February 2006

White rabbit candy vs. toilet paper

February 27, 2006

I know you can’t eat toilet paper, but that’s the point. The nice thing about White Rabbit is that you can eat the paper wrapper each little candy comes in. Oh yeah and White Rabbit tastes good too, but that doesn’t matter. Edible paper is cool.

Cornics vs. Cornuts

February 23, 2006

Cornics is the Filipino snack that Cornuts tries to be but can’t because of the FDA. Each bag of Filipino fried corn comes with twice the sodium, twice the garlic pieces, and therefore seventeen times the goodness Cornuts has. Sorry Cornuts, you’re just too good for my health. Cornics wins.

Martha Stewart learns how to make chicken adobo

February 20, 2006

The queen of v-neck sweaters had some NYC Filipinos on her show today. Romy Dorotan cooked up some chicken adobo and Kinding Sindaw performed in the end. Thanks for spreading the Filipino pride girlfriend. All she needs now is the big fork and spoon on the wall of her studio set and she’s Filipino. Ok,… Read more.

Part of your complete breakfast

February 18, 2006

Tony the Tiger and Wheaties says a complete breakfast is made up of a tall glass of milk, another tall glass of orange juice, and a bowl of cereal with strawberries on top. Whatever. Give me a bowl of tocino, longanisa, eggs, and rice and i’ll be doing back flips. But pritong isda’ is the… Read more.

Gangsta snowman interrupts family picnic

February 13, 2006

If you see a group of Filipinos standing and eating off paper plates with their hands, stay away. Peeling sticky rice kernels off your feet can be stressful. Rice also attracts angry snowmen. My family was having lunch when a snowman in an Oakland A’s cap came by and threw snowballs at my uncle’s Mahjong… Read more.

All hail Datu Filipeanut

February 7, 2006

Bow down. I am Datu Filipeanut. Destined for kingship in my barangay, I took on the role of Little Datu at the age of 10. This is me during a ceremony where I had to demonstrate my fighting skills and cat-like reflexes. As a matter of fact, it was I who had passed the art… Read more.

Balut in America

February 4, 2006

So this is what balut looks like here. In the Philippines fresh balut is grown on trees, hand picked by baby blue Filipino rabbits, and prepared by cute heavily-stuffed animals. In the United States balut hide behind frost-burned shrimp in 20-year-old freezers… and look like that up there. It tasted “ok” but there wasn’t alot… Read more.

Pancit Canton

February 1, 2006

It’s good luck to eat pancit new years day and at birthday parties because it means long life full of happiness and high blood pressure. Shoot i’ll eat this everyday then. All you need is dry pancit canton noodles and a gun. Chop up all the vegetables and meats you want in it. Fry meats… Read more.