Foot and Fire

  Summer is here. Yes, there's no such thing as summer in the Philippines because our season here is called Dry and wet season. What a dry name then. Summer is equated with sun so let me use it to lump all the vegetables I plucked from our wet market recently and made into stir-fried noodles which Koreans call Japchae and we call bihon or sotanghon guisado. But since I used the sweet potato noodles of Korean brand, let's call it Japchae. 500g Sweet Potato Noodles 50g Sweet Pea 2 medium carrots 1 medium head brocolli olive oil 1 big white onion 100 g shredded roasted chicken 6T Soysauce 4T Mirin 4 Fish sauce 2T Nutritional Yeast 4T water 4T oligosaccharide salt and pepper sesame oil Chopped parsley as garnish Bring water to boil and add the sweet potato noodles and let cook for 5 minutes. Remove from fire, drain with water and set aside. Steam vegetables until cooked but still crunchy. Set aside. In a bowl, mix the rest of the ingredients to make a seasoning sauce. Mix well....

Buruanga's stretch of white sand is not as long and continuous as the Station 1 to Station 3 of Boracay but it sure charmed me by its clean shores and crystal clear waters. I am a sucker for clean waters and I believe that a saltwater touching the skin is the ultimate therapy there is for one happy soul and healthy body. The backdrop of the beach is a stretch of trees too giving a cool shade and protection from the seething heat of the sun this dry season which officially started last March 26 for this year. The beach floor has lots of rocks when it is low tide which are not sharp so they were not bothersome but some areas are clear so I go to that area so I can clearly see fishes and fries swimming along with me.  Kayaking is one activity that can be done aside from island hopping by boat. But I soaked in the beauty of the sunset on this side of the archipelago. We had a drizzling afternoon on our first sunset and a pretty fast one the next day.  We stayed in a ro...