Food Lab: Episode 2

Time for a second episode. :)

I think there is a little improvement (naks!). Scroll down to delight your taste buds. :)

Go Seafood!

Calamares - The hard part is cleaning the belly area (black ink
container) and removing the skin (it actually stinks!). This is good for appetizer.



Tanigue Steak - marinated with lemon juice and parsley, then fried in butter.



Rellenong Pusit - squid stuffed with ground pork, tomato, bell pepper, etc. The image is the uncooked version.



Crabstick - wrapped in lumpia wrapper. I copied this dish from the canteen.



Seafood Scrambled Egg - I put all the leftover seafood (squid, shrimps) and veggie and created this not-so-good-looking scrambled egg. Yet to my surprise, my housemate liked it. :) Talk about recycling.




Chinese dishes:

Sweet & Sour Pork - pretty normal.



Lemon Chicken - I separated the sauce from the meat, wala lng.



Nido Soup/Hot and Sour - I like having these soups at times. They are very easy to prepare: just add minced pork, shitake mushroom, tofu and break some eggs.. and you're done.



Chinese Pork Adobo - the difference between Filipino style and Chinese style (accdg to my hausmate) is that in Chinese style
it's a sweeter version, no vinegar or calamansi added. Usually you can add hard-boiled eggs into it.




Veggie Time:

Butter Veggies - you need some of this to go with your meat dishes, para ndi plain. :)



Tortang Talong - Hehe tinamad na ako ayusin.. this looks like a massacred version, taste is normal though. :)




Beefy:
Finally I tried cooking beef. Beef is an all-time favorite.

Beef Guisado - this is a simple dish to prepare, yet very flavorful. It has ground beef, cubed carrots, potato and bellpepper. You can add some other stuff to convert it to a taco filling.



Beef with Mushrooms (and Celery) - I like this dish, but I dont know why it's always a failed attempt back in Manila
(matigas parati yun beef) This time it's a whole lot better, chamba cguro. :)



Soups:

*Ginseng soup - I went to the grocery the other day and saw some
packed dried ginseng - you know those typical ginseng soup that your mom forces you to take for nutrition purposes. I cant believe I am actually making those hehe. I've tried using pork liver, pork heart, and chicken cubes, not so bad. :p Para maiba naman.



Chicken Tinola - there is no green papaya here so normally sayote is used as a substitute. I added some tomatoes to give it a twist. (hehe pauso)




The STAR(s) for this episode:
2-way prawn - buttered garlic and deep fried.

Left side: Buttered Garlic version - one of my favorite dishes in Dampa seafood market. The sweet tangy taste of butter, garlic and sugar is a good combination. Natuwa ako sa bata sa bahay ha
when she tasted it..she commented 'sauce pa lng masarap na'. (hehe tuwa nman ako). Actually butter sold here tastes creamier than in Philippines, so that must have done the trick.

Right side: Deep fried version. Deep fried prawns in quite popular here, lalo na yun may oats. I put some oats into the batter for this for the crunchy coating. (you can actually eat the shell as well) D2 ko lng din nalaman yan. :)





Seafood Chowder


Dapat lng na sumarap ito kasi marami ako nilagay hehe :). It's a cream of mushroom soup, with hefty servings of shrimp, clam meat, ground pork, minced chicken, ham strips, mushroom bits, carrots, potato, celery and cheese cubes.

That's all for now, suggestions welcomed. :)