Isaw. That’s what we call them. I-saw. The first syllable is pronounced as E and the second one is pronounced as if you are saying Tao -more like saying E-sao. But that’s when you are in the northern parts of the Philippines. Both in the central and south, they are called either inihaw or inasal.

Before I go on with trivial things (Which is for you my dear regular readers who do not usually comment! I know you’re existing, you just have muted hands.) let’s accomodate our new readers by getting …

 
 
A month ago, @Limer35 and @Filipeanut, Filipino foodies from California, sent me a tweet asking me what do I think of adding Betamax to Adobo. To clarify, it’s not that dino-age system that your grandparents use to watch a movie. Betamax is a slang for coagulated blood cubes or cakes as it resembles the tape that you load in your Betamax system to watch movies like Total Recall, Top Gun, Pretty Woman or that Nora Aunor movie that’s famous for the line – “My brother is not a pig”. Well right after they got my attention …

 
Next week we will be talking about Modern Filipino Cooking and we will discuss recipes that have been created decades after the 2nd World War. This week, I will be giving you a glimpse of what we will be taking about not only next week but also for the next month.
In this segment, which I am thinking of doing on a regular basis, I will let you guess what are the secret ingredients to this Filipino Food. And what Filipino recipe is it. Let’s begin shall we?
 

 
So have you guessed what …

 
 
The infamous Kare kare. Kare-kare. Karekare. Echo. Echo. Echo. It’s like sex for most teenagers- all those teenyboppers talk about it a lot but few know how to do it well. In this post, we’ll take it like adults. Open your brains and let those nerves start gyrating.
Ingredients
Toasted, powdered rice as a thickener, half a cup. If you can’t find this anywhere, I’ll teach you how to make it from rice grains. Read on.
Atsuete or Annato Oil for color. I’ll tell you how to do it later and how much to use. Turn some music on.
Ox tripe and Ox tail. If …

 
 
In line with our theme of Filipino celebrations, Chef Mike posted a Paella Negra Stuffed Squid with Cream Sauce Aligue, just the sound of those words coming out of my orifices turns me on. So I am obliged to make a Filipino Paella Recipe. Here are the things that you need to inject your brain before we continue:
1. This recipe will be mostly based on the readily available ingredients for Paella in the Filipino Market. So if you’re thinking that we will add Thyme later, you are dreaming.
2. Although I told …