Foot and Fire

By GERLIE M. UY THE DELIGHTFUL NOT-BAKED MACARONI... with grilled bellpeppers, cheese, chunky tomato and corned tuna. 500g long macaroni 2T canola oil 6 cloves garlic, chopped 1 medium white onion, chopped 500ml Chunky Tomato with Three Cheeses (Clara Ole brand) 1 cup sweet blend ketchup small amount of water salt and pepper 1 can corned tuna 1 cup cheese sliced olives grilled bell peppers, sliced thinly *Cook macaroni according to package directions. Drain and set aside. Grill the Bellpeppers in a frying pan. Slice thinly. Set aside. *In a wok, saute garlic until slightly brown, then add onions and stirfry until translucent. Add the tomato sauce, ketchup and a small amount of water as well as the salt and pepper according to taste. Let boil. *Add the boiled macaroni and mix well. Cook for a minute or two then add the corned tuna, half of the cheese, and sliced olives. Let cook for a minute. *Add the grilled peppers, mix and remove from fire. *Transfer in a serving dish and top with r

While we were treading the subway heading to the train stations, my friend bought me an English-language newspaper called China Daily which he wanted me to pose with while riding the train. I was just able to read it lately and this February 15, 2012 issue of the paper somehow introduced me to China. *** Obviously (What we have an idea of) 1. It is obvious in the headline that day that China is an economic giant : BEIJING LENDS A HAND TO EUROPE  (Premier offers help but says only eurozone can solve its debt crisis). 2. China is eager to take the lead by giving importance to international relations. 3. Learning foreign languages is a serious business for people in China and its leaders as well. 4. Death penalty for drug makers/traffickers (there is a chinese businesswoman in the news penalized with it) 5.No facebook in China, we know that. Another disappointing news for foreigners already using this service: Sina Weibo which is a twitter-like service required Chinese I

By GERLIE M. UY Chicken pieces, red chili, bell peppers, white onions and halved shiitake mushrooms I had a great time for this recipe as I bought the powdered chili, dried chili and whole shiitake in Beijing, China. Here are the ingredients for the chicken bits and vegetable and chili mix as well as the gravy. Start off the preparation by soaking in hot water 12 pieces of shiitake mushroom until soft. and prepare the chicken below: **Chicken Bites 1kl Chicken breast, cut into bite-size pinches of salt and pepper a pinch of powdered red chili 2 T fish sauce 2 T soy sauce 2 T premium soy sauce 2 T corn starch a small amount of water 1 cup Canola Oil, deepfrying Mix all ingredients and let stand for at least 30 minutes. Deep-fry the chicken and remove excess oil. Set aside in a serving platter. **Vegetable and chili 2 T and 1T oil, leftover from frying 2 medium white onions, cubed 2 Green Bellpepper, seeded and cubed 12 pieces shiitake, halved and hard portion removed 12 dried red chili

By GERLIE M. UY Egg drop clear soup with wood ear mushroom and cucumber.   Sour Chili oil noodle...looks like our spagghetti in tomato sauce Noodle in chili oil with a hint sour pumpkin cake, (not sweet) hotpot soup, boiling hotpot stuffs Mantu, a siopao minus the fillings... not chinese... beef noodles bird's nest wood ear, green chili, chicken strips bird's nest vegetable with fresh noodle in oil with spices varied mushrooms soup bingka, chinese version noodles... TAW SHAM hahhaha Glass noodles and bean sprouts stir fry quail egg, mushroom and "spam" soup Dumpling in a sesame soup dumplings in a basket Lubid-lubid of Tianjin... not sweet Nothing inside. This is just a fried skin.. beef soup vegetable dumplings Bird's nest vegetable and corn cream soup

By GERLIE M. UY stir-fried beef, green peppers, and vegetables  Just guessing: Tufo in bean sauce Just Guessing: chicken and mushroom in bean sauce must thin slices of pork with cucumber and egg, but loved this sans the pork; they are cooking it with cucumber. chicken in chili oil, i surprisingly loved this. appetizer, a cold jelly in fresh chili-peanut sauce. steamed pork my favorite of them all, what's inside must flat chives with egg Topping my list. Stewed Yang rou (lamb) with Nang (bread)... so love it.   One caution: Watch out how you pee smells after having this... hahahah random photo of street food random photo of street food, scorpions and other bugs... random photo of street food must be fried tufo balls adeptly moved around with chopsticks must taste great than hotel food near to bland experience of hotel food fish I ate at the hotel loved the fresh veges in my tuna sandwish  wow... farthest, the manto is like a pocket where the vendor puts the filling while one waits.