Foot and Fire

Hahaha! The title is a scam just for fun. I am writing about what I was eating during my month-long vacation in the Big Apple. Well, I can say that I liked what I ate all throughout.  I disliked what I had only on three occasions: I don't like the bread used in the sandwich of Nathan's Cart as well as in The Met cafe. While both are in New York City, the only proper eatery I disliked was in DC where I had Chinese noodles and dumplings in the only-open restaurant at 10 am and the best according to the bills posted on its door. I started this blog with what I didn't like so you won't think that I am no picky eater, and that I have no discriminating palate given that I liked almost everything even the neighborhood Colombian food. Let me group the food I had and let me walk you through the memory lane of my gustatory delight sans the elaborated plating and expensive ambiance.   1. ITALIAN Carnegie Diner and Cafe Having jet-lag is never good as the appeti...

*** 2kg Cassava 4 tablespoon Olive Oil or butter 3 Eggs 1-2 cans condensed milk 1 can sweet corn (Canned Cream Corn or boiled then grated) sugar (add, if desired) Peel the cassava, remove the hard root and ground in a blender/grinding machine for a pudding finish.  If grated, the consistency is different as it will appear like a fudge finish. In a deep bowl, put the ground cassava and the ground sweet corn. Make a well, place the lightly beaten eggs, milk, and additional sugar.  Mix well together until smooth. In a pan, put the mixture and bake for 40 to 45 minutes at about 200F. Make 3 1-inch 9X12 pan of Cassava Cake Pudding. Serve hot or chilled.

1 1/2 kilo cassava, ground or grated 2 cans condensed milk 2 eggs, beaten 1 cup butter 2 cups sugar Pre heat oven at 350F. Soften butter. Add a cup of sugar, mix well and set aside. In a big bowl, placethe ground cassava, add the milk and eggs and mix well. Portion by portion, add the butter and sugar mixture to the cassava mixture and mix well. Grease and pour the mixture in a tin pan, ideally 9x6x2 pan. Bake for 30 minutes. If desired, glaze the pudding with butter and sugar. Let cool a bit and slice and serve!

By GERLIE M. UY We stayed at Doc J's Stop-over located just about two kilometers from entry to the municipality of Don Salvador Benedicto (aka DSB and don sal) located at 37 Brgy. Pandanon, DSB, Negros Occidental. DSB is a cool place but we dared to have halo halo as it is the place's best offering to those who stop over to the place... HALO HALO at DOC J's Stop Over, 37km Pandanon, Don Salvador Benedicto (DSB) Doc J's Halo Halo has vanilla ice cream, ube halaya, bits of colored kaong, sugared young buko or coconut shreds and sweetened with milk creamer and honey with dissolved mascuvado sugar LANZON (the yellow one) -- steamed grated cassava with young shredded coconut LINUPAK NGA KAMOTE KAHOY -- pounded cassava with shredded coconut LINUPAK NGA KAMOTE KAHOY, up close arroz con caldo passion fruit juice with buko shreds (young coconut) Don Sal women sell their camote and banana chips as well as their candied young coconut called BUKAYO.  LINUPAK NGA SAGING -- pounded ...

By GERLIE M. UY POSTER BOY OF PASTELLAS THESE ARE SOME OF THE PHOTOS OF FOODS FEATURED HERE AND YET-TO BE FEATURED. DROLL OVER THEMMMMM... FRESH PANCIT, ANYONE? PATO TIM PATA NGA LINAGA  WITH LANGKA CUCUMBER SALAD TUNA AND EGG BRUSCHETTA BOILED SWEET CORN... SAGING NGA KUMBO AVOCADO, CUCUMBER AND CORN SALAD  GINAT-AN NGA TILAPIA PICKLED BAMBOO SHOOTS VEGETABLE SPAGHETTI AVOCADO TOPPED WITH MASCUVADO SUGAR CASSAVA CAKE PANCAKE WITH BUGNAY SYRUP

By GERLIE M. UY 8 cups shredded cassava (some like it grated) 6 eggs, lightly beaten 2 cans condensed milk (about 300ml each) 1 small evaporated milk (1 cup or 250ml) 4 cups brown sugar 1/4 cup butter cheese for toppings (optional) Lightly wash shredded cassava with two cups warm water and drain liquid. Do not press. Pre-heat oven for 300F. In a deep bowl, mix all ingredients together except cheese. Reserve a portion of butter for greasing of pan. Strain and reserve a cup of liquid from the mixture. Grease two one-inch 7 X 11 pans. Pour half of the mixture in each pan. Bake for 30 minutes. Meanwhile, cook in medium heat the reserved cup of mixture and put the cheese. Set aside. After 30 minutes, put the cheese mixture on top and bake for another 5 minutes until melted. info on cassava http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cassava http://www.cassavachips.com/cassava.html http://www.agriculture-ph.com/2010/04/cassava-banana-production-boost-in.html