Category Archives: Food

Delicious Food Blogs: He had me at “Kalamansi”

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It’s one of the things I love most about the web: a link here, a click there, a pop-up here, a splog there, and suddenly- you strike gold. It could be a photograph that captures your imagination, a social networking site that connects you to an old friend you miss, a search engine that makes you feel really lucky, or a blog entry that just makes you smile.

It was the latter that led me to first discover Burnt Lumpia, with his entry titled I Think I Shall Name Him… Kal!, wherein he- an American Pinoy named Marvin- searches for and finds a kalamansi tree to call his own:

“Pssst!” I heard him say to me as I walked past.

“Pssssssst!” I heard the familiar call again.

“Pssssssssssst! Hoy!”

And there he was, a lone Filipino hidden behind Meyer Lemons and Valencia Oranges. I had found the one and only Kalamansi tree in the nursery. Woohoo!

Since then, Burnt Lumpia has been one of my daily blog visits. His latest post, An American Pinoy in Paris, features, among other things, some mouthwatering gelato and- my all-time favorite, and what has to beone of the greatest inventions of man- french macarons. Mmmm.

This is my first post in a new category for this blog, Delicious Food Blogs. You can expect more features on other food blogs I love coming soon.

Weekly “To Eat”s

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Because I work at home, it’s hard for me to draw the line between work and home. It’s very common for me, then, in the middle of watching LOST on DVD, to suddenly hit the pause the button, fish out my mobile phone from underneath the blankets, and add “Tweak background CSS on client site to resemble Sawyer’s t-shirt colour” to my to-do list. But I digress.

The point is, I’m forever making to-do lists. Yes, I’m that woman. And so, when thinking of how to make this blog more useful, I came upon the idea of Weekly To Eat lists.

That’s right- lists of things I must eat each week. These can be things I really should be eating (broccoli, nuts, fresh fish), or they can be things I just want to eat (right now- eggs benedict from Bizu). Not only will this help me with my weekly grocery list, it should provide fun and entertainment for you, dear reader :-)

What do you think?

Prince of Jaipur at Fastbytes

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The Prince of Jaipur is one of our favourite local restaurants- but making the trek to their main branch at the Fort is something we just can’t do on a regular basis. Which is why I was so excited to read that they had opened a branch right here in Alabang.

The space is small (they have a second floor, but we haven’t seen it yet), so we’ve only taken food home so far- but oh, the food! Their Lamb and Chicken shawarmas are some of the best I’ve ever had (and I’m a shawarma lover), their Roti Chanai is sweet and chewy and delicious, their Dahl is a winner, and their Pappadums are worth every cent of the P25 they cost.

Roti Chanai

Prince of Jaipur is at Fastbytes in Northgate, Alabang. To get there, make your way towards Bellevue Hotel, then towards the McDonald’s there. Fastbytes is right across. Their telephone number is 728-9458 or 728-9459.

Life: Not so delicious

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We had a death in the family recently, and although cooking up a storm has definitely been part of my grieving process, I just didn’t want to take any photos or blog about it.

I’ve just begun reading through all my favourite food blogs again, though, and have already found much inspiration. I’m sorry for the silence, but you’ll hear more from me soon.

The Old Spaghetti House

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I’ve been wanting to write about The Old Spaghetti House since we’ve been there twice for merienda (mid-day “snack”- hah!) already. I’m not sure why, but it’s the sort of place that never comes to mind when we’re planning our regular meals out- and both times we’ve been there have been after doing some particularly tiring shopping at Festival Mall, which is the branch I’m writing about.

Old Spaghetti House Pomodoro

This is their Spaghetti Pomodoro, definitely their best dish, which my mom was fortunate to have ordered. As you can see, the portion is pretty generous for it’s price (P90!) and it tastes good. If you like Pomodoro, I urge you to give theirs a try.

Old Spaghetti House Meatballs

At the other, unfortunate side of the spectrum was their Spaghetti with Meatballs, pictured above. The meatballs were bad- and by bad I mean they didn’t just taste awful, they were off. Rotten meat. Oh yeah.

As soon as I reported it (it was my order, of course), they whisked the plate away and offered me the menu to choose something new, no questions asked. I was happy about that- it almost made up for the disgusting taste of rotten meat in my mouth. Almost.

Old Spaghetti House Carbonara

And finally, hovering somewhere in the middle was my husband’s order, the Spaghetti Carbonara. It was just okay. Nothing to write home about, but not awful in any way. Just… all right.

The Good: As I mentioned, the prices here are good. The service was friendly, and our orders arrived quickly (then again, it was merienda time).

The Bad: Rotten meatballs.