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Food and Wine of the World: February 2011

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Wednesday, February 23, 2011. Had a chance to finally taste the famous 'Tantanmen' ren of Ukkokei. This is only served at 6 PM and only a limited number of bowls per day. 10 bowls is the maximum. This is different from the others ones I've tried. Sort of creamy, oily, nutty with lots of sesame seeds and probably sesame oil. It's a little spicy but bearable. Sunday, February 6, 2011. We started off with a Gordon Biersch Hefeweisen fr my friend, a very light Belgian type beer. I had a Southern Tier IPA...

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Food and Wine of the World: La Girolle

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Wednesday, December 28, 2011. Had a quick lunch today at La Girolle, the new restaurant of Chef Ian Padilla located at the Fort near Burgos circle. The menu changes weekly, so whatever was featured here may not be in the menu anymore by next week. For main, Sous vide pork belly. Not sure how long this was cooked but probably over 20 hours. Very tender pork with crackling crispy skin. This came with mashed potatoes a la Robuchon (very creamy and lots of butter). Posted using BlogPress from my iPhone.

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Food and Wine of the World: July 2011

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Tuesday, July 5, 2011. I've been quite obsessed lately with bacon. A few weeks ago, I did my first batch of home made Guanciale (still no results since this has to be cured 45 days). Since the Guanciale takes so long, I decided to try making regular bacon (thank you to my friend Charlie for the tips). I'm not going to go step by step on how I made it since this is not really that type of blog, so I'll just go over generally on what I did. Once done, I let the pork rest for 2 hours, wrapped it and left in...

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Food and Wine of the World: July 2014

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Tuesday, July 22, 2014. Ahhhhh Carbonara…many of my friends know this was an obsession for me and still is. tI tried many restaurants in the Philippines and no one serves it the authentic way: no cream and just eggs. I was lucky enough to have travelled to Italy (Rome particularly) many times, and have been able to try the real thing. Basically. If you can get fresh organic or fee range eggs this is how your Carbonara should look like. Having grown up in Spain, I definitely love a good Paella. I reme...

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Food and Wine of the World: April 2011

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Tuesday, April 26, 2011. It's been a while that I haven't eaten at La Tienda with the Usuals, so when Richard suggested a Spanish wine lunch, I immediately offered to organize it in La Tienda. We had the usual starters: Boquerones, Gambas a la plancha, Chistorra, Escalivada and a plate of clams al ajillo. A shot of Noel serving the Txakoli like it's done in San Sebastian. Then our mains started coming: Besugo al Horno, Paella de Verduras and the main dish: Chuleton! Monday, April 18, 2011. Our first orde...

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Food and Wine of the World: June 2011

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Saturday, June 25, 2011. Russian River @ The Tasting Room. We were lucky to be part of a small group of beer lovers to try some Russian River brews. Considered to be one of the best beers in the world, they are very hard to find. Thanks to Jim for bring this in for us to try them out. We started out with a Rogue Juniper Pale Ale, quite light but we want to condition our palate for the RR beers. Last of the RR beers was Pliny the Elder. This is a double IPA and considered to be one of the best in the ...

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Food and Wine of the World: Antonios Tagaytay

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Friday, November 11, 2011. Had lunch yesterday after a long time. I forgot how good the food is. The best Steak Tartare I've had (and I've had many) is this one. The Duck Leg Confit, the best I've had in the Philippines. That reminds me of my lunch last week. Just for that steak tartare, its worth the drive up to Tagaytay. November 11, 2011 at 6:40 PM. November 11, 2011 at 6:53 PM. Going there with Matts cousins from Chicago when they visit in December. Woohoo! November 18, 2011 at 1:18 AM.

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Food and Wine of the World: March 2011

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Thursday, March 31, 2011. The Sportsman @ Seasalter. The place itself is a Pub, nothing really that fancy. But go there without a reservation any days of the week, and this is what you will see:. Anyway, we did have a reservation although failed to remind them that we wanted the degustation menu, which has to be pre-ordered. So we settled for the menu of what they had fresh that day, which was an excellent choice. After second orders of bread and a couple of beers, we proceeded with the starters. I just ...

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Food and Wine of the World: November 2011

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Friday, November 11, 2011. Had lunch yesterday after a long time. I forgot how good the food is. The best Steak Tartare I've had (and I've had many) is this one. The Duck Leg Confit, the best I've had in the Philippines. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). There was an error in this gadget. Obsessed with food, wine and beer. View my complete profile. Table for three please. My Sisters baby blog. Travels with a Gourmet. Subscribe To my blog. Celler de Can Roca. Gourmand. Steak Tartare.