Yummy Lumpia Plate

After finishing the to-do list for our daily opening, lunch is always the next question. What is for lunch? Surrounded by many shelves of Asian cooking ingredients and frozen meals, it shouldn't be that hard to come up with something. Oh but it is. After checking what is in the back refrigerator I found some left-overs! Yeah, I wasn't excited about that either. So, I put on the cooking thinking cap and came up with this. I call this Mama Nida's Fried Rice , served with a Pork and Eggplant Curry that one of our customers brought for me the other day. Fried Rice is it's own recipe and it can be as simple as adding fried garlic and oil or as complex as adding meat, veges, eggs, and whatever fancies your taste buds. Here's how I did it with the available resources that I have. Read More Mama Nida's Fried Rice Serving size: 3-4 Prep Time: 3 minutes Cooking Time: 5 minutes Ingredients: Orange means we have it on our shelves . 4 Cups Cold Coo...

 Edamame (Eh-dah-MAH-meh) 枝豆 , exotic it may sound, edamame is simply Japanese for fresh young soy beans. Edamame is a popular sidedish at Japanese izakaya restaurants with local varieties in demand, depending on the seasons. In China, it is known as maodou (毛豆) meaning "hairy bean" or maodoujia (毛豆荚) meaning "Hairy bean pod". Simply ordering maodou in a Chinese restaurant, you will usually get a boiled and salted soy beans. In Korea, edamame is called Kong (콩) which is a general term for all beans, or (메주콩). However, there are variety of soy bean with different colors and different flavors.The most popular type we see in America is the green soy beans we normally see in a the frozen section of our local Asian Market. Sometimes a fresh batch can be found in the fresh produce section and those are the best for making you own Edamame at home. Here's how to make a marvelously spicy edamame. Read More Shichimi Edamame Recipe from Cmpany's Coming  Pra...

 When visiting many Asian homes, you'll find that many of their walls are full of interesting oriental accented decors, such as framed Japanese geisha doll, a scroll with Chinese characters, or a giant fan with a cherry blossom design. You'll also notice knickknacks, vases, animals, and Buddhas placed all around their home as decorations. Why is that?

Some prefer to make food from scratch and some prefer it the easy way. When it comes to dessert, many chooses to have someone else do it or go to the bakery to get it, if it's a available.   Now available on our shelves is Galinco Sarap Pinoy Ready dessert Mixes. We will have more in soon and we will let you know how they are as we try them out one by one.

Photo from Wikimedia Halo-Halo (derived from the Tagalog word "halo" meaning "mix") is a famous and all time best dessert/refreshment in Philippines. It's the best way to beat the heat, especially right now with those three digit temperature all over the place. Halo-Halo is a combination of sweetened fruits and beans mixed with shaved ice and evaporated milk topped with ice cream, leche plan, and/or a scoop of ube and/or pinipig rice. First, here's the easy route for you who crave for the flavor and simplicity. It's that simple, mix it all up and top with your favorite ice cream and done. Or... You can go for the more complex, here's the recipe. Ingredients: Sweetened Red beans Sweetened Garbanzos Sweetened Saba Bananas Sweetened Kamote Sweetened Jackfruit Sweetened Kaong Sago in Syrup Macapuno Strings Coco Gel (Nata de Coco) Ube Halaya Shaved Ice Ice cream (pick your favorite) Pinipig Leche Flan Evaporated Milk Suga...

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