[2 Sep 2010 | 2 Comments | ]
Differences between Filipino dishes and Spanish dishes

To the Spanish guy who will talk to us about Spanish dishes, I am still looking for you. I have a relative in Dos Hermanas, Spain but the English language is of no use to him. Filipinos, impressive as we are when it comes to speaking in Spanish, are not all born from Zamboanga. Yes, there is still a part of the Philippines where bastardized Spanish is lingua franca and those are the Chavacanos de Zamboanga, meaning, they make a fascinating conversation if they speak to you in their native …

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[10 Aug 2010 | No Comment | ]
Rediscovering your Filipino story

Filipino-isms dat’s por me
by Jojo Santo Tomas from guampdn.com

As usual, click on that article first before diving in here.
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That’s what I don’t understand with some Filipinos. Why are they ashamed of being a Filipino? Click this and read examples of ridiculous Filipinos that will make you do back-flips. What is it with the Philippines that you suddenly get allergic to your own skin? If you are one of them, this are what you need to know: first, people don’t care where you are from, second, where in CNN or BBC …

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[9 Aug 2010 | No Comment | ]
Of Rewriting Filipino Cuisine

This is one of the entries that make me stick my head inside a pail and start shouting until I go deaf so I can hear my inner self answer brain-pounding questions about Filipino Cuisine. Maybe that’s the reason why I find myself rewriting and rewriting this post for the past 2 weeks. So I grab myself at the back of my head, squeeze whatever juice that comes out of it, and smudge them on these webpages. This is as difficult as poetry.
Maybe I’ll start with asking questions:
1. If you …

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[27 Jul 2010 | 11 Comments | ]
Kulinarya Cooking Club on different kinds of noodle dishes or Pancit of the Philippines

This website is definitely not the only one blabbering about Filipino food weekly. I am actually glad that it’s not alone. The wonderful thing about it too is mostly, if you are a male author, you are surrounded by beautiful beings of the specie. To close this part of the series about Chinese influence on the history of Filipino food, myfilipinokitchen will parade women who wear different kinds of pancit for wigs.
They call their league of extraordinary women: The Kulinarya Cooking Club. They’re like Oprah’s Filipino cuisine book club (if …

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[21 Jul 2010 | 3 Comments | ]
Filipino Chefs versus Filipino Chef

Filipino Food Truck Rolls Out Manila Machine introduces Filipino cuisine via truck
Wednesday, 14 July 2010 08:44 Joseph Pimentel | AJPress

Image from Wikimedia Commons
I am really going to crack now. If you read the whole article, I know you will too. Let me enumerate the ways a list of big-shot Filipino chefs really blew it like a home-made scandal. I want you to picture me, having a tantrum, and if you see any phrases in bold, imagine me saying it in a very nyee nyee nyee nyee nyee manner.
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[19 Jul 2010 | 8 Comments | ]
Feature Contributor : Myrabella’s Bam-i Recipe

Good day guys! How was everybody’s Monday? Before moving on to read Myrabella’s story, I suggest you read this first. As you can see, myfilipinokitchen is always open to people who want to contribute their recipes, Filipino food experiences and just simply being Filipino – wherever you are, whoever you are. Obviously, Myrabella was the first to answer. Please give her a warm welcome and feel free to commend her and give her your hi’s and hello’s! So let’s get it on!
-Ziggy
MYRABELLA’S BAM-I RECIPE
What is the one thing we …