A good resort or a hotel becomes better if it has a fantastic chef, a culinary artist who has divine taste for food. He/she would definitely attract more tourists and food lovers alike. I say such because I believe it is part of every tourist agenda to experience local food during their travels. The more popular fast food joints becomes a mere fallback. We stayed at Amorita Resort during my visit to Bohol. It is considered one of the best resort-hotel in the province. We had the pleasure of meeting Chef Ralph “Paeng” Ongchico, who was currently assigned as head chef of the resort during...

I really love eating vegetables and one of my favorite vegetable dish is Pakbet. Pakbet is a tagalog  tasty vegetable dish made-up of different fresh vegetables, pork, and shrimp paste. I know some guys out there hates it because of its one major ingredient is ampalaya or the Bitter melon. The reason why I love Pakbet is because of Ampalaya (bitter melon) and the Okra’t Kalabasa (Lady’s Fingers or gumbo and Squash), they give lots of benefits in our health. Its really hard to find a perfect vegetable dish like this especially the right bitterness of the ampalaya. Good thing I have found...

We went to Cebu to attend and witness Pasigarbo sa Sugbo’s 3rd year Festival at Mandawe City and stayed at Be Resorts (formerly Microtel Mactan) in Mactan just near Mactan – Cebu International Airport. I really prefer this time staying outside the city to experience peace & quiet environment. I just wanted to relax, and at the same time to work. Its really relaxing to stay on a place where hotel staffs are friendly, accommodating and resourceful aside from that, since the hotel is situated in Mactan, Cebu, and Cebu is really known for home furnishing crafts the hotel-resort got great...

It’s almost end of the month and my groceries are almost emty! Been thinking of what to do with my unused groceries and all I can think of from what I see is…. Tuna Macaroni Salad! hmmmmmm YAHOO! Here’s what I have: Ingredients: 1/2 kg of Del Monte Pasta Salad Macaroni 2 cans of Century Tuna flakes in Vegetable oil 1 Medium sized red onion minced 1 & 1/2 tbsp of Pickle relished 5 tbsp of Lady’s Mayonnaise Salt, Pepper and sugar to taste! Here’s what I did: Procedure: Cook the tuna with its oil till oil dissolves and set aside to cool Cook the Salad Macaroni according...

There are several ways to have a successful simple house party but I believe choosing the right food and drinks to serve to your guests is most important. The preparations are easy. All you need to do is buy the appropriate beverages, chips, and put on some good music and you’re done! Often, we serve finger foods whenever we invite our friends over for a house party. Chips and dips are probably the most common since it’s easy to prepare. Here’s an idea on how to save some money on your dips. Garlic Dip all you need: 1 Clove of Elephant Garlic minced 1 bottle of Magnolia Cream cheese...

I was invited by Ron of Towns Delight Catering and Republic of Cavite Restaurant for food tasting an ocular visit to the restaurant. Here I discovered some interesting food like Kinulot na Page (manta ray), Ginataang Tulingan, Basil Fried Rice and Deep Fried Tofu Fish. They do also have good kakanin for dessert like Lihim ni Lola, a purple rice cake with salted egg and cassava filling. It’s called lihim because it is supposed to be a little secret and the only way to discover it is to go grab a piece and unravel the secret for yourself! Onde onde, a colorful rice flour with syrup inside, and Puto...