Torta Di Mele, Apple Cake with Caramel and We’re Moving to a New Address!
We’re moving to a new address! All the Filipino and Asian recipes on this blogsite, Queen’s Notebook are moving soon to its sister blog, Asian In America. I wanted to give you more new features on the site to make it easier to browse through. Plus I’ve cooked up a lot more exciting recipes – [...]
Coconut Fudge Chocolate Cake with Rum
The fudgy, decadent slice of chocolate cake was the last one left. It was moist. It was crumbly-good. It was sweet and special. It was chocolatey with hints of rum. It was pretty with thin coconut tendrils crowning the top. Best of all, it was homemade and it was a hit! Filipino food almost always [...]
Filipino Burong Mangga : Green Mango Pickles, Sweet Tart Goodbye to Summer
Filipinos love to snack on green mangoes. Yes, those green unripe fruits, sliced open and served with a shrimp paste or plain sea salt sprinkled on top. Those were always the best. Can you believe this is street food in the Philippines? I was never allowed by my parents , for reasons only known to [...]
Mango Ice Cream, a Filipino ice cream treat
I remember riding with my late Dad, in his jeep, to survey the mango trees in our farm, in a small rural, agricultural town in the Philippines. As a child, every tree loomed far bigger than me. I always had to look up to trees for a good view. In the process, the blue skies, [...]
Blueberry- Purple Yam Tart : Filipino Flavors for Pie Day
The plump, tart blueberries cooked in syrup and laced with lemon juice, popped in my mouth. Unexpectedly a burst of fresh blueberry juice released its glory in my being. I closed my eyes dreamily as I licked the spoonful of sweet purple yam the berries were cradled in. And last but not the least, [...]
Cookie Dough-lympics: Million Layer Chocolate-Rum-Coconut-Guava-Caramel No Bake Cookie Dough Cake
This is a cake that’s extravagant, exquisite and unexpectedly easy to make. A million decadent flavors went into this spectacular dessert : a bottomless chocolate crust, cookie dough with choco morsels & marshmallows, coconut flakes, guava paste, butterscotch chips, condensed milk and finally, topped with an extra layer of cookie dough immersed with rum. Yum! [...]
Jackfruit “Langka” Ice Cream, A Filipino Frozen treat
The little sharp protrusions on the oval-shaped green fruit, measuring the size of a watermelon used to scare me as a child. Once, I curiously touched the pointy tips on the fruit’s surface and felt a dull prick on my tiny fingers. I ran away and did not want to return to the kitchen. That [...]
The Filipino Turon ng Saging, Banana Fritters with Mango Syrup
The crisp fritters were hot off the skillet, freshly made, crunchy at the first bite, flakey wafer-like bits falling off the plate. Inside the fritter, I tasted a sweet, succulent banana plantain, which is also called “saging saba” (say “sa-guing sa-bah” ) by Filipinos. I slowly dipped this crisp banana creation in a [...]
Salad of Lettuces, Watermelon, Shaved Fennel, Radishes and Cheese Mushroom-Onion Puffs
Meet Team 6 of the OXO Cooking Challenge at “Eat Write Retreat 2012“.The four of us were assigned to a cooking team . We met virtually via emails, Twitter and some Facebook chatter. We skyped, did a Google+ hangout, and sent texts. We mulled, we pondered, we planned. The recipes took a few weeks [...]
A Visit to Via Mare & Glenda Barretto : Why I Love Filipino Food !
The plane landed at midnight, in Manila at the NAIA Airport. It was hot and humid. I survived a 20+ hour plane trip from the USA to Korea, then finally Manila. Clutching my luggage , I shifted my shoulder bag, sent my sister a text at the arrival area. “I’m here. Hungry! Hurry!” [...]
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