pork asado

im gonna cook this tomorrow for our baon on monday :) courtesy of http://www.pinoycook.net/pork-asado/

1 to 1.5 kg. piece of roasting pork
3/4 c. of dark soy sauce
2 laurel leaves
12 peppercorns
4-6 tbsps. of sugar
1 whole garlic
1 whole onion
1 tsp. of hoisin sauce
4 tbsps. of cooking oil
water
2-3 tsps. of tapioca or corn starch

Cooking procedure :
Prick the meat with a fork in several places.

Heat the cooking oil in a large heavy pan. Lightly brown the pork, rolling it in hot oil to brown all sides evenly. Pour enough water to reach 3/4 the height of the pork. Pour in the soy sauce and add the rest of the ingredients. What you’re looking for is an agreeable balance between the saltiness of the soy sauce and the sweetness of the sugar. So, use more or less of either ingredient to suit your taste. Simmer the pork, fat side up, for an hour to an hour and a half, depending on its thickness.

Lift the pork out of the liquid, place on a plate and cool to room temperature, Cut into 1/4 inch slices and arrange on a serving platter.

Strain the braising liquid. Reheat. Dissolve the starch in 1/4 cup of water. Pour into the braising liquid and cook, stirring, until thickened. Stir in the hoisin sauce and stir well to blend.

Pour the sauce over the sliced pork and serve.

yummy! i'll post the picture tomorrow if its a success! :)

siomai

living in singapore for a while, it made chinese delicacies a part of my daily life. char siew pao, siew mai, all kind of noodles. with hawkers at every corner, there's no problem buying food. unlike here, there's not much selections. ohh, they do have a lot of chinese restaurants here. but mind you, funny as it may sound, but they dont have chopsticks! and no siewmai too :( well, i cant just sit and wait to go home so i can satiate my longing for siomai.

1 kg ground pork
1 cup carrots
1 large mined onion
spring onions
1 egg
5 tbsp sesame oil
1 tsp ground pepper
1 tsp salt
wanton wrapper
soy sauce, calamansi, chili paste

mix all ingridients. wrap mixture, fold and seal. boil water and brush steamer with oil. steam the siomai for 15-20 minutes. serve with soy sauce, calamansi and chili paste.

ogie and laurice - post wedding celebration

last feb 21 at their new home... leny, norvs, ogs, laurice and me!

its been a year...

it's been more than a year. i'm doing great, sometimes, still bored. but definitely, fine. i feel better here, professionally speaking. hopefully, it wont lasts :)

lumpiang shanghai

next to maja, this is what my friends here always requested and what my friends in singapore missed!

700 g minced beef/pork
3 carrots chopped
1 egg
1 can sliced mushroom, chopped
spring roll wrapper
cheese slices
onion
garlic
butter
salt
pepper

saute onion and garlic in butter, add in minced beef/pork. cook until meat is brown. add mushroom. add in carrots and cheese. add salt and pepper. remove from heat and add the egg. remove the oil and wrap a spoonful of meat in spring roll wrapper. fry and serve hot.

maja mais

i am not a dessert person, nor i have a sweet tooth.. i only eat sweets and chocolates on cravings. and mind you, it really doesn't happen all the time.. tamad kase ako kumain.. o, bawal mag-assume na anorexic ako.. im past that stage and as if i was one..

well, going back to my cooking expertise este my cravings for food.. maja mais is one dessert i'd always wanted to learn how to cook while i was still in singapore. i've tried it a couple of times pero laging palpak o di nabubuo.. buti na lang, there's always LP to go to whenever i had those cravings. but here in ireland, i dont have a choice but to learn to cook and perfect it. well, there was no surprise when it it didn't happen the first time.. but im good at it now that even my friends would always request me to make one for them.. here it is:

1 can coconut milk
1 can evap milk
1 can corn
1 cup sugar
1 cup cornflour (since wala akong makitang corn starch dito)

mix them altogether then cook in medium fire until magbuo, stirring occassionally para di masunog. .. put in a pan and let it cool.

presto! maja mais na :)

snowy snowy white

it was snowing. i should have been glad and run outside and have my picture taken.. but the snow has lost its appeal again, as usual, cough is dragging me down.

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PS.. yeah, i had my picture taken after all.. and had a few snowball fights with leny.. we walked going home. better than wait for a cab which we're not sure what time will arrive. now, my cough is worse :(

PPS.. <posted Feb 28...> -- there was snow again few weeks after, well, this time around i was fully well. and got to enjoy it after all.