Anniversary Cake for Him

My sweet treat for our 5th anniversary (last Jan 5, 2012). It was my first time to bake a cake. It took me 5 hours (for a beginner like me, I think it's not bad). I used Pillsbury devils cake, nestle cream for the whip cream, mallows, chocolate drops, and melted cadbury chocolate and mold it in hearts, and scrapbook letterings for the message.

He told me that he was so surprised when he saw it as he picked it up in their receptionist @ Plantersbank Makati. I was so happy with his reaction, it melts my heart. Hihi. Thanks for taking a picture. 

Pho Hoa Vietnamese Noodle House

My first Vietnamese food experience! ツ

Grilled Pork and Fried Spring Rolls with Rice (My choice) P255

Vegetarian Noodle Soup with Assorted Vegetables (P235)
I forgot the name of veggie... :D

Food Rating out of 5 star: ★★★
Place Rating out of 5 star: ★★★

*Prices from munch punch.

SM Megamall A

G/F SM Megamall-Bldg A, Doña Julia Vargas AveWack Wack, Mandaluyong(02) 636-6692

Hearty Pine Lumpia

Ingredients:
puso ng saging
crushed pineapple
carrots
kintsay
small amount of ground pork

Cooking directions:
Just like the usual lumpiang shanghai, there are only added ingredients. 

Gelatissimo

1st gelato experience. :) While waiting for his Aunt’s arrival (last december 2010), we stayed and had dessert @Gelatissimo Greenbelt 5. We ordered choco mint, ferrero and tiramisu. 

Food Rating out of 5 star: ★★★★★
Place Rating out of 5 star: ★★★★

Greenbelt 5

2/F Greenbelt 5, Legaspi StAyala Center, Makati(02) 728-3587

Digestive biscuits

BF bought me this Marks & Spencer milk chocolate biscuit. My first time. I thought M&S was just a clothing store.. :D

New Year 2012

Sauteed shrimp, clam, mushroom in oyster, topped with quail eggs and parsley

Blogging food for last 2012.. I, Dadi and mommy's dish. 




Ingredients:
ground pork
green peas
hotdog
raisin
carrots
egg
flour
magic sarap
ground pepper
barbecue sauce
chorizo
Just like an embotido with barbecue sauce. 





I cooked the pasta (check out my pasta tab), baked tahong and garlic bread. :)

Pork Siomai

My tita's home made pork siomai with malunggay and kalabasa.

Ham & Corn Carbonara

I prepared this pasta last New Year’s Eve. 

Ingredients:

ham

corn kernel

nestle cream

evap milk

cheese

parsley

mushroom

spaghetti noodles

Cooking directions:

1. In a large pot of boiling salted water, cook spaghetti noodles until al dente. Drain well. Toss with 1 tablespoon of oil, and set aside.

2. Meanwhile in a large skillet, cook chopped ham until slightly crisp, add mushroom and corn kernel. Add chopped onion and garlic and cook over medium heat until onion is translucent. Add nestle cream and evap, mix well, add grated cheese, remove from heat when cheese melts.

3. Toss noodles with the white sauce. Serve immediately parsley sprinkle on top, and cheese.

Cheesy Eggplant Lasagna

Layered lasagna and slightly fried eggplant, topped with cream cheese and parsley. It was my sister’s birthday when I baked this, and was my first time too. I’m glad that family, friends and relatives so loved the taste [one says “the best in town” thank you! hihi :)]

Ingredients:eggplantlasagna noodlesnestle creammagnolia quickmelt cheeseparsleyspaghetti sauceground porkblack pepper

Honey Bacon Strips In Leaves & Flowers

Honey cured bacon strips with cauliflower tops plus arugula leaves. Sauteed cauliflower, tomato, garlic & parmesan cheese tops. Left over arugula leaves with crushed chili pepper from dear darla pizza. Because I woke up early I decided to cook breakfast for the family and thanks to the left over arugula leaves from yellow cab the night before this. 

Chicken Stroganoff

Ingredients:
chicken breast

black pepper

cream

mushroom

garlic powder

onion spring

cheese

butter

Cooking directions:
1. Slice chicken breast into strips or half size. Rub with black pepper, garlic, and salt.

2. Steam chicken with onion spring.

3. SAUCE: Saute mushroom in a butter, add cream, stir until medium brown, add grated cheese.

4. Pour cream sauce over steamed chicken.

Saba-Corned Beef

Bored in your potato corned beef? Try this banana version, "saba". I once crave for corned beef but with a sweet taste. I came up of adding saba instead of the usual potato. 

Ingredients:

Corned beef

Saging na saba

garlic

onion

spring onion

brown

sugar

Preparing directions:

1. Cut saging na saba into halves, rub with brown sugar.

2. Minced onion and garlic.

Cooking directions:

1. In a non-stick pan, pour over a little amount of cooking oil. Stir fry saging na saba, until brown or tender. Set aside.

2. Saute minced onion and garlic. Add corned beef.

3. Sprinkle with italian seasoning or rosemary.

Honey Lemon Dory

First time to create this recipe. Because it was Holy Week that time, and my family has the tradition of no meat, I decided to cook our dinner. It's a bit expensive, but worth it. 

Ingredients:

Dory Fish Fillet

Honey syrup

Fresh basil leaves

Lemon

butter

Marinade directions:

1. Cut lemon into halves then squeeze over honey syrup, add salt.

2. Slice fish fillet into 2 inches.

3. Pour honey lemon mixture into sliced fish fillet. Rub each slice to the mixture. Marinate for 30 minutes. Set aside in refrigerator.

Cooking directions:

1. In a non-stick pan or grilling pan, melt 1/4 butter, cooked marinated fish fillet until golden brown. You can add some syrup while cooking the fish.

2. After cooking all the fillet, spoon sauce over the fish. Sprinkle with basil and garnish with left sliced lemon.

Some says, it tastes like a leche flan.