It was always a great delight for us to drop by Salcedo Market in Makati every Saturday. As far as I can remember, Salcedo Market is the only market in the Philippines that gives foreigners a venue for their products. The moment you enter the market you are taken to a different place. There’s the French Cuisine guy on the left (and the Filipina ladies that are more  than amused by the way he speaks), the Spaniard and his Paella on the right and Hitler’s cousin and his fat sausages …

And so you go to your mom’s house furiously hungry  for a lot of reasons, either you don’t want to spend your own money to eat, you  are too lazy to do anything, or you just want to let your mom see that it’s her fault that you are famished. You kick the door open because it is still your house. Nobody is home. You rustle towards the kitchen and rip everything in sight. You try overturning the kitchen table but suddenly your eyes light up like halogen when you …

For people who are new in the kitchen, in this spare ribs recipe, you will learn how to love the food that you make because this beauty will be the start of you as the envy of your friends, the secret weapon of your family and the most attractive first date anyone can have…thus is the power of the hand that rocks the wok.
Let’s start our love affair with a trip to the market. Tell yourself to do your market this weekend. You want to do it this weekend because …

 
 
Take a look at everything around your house. If you are the usual consumer, fifty per-cent or more of everything you own is from the motherland. It’s quite obvious that China is on a rampage for global domination. Taking over the world one step at a time by letting you eat, wear, play, work, sleep on, stand on, laugh on, cry on, get crazy with, get intimate with, depend on, rely on, and ultimately and basically live on goods and services that are MADE IN CHINA. Maslow’s heirarchy of needs …

Filipino food is not Chinese food. If it is, our Adobo (marinated meat) would be steamed chicken with soy sauce. It is neither Spanish food. If it is, we wouldn’t be eating rice like breathing air. Filipino food is not American food. If it is, Jollibee would have  bigger servings. True? If you don’t agree with me, next time you’re in NY try convincing the hotdog vendor that his dogs are not american hotdogs… in fact it is German because that’s where all the sausages come from. Then brace yourself.
Filipino food …