I would have interviewed Chef Mike as well, but asking about his familiarity with Filipino food would really be silly since he is THE THE (yes, double the “the the”) Filipino Chef.
Finally, somebody from the US to write here in the site (the bulk of the traffic here in the site is from the states), and again, I am so glad to introduce another writer for myfilipinokitchen. Her name is Jen or let’s just call her JLeo (timely, with J-Lo in American Idol). She lives in the US. It would …

Before you read this, click this to know the difference between Mechado, Afritada, Menudo and Kaldereta
Ok, this may not be quick but it’s easy as pie.
Do this quick and easy Mechado recipe this coming weekend when you are not doing anything because this may take up to 5 hours of your nothing-to-do weekend schedule.
As we have discussed previously here, when you cook Mechado there should be a thick layer of fat in the middle of your meat. It may be a thick layer of pork fat (preferebly bacon) or in …

Man is a sinner.
God with all his hopeful heart made man in his own image and looked forward to a lasting loving relationship between the maker and the creation. But man, stained this relationship and chose the darkness rather than light. Man chose the demon snake than the God of love. And man chose to beecome a monster. Man killed, stealed and deestroyed. Man killed the dog and made him his breakfast because he don’t care about the poodle. Man killed the whale because he don’t read Moby Dick. Man …

Before you go on reading, click here to know what is the difference between Filipino dishes and Spanish dishes
If you are a Filipino and you haven’t asked yourself what the difference is between Mechado, Menudo, Afritada and Kaldereta, you are not eating good enough. If you have a Filipino food blog and you don’t know what the answer to that question, good luck to you too. I have been looking for a kitchen hermit that can answer this for me and I couldn’t find one. Maybe there isn’t one. Well, …

Click this if you want to read first the History of Filipino Food, Spanish Influence
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, …