Carinderia Foods

Lately, I’ve been eating at the nearby carinderia, just opposite the PhilPlans Corporate Center (PCC). There are a lot of carinderia along Kalayaan Avenue, on the side of Villa Kalayaan. They cater mainly to the callboys and callgirls of PCC. The primary reason is price. You can get a full meal for about P40-P60 pesos.

Since I’m trying hard to be a vegan, I refrain from eating pork. So most of the meals that I eat at these carinderia are vegetables. I’ve always wanted to be a full-pledge vegan, but that’s another story.

So here are some of the foods being served at our nearest carinderia. I also took some of my colleagues “ulam” (viand). Which one do you eat?

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Foods In Our Pantry

If I’m not taking pictures of buildings, I’m taking pictures of foods, dishes and pastries. Like buildings, it’s easier to take pictures of foods since it doesn’t move. I have only 3 regular sources of food pictures: my mom’s dishes, the nearby carinderia and our very own pantry. I would love to document all the foods I’m eating in our pantry but I don’t bring my Canon A495 often. Nonetheless, here are some of the “meryenda” (snacks) being serve at our pantry. I hope you like my food photography.

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“Tinolang Manok”

I’m documenting all the dishes that my mom is cooking. She’s a great cook! I love all the dishes that she cooks.

I’ve been taking pictures of her dishes but I sometimes forgot to blog about it. Since the rainy season (a.k.a. typhoon season), let’s cook “Tinolang Manok”!

Here’s the recipe (from Pinoymix website).

Ingredients

• 1 kilo whole chicken (cut into parts or choice cuts of breast, thighs of wings).
• 2 1/2 cups young papaya or sayote
• 1/2 cup dahon ng sili
• 5 cups water
• 2 tablespoons ginger (roughly chopped)
• 1/2 head garlic (minced)
• 1 medium onion (diced)
• 3 tablespoons oil
• 2 tablespoons patis
• pinch of salt and pepper

Procedure

1. In a casserole, heat oil and sauté' garlic, onion and ginger.
2. Add the chicken and water.
3. Bring to a boil and lower fire, let simmer until chicken is cooked.
4. Pour in patis, salt and pepper to taste.
5. Add in papaya or sayote, allow to cook.
6. When ready to serve, put in dahon ng sili.
7. Serve hot.

It looks easy to cook, but I’ll just leave the cooking to my mom.

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