Mega Mac Cheat Day!

January 16, 2012 2 Comments

Yes, we do eat fast food!

I am not ashamed to say that I eat at fast food chains. In fact, I used to work with one back in the Philippines. We all know that they do offer very unhealthy, fried, processed food. But once in a while, it is worth to indulge in something so sinful (but admittedly very affordable!), especially with someone you love.

Speaking of sinful, I am extra guilty because I indulged in another diet cheat day with The Husband, who, again, prepared for a surprise date for us — a night of Dubai Shopping Festival fireworks by Dubai Festival City and a tasting of the new limited edition McDonald’s Mega Mac. The billboards along major thoroughfares in Dubai intrigued us for the past days. Is it really double the size and taste as it claims to be? This was our chance to prove if there is truth in their advertising…

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Papaitan for my sweet!

January 12, 2012 10 Comments

If Tony Bourdain enjoyed it, so should I? (Image from spankyenriquez.blogspot.com)

My father always described Papaitan to us, children, with much gusto. I guess because he knew how our faces would transform from happy-shiny-people happy to just plain disgusted. He explained that farmers would gather the secret ingredient of this dish, bile, by squeezing out the half digested grass in their stomachs. Lose your appetite already? Sounds awful, doesn’t it? I swore that I would never let my palate come close to such monstrosity. Well, until I got married that is…

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The Savoy Cabbage and Kecap Manis (Sweet Soy Sauce) blunder wonder

January 11, 2012 3 Comments

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Today, I ALMOST made a complete blunder in the kitchen, BUT I learned two things:

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A Liking for Laban Drink

August 7, 2011 7 Comments

Laban the drink.TRIVIA: Laban in Filipino means Fight.

Laban drink is one of the food discoveries I’ve stumbled upon with the help of my equally food curious Husband. Before I do a tasting of my food discoveries, I try to do a preliminary background research amongst Filipino friends, whose palates, I think, are quite close to mine. So I asked them: How does Laban taste like?

And I always get this answer:

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I don’t drink softdrinks BUT…

July 26, 2011 1 Comment

This bubbly is deadly.

I gave up drinking softdrinks more than 10 years ago, but think I’ve stumbled upon an exception. It’s The Husband’s fault again for introducing me to another saccharine treat. Well, it has lots of sugar that’s for sure. The downside that it’s not the healthy kind :-( I can’t help it. I’m hooked!

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D for Discovery

July 24, 2011 6 Comments

Am I ready to dive in?

Of course, Dubai also has it’s share of Asian cuisine: Chinese, Japanese, Singaporean, Indonesian, Filipino and more. There are actually quite a lot of Southeast and East Asians based here, where the pastures are supposedly greener (supposedly being the operative word). But I did not go half way around the world to eat something close to home. Yes I will come back to eating what feels like home at some point in time, but I came here to discover and indulge in the diversity.

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