tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13828236.post8140894595049432983..comments2023-03-27T07:45:59.761-07:00Comments on the chronicles of a fierce fathlete: in defense of filipino foodj-rohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16366014040490217527noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13828236.post-5597415653241776492009-10-14T08:15:25.130-07:002009-10-14T08:15:25.130-07:00Mmmmm. When you have that party, I'm so there!...Mmmmm. When you have that party, I'm so there!j-rohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16366014040490217527noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13828236.post-44415970622936075002009-10-13T22:26:16.976-07:002009-10-13T22:26:16.976-07:00yes, it's the same raf of the ancient duck car...yes, it's the same raf of the ancient duck carving with malyn.<br /><br />i made sinigang baboy with fresh sampalok about two weeks ago. berkeley bowl has tamarind pods for cheap and presumably 99 ranch would as well. i tried duplicating my mom's recipe and it worked out well. mom and dad have basically stopped eating any filipino dish with a layer of mantika (sp?) on it in light of Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16516594248523814078noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13828236.post-2255244659093879642009-10-13T22:21:13.933-07:002009-10-13T22:21:13.933-07:00That's a good question Rafael (er. um. Is this...That's a good question Rafael (er. um. Is this you, Raf?). Most turo-turo places tend to be oily and heavy. However, I found that the schmanicer places The Intramuros and Kalesa cook cleaner.<br /><br />Ah, my favorite place (which is now closed) was The Big Kitchen. Everything, even their lumpia tasted clean. Their sinigang seemed to be fresh (to be honest, I don't think I've had j-rohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16366014040490217527noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13828236.post-64771965692722018802009-10-13T19:04:13.728-07:002009-10-13T19:04:13.728-07:00are there places that do decent versions of low-fa...are there places that do decent versions of low-fat grilled and/or soupy filipino dishes (e.g. talong, sinigang, nilaga, tinola, inihaw ng isda, paksiw na isda)? i always feel like those dishes get short shrift. you don't see them often in restaurants and not many people make them from scratch, like using real sampalok for sinigang (which is easy; i can show you one of these days).Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16516594248523814078noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13828236.post-16070571590114908552009-10-13T06:36:26.341-07:002009-10-13T06:36:26.341-07:00Yes, we must go to The Intramuros the next time yo...Yes, we must go to The Intramuros the next time you visit. I definitely think you would like it there. In particular, you would love that bangus dish we had. And then there's the bibingka souffle. Mmmm...<br /><br />I've decided that weight, poundage is all relative. I'm not surprised that you dropped the weight so quickly. The guys at the gym fluctuate all the time. I think weight toj-rohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16366014040490217527noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13828236.post-71927373016249851962009-10-13T04:14:50.326-07:002009-10-13T04:14:50.326-07:00omg my mouth is watering from all these food photo...omg my mouth is watering from all these food photos and the memory of that eggplant salad with the bagoong + the fish dishes! your photos look fabulous, even though they weren't of the whole dishes. and we must go to intramuros next time i visit!<br /><br />you know what's interesting? i gained about five pounds during my week with you, but i think because it was all healthy food, the Gladyshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12926050353462847606noreply@blogger.com