Ube jam is either a rock concert with a weird name or something you spread on everything from pan de sal to your finger. Actually ube jam is something I spread with my finger on everything. And then I lick the thing I spread it on. Sometimes I just spread the jam directly on my… Read more.

There’s nothing like grilling chicken parts (from wings, intestines, to feet), throwing them on banana leaves, and eating them with a cup of rice, vinegar spiced with calamansi, and chili peppers. You can find restaurants that serve plates like this all over the Philippines (fork and spoon optional). If that doesn’t gush your salivary glands,… Read more.

(Read as if narrated by David Attenborough or Yoyoy Villame) Good evening ma’am/sir, and welcome to another episode of “Wildlife Discovery Channel Planet.” Today we will be following the elusive sea urchin, or as the locals here in the visayan region of the Philippines call them, spikey-ass balls (swaki‘). Here in my hand is one… Read more.

Finding Red Horse beer stateside is like trying to find that piece of meat stuck in-between your teeth but can’t because it’s somewhere in the back of your mouth where your fingers can’t reach it. It was a dry year until February when a new shipment of Red Horse finally arrived in Seafood City markets… Read more.

I know, it comes in champorado flavor too! If I find cup-o-sinigang-catfish I will die.

Skip the “organic” section at your local market. Just raise, kill, grill, and eat your own meat. Nothing says organic more than having to chase your food around and then cut it’s head off. It’s even more organic when you use charcoal from coconut shells and banana leaves as plates. If I could, i’d make… Read more.

Im not a hip, suit-wearing, 1st-class-flying, bluetooth-ear-piece-wearing, sushi connoisseur but I know good, cheap food when I eat it. How? Because they call me the food whisperer. Food talks to me. $11.95 for a sushi buffet isn’t hard to find in California, unless of course you’re looking for one in the middle of the desert… Read more.

After a whole bunch of failed attempts to make my own binignit (or ginataan or coconut milk rice porridge) I went ahead and bought the “3 minutes and it’s done” stuff. It’s not bad and definitely not as bad as my “3 hours and it’s nasty” stuff. My dream is to one day open the… Read more.

Because I can’t drink two at the same time. Really I tried. Anyway, im back from the Philippines, the only difference is my mom stayed home this time to retire and stay with family. I don’t know whether I should party my ass off or go to a corner and cry like a baby monkey…. Read more.