This is a delicacy common in Mindanao and the #Sulu Archipelago in the #Philippines . It is also referred to as jaa in Sulu. Usually served on special occasions like Eid al-Fitr. Extremely crunchy. Chanced upon this at Palenque yesterday!
New favorite food place! Palenque in Gateway (Cubao) has a ton of amazing regional cuisine. Pictured below are the Kahawa Malimu Iced Coffee and Sambal Squid from Palm Grill.
Hakka braised pork is one of those dishes that tastes much better than it looks. This restaurant is hidden inside Sungai Chua’s new village, which is a very Hakka area.
Other dishes we ordered: tofu deep fried in salted egg sauce and kangkung belacan (water convolvulus stir-fried in spicy shrimp paste).
Wiki: Iskrambol, also known as ice scramble, is a Filipino frozen dessert made from shaved ice with banana extract and evaporated milk with sugar (or condensed milk) It is then topped with a variety of ingredients including powdered milk, marshmallows, strawberry syrup, chocolate syrup, pinipig, tapioca pearls, and sprinkles, among others. The regular banana extract flavored dessert is characteristically dyed pink.
No pics but it's always nice to have soup. Made lots of pork ribs lotus root soup with groundnuts and now I'm just imbibing soup like my blood is made of soup (it is. I'm Cantonese)
Last night dinner, we ate some duck satay with a side of tempe. A specialty in Cilegon area that we never see in Jakarta, at least for me. #MakanApaToday
it's been a while since I posted to #MakanApaToday because I spent a lot of March feeling a little sad about food but hey, today it's anchovy soup + noodles, no pics
Cream cheese dynamite (whole green chilis with the seeds replaced by cream cheese and deep fried in lumpia wrapper), takoyaki, coffee from 7-11.
My dog has been confined since Monday and this is me when I don't care about what I'm eating anymore because 🤷🏾♀️🤷🏾♀️🤷🏾♀️ just trying not to collapse I guess.
Managed to cook lunch by sheer willpower, but the chronic pain worsened so much later that I had to tell BFFs to order takeaway for me (I always pester them for this, deliberately).
Things are on the mend; I've cooked more this month than previously. But building strength takes time.
Realised I don't have a picture of my favoured takeaway, so had to correct it. BFFs are old friends of the owners of this place. Great food, and quite cheap, too.
Todays dinner: Curry pan mee @ Hung Kee Pan Mee along Jalan Reko
The noodles are decent but nothing to shout home about (I should have ordered their kon loh pan mee instead) but the red bean soup is tasty with lots of coconut milk and sago pearls.
Inspired by @agasramirez I tried my hand at silog, but with ghee instead of butter or oil, and added curry leaves 🍃 This is partly because for some reason, I don't feel confident enough to make @skinnylatte 's favourite muttai kalakki yet. I think this would be perfect for cold wintry or rainy days, esp. when I need low-effort meals or a change of taste.
Delighted that this is my first attempt at a SE Asian recipe, and a definite W at that! 🥳