gloria Maris' Dimsum All You Can, Greenhills Shopping Center

Been wanting to feast on dimsum since the start of March.

Was finally able to have lunch here two weeks ago.

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Seafood Rolls and Sharksfin Siomai

The waiters can bring the dimsum, congee and noodles

 to your table  if you are lazy  to stand up, wait in line and 

get food from the small buffet spread.

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Century Egg Congee ... this needed to be seasoned

with some soy sauce and kalamansi. 

Wonton Noodle Soup

Roast Duck Noodle Soup

Buchi & Fried Asado Roll / Fried Siopao

Masachi Balls

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We needed a bigger table, really!!!

I wonder how we were able to consume all these food.

Hmmmmm .... gotta fast, real fast!

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The Dimsum All You Can Promo is only until March 28, 2014.

You have only two days left.

Php 488 net per adult / Php 388 net per child

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New Sunbeam, Greenhills Shopping Center

New Sunbeam, Greenhills Shopping Center

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I'm quite sure you very well know "who belongs to these"?

Hee hee hee .... meeeeeee!

Yang Chow Fried Rice and Pancit, my staple foods in every meal.

Hot & Sour Soup, this was super hot / spicy and extremely sour.

Son didn't eat this.  I never like wasting food, 

but I also do not like  hot spicy foods and soup.

Pork Asado was very tender. 

Subtle flavors with a hint of anise.  Masarap!

Mapo Tofu ... you guessed right! Son adores mapo tofu!

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New Sunbeam is a carinderia / turo turo / conveniece store.

It's name says NEW Sunbeam. Was there an OLD Sunbeam?

I have been forgetting a lot of things.. like names, places, events,

life events for that matter,  even people.

Oh well, it comes with the age.

Actually, forgetting details is good. It silences my mind and

makes my mundane life so much quieter and peaceful!

In the end, I get to sleep ten or more hours. 

Lovely, isn't it?

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/chicsanders 2014

Panciteria Lido, Home of Pugon Roasted Asado since 1936

Panciteria Lido

Home of Pugon Roasted Asado

since 1936

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Pork Asado

Sizzling Shrimps

Fried Chicken

Mapo Tofu

Steamed Dory

Fried Rice

Pancit

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I think I've featured this restaurant several times.

It's because we always eat here after coming from Fontana.

We probably even order the same dishes.

Son & Hubby just love their Pugon Roasted Asado.

I feasted on their fried rice and pancit.

This time we ordered the Steamed Cream Dory,

but the Son & Hubby do not really like eating Dory fish.

Their sizzling shrimps and the mapo tofu were 

extremely spicy but very flavorful. 

The boys enjoyed these two dishes.

Just had to get their fried chicken with its crispy skin and 

very tender juicy meat. Who doesn't like fried chicken?

I can eat chicken everyday, three times a day... 24/ 7 ???

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This caught my attention.  See the pagoda on top 

of their delivery motorcycle's carry on?

Ang cute !!!

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MESA, Robinson's Magnolia

MESA,  Robinson's Magnolia

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Sisig in a Pouch

Crispy Tilapia

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Crispchon

First Way

Wrapped in Pandan Crepes / 3 sauces

Second Way 

Salt & Pepper

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I love Filipino Food and you will too!

You just have to know where to go...

... and be willing to spend a little more than $20 dollars

per meal or per order, not per day!

/ chicsanders 2014

Meatless Friday for Lent

Friday Lenten Meals

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Halabos na Hipon

Crispy Calamari

Penne with Tuna Pesto

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It's been a while since I've posted home cooked meals.

Haven't been cooking much in the kitchen due to some

physical constraints. But, I'm baaaaaack!

We have meatless Fridays.  I used canned tuna in my pasta.

Store bought frozen squid  for the Crispy Calamari.

Then the Hubby came home with some shrimps,

 given by a friend. Thanks friend !!!

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Binulo Restaurant, Clark, Angeles, Pampanga

Binulo Restaurant

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Paco Fern Salad

Crispy Okoy

Sizzling Sisig

Chicharong Bulaklak

Sinigang naUlang (River Shrimps)

Ox Tail Karekare

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This is probably our fifth time here  at Binulo Restaurant.

It's on the way and nearest to Fontana, has ample

parking space, clean air-conditioned dining area

and I just love their Crispy Okoy!

Brought my niece Dr Maria Cristina here for lunch.

I hope she liked the Okoy too.

Son requested for the Sinigang na Ulang. 

It was cooked and served inside a bamboo,

that's binulo style of cooking.  

(Cristina didn't dare touch the river shrimps.

The last time she ate these shrimps was when she was a child.

 Her conjunctiva became swollen, as an allergic reaction to the ulang.

Sayang, she would have loved the sour sinigang broth.) 

I've been wanting to eat karekare for a week and Binulo's Ox Tail Karekare

satisfied my craving. Beef was very tender. Vegetables were fresh and crisp.

The peanut sauce, rich and superbly delicious.  

and.... The bagoong was perfect!

Will always go back to this restaurant.

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Shi Lin Restaurant, plus some Street Food at Lucky Chinatown Mall

Shi Lin at Lucky Chinatown Mall

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Shrimp and Pork Siomai

Century Eggs with Bonito Flakes

Stir Fry Bokchoy

Fried Rice with Shrimp & Egg

Salt & Pepper Squid

Vegetable & Pork Wonton Soup

Deep Fried Asado Buns with condensed milk on the side.

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I'm finally done posting restaurants in Roseville.

My niece, Dr. Maria Cristina, came to visit me last week.

She is a dentist like her Ninang, (that's me) and is based in Okinawa.

The last time she was in Manila was probably 8 years ago.

The first place I brought her to was Chinatown!

It took us two hours to drive to Binondo.

We should have taken the MRT. It would take

about half an hour to get there, but, I didn't want

her to ride the jeepney or the 'padyak' from the
MRT to Lucky Chinatown Mall.

Baka ma-culture shock or catch some viral infection.

We had our Chinese or was it a Taiwanese lunch at Shi Lin?

I've dined at Shi Lin in Alabang a few years back and

didn't really like the food then. But this time, I actually 

enjoyed our lunch.  I particularly loved the Deep Fried Asado Buns, 

served with condensed milk on the side instead of the

regular brown siopao sauce.  The servings in Shi Lin 

are quite small, but that's okay,

their prices are actually very affordable.

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Street Food at Lucky Chinatown Mall

Pork Barbeque, Betamax, Isaw etc

Just to 'culture-shock' my Chicago raised niece..

 hee hee hee

Dynamite Roll ... Ate Nene said the jalapenos weren't spicy.

All sorts of balls - fish balls, squid balls, shrimp balls.

Hotdogs, Kani or Kikiam on sticks

I wonder whether those are real crab claws sticking out

of the faux crab cakes.

The Lechon Liempo

I tried making this before but only used 1 kilo of liempo.

Ate Nene prepared a 4 kilo lechon liempo roll for the 

party last Tuesday but since I didn't have a roasting rack 

and only had a roasting pan, I removed the strings that 

wrapped the liempo and just roasted the liempo flat,

skin side up on my small roasting pan.

The lemongrass at the bottom added that perfect flavor 

for this lechon liempo.  The entire house smelled extremely

delicious! The girls just loved my un-rolled lechon liempo.

OOOOps...... got side tracked again with kwento...

Anyway, I love going to Lucky Chinatown Mall.

Right beside it is 999 Mall. It's an airconditioned

tiangge (like Greenhills), but about four times bigger.

That's shopping, bargain shopping, to the max.

We will be back. 

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/ chicsanders 2014