Bitter Melon With Beef Ampalaya is bitter melon or Bitter gourd. Con carne is “with beef” (meat in Spanish). Now, I don’t know how a Chinese dish was named in Spanish and even the Chinese restaurants in Manila call it by that name. It is a very popular dish in Chinese restaurants in the Philippines. Continue reading “Ampalaya Con Carne”
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Shrimp With Quail Eggs
I had forgotten that this dish was one of my favorite Chinese dishes that my father and I used to cook when I was a very young adult. This is one of the dishes that Papa and I experimented to cook after we had dined in a Chinese restaurant in Manila because we fell inContinue reading “Shrimp With Quail Eggs”
Tochong Bangus
I have almost forgotten this dish that I loved so much. It is made with pre-fried milkfish or bangus. I don’t have bangus often so I don’t think of this dish either. And if I had the fish, I could think of a hundred ways to cook it and I would not have enough bangusContinue reading “Tochong Bangus”
Butterfly Shrimp Fry
This is another favorite and is easy to make. Shell 1 pound shrimp, preferably medium to large but not excessively large, but leave the tails. Devein by slicing all the way or splitting open all the way and stop at the tail. Mix the batter as follows: 1/2 cup flour 1/2 tsp. salt 1 tsp.Continue reading “Butterfly Shrimp Fry”
Kusina ni Norie 