Lumpia, pancit palabok, sisig, abodong manok & baboy, lechon ala angie, adobong pusit, sinigang, brownies, biko, chocolate cake… hayyy, looking at the picture and mentioning the food here makes me crave for more of those delicious food! Fortunately, there’s another one coming this Thursday and hopefully I’ll get to join the feast again.
Anyway, those mentioned above were the food we had last Friday at my friends’ joint party celebration. Aside from the abundance of food, a typical Filipino party wouldn’t be complete without music, tadan! Karaoke or videoke will always be present unless someone forgets it but usually food and singing always go hand in hand. Ask any Filipino you know. So yes, there was a lot of singing at the party.
It was exceptionally cold today that it drove me to wear socks. But that didn’t help. I could feel the cold creeping inside my skin! Yikes! This is a great time to eat something spicy and hot! What could it be?
Tom Yum was the first food I thought of. I still have few packs of Tom Yum paste my brother sent us and I also have frozen mushrooms from my mother-in-law. What I lack are the seafood, lemon grass and other spices to make a mean Tom Yum soup. When I voiced out my craving for spicy food at M, he was quick to search in the internet where we can find Tom Yum in Prague. It wasn’t only the spicy soup we found, but a lot of other Thai food as well that I’ve wanted to eat!
An hour and a half after our conversation, M arrived home carrying a brown bag with the food I ordered – tom yum kai and phad thai kai. I was battling between phad thai and nam tok mu but in the end I chose the former as I won’t have to cook rice. Heheh I was really feeling lazy!
The tom yum kai. Doesn’t look appealing at all!
The verdict: the soup wasn’t as yummy as what we usually make with mixed seafood. It has a strong taste of coriander but lacks the taste of lemon grass.
The phad thai kai.
The phad thai was so-so. I didn’t taste the peanuts and the bean sprouts were close to nil. But it was yummy, it just didn’t taste what phad thai should be. Even so, I devoured it with gusto.
If you’re curious where M bought the Thai food, it’s from:
Modrý zub,
Jindřišská 5, Praha 1
Have you been told that chocolates can cause acne? If yes, you’re one of those people who has been misinformed. Chocolates don’t cause acne! According to acne.com, scientists have not found any connection between the food you eat and acne. Ahhhhhh freedom! Go ahead and devour all the fatty foods you’ve been deprived of! But just keep in mind; it is not also healthy to binge on foods high in fat or sugar.
If you want to know other myths on acne, acne.com is the site to get information from. Who knows you’ve been misled for sometime already, just like the chocolate myth. Acne.com has all information about acne, its causes and effects, how to prevent it and the treatments you have to undergo. So you better check it out!
After reading the article last night about baby led weaning (BLW), I immediately thought I’d follow the practice. It sounds sensible and I was excited to try it out with little C knowing how she loves eating. With BLW, she’ll have more fun eating by herself and getting acquainted with different kinds of food. I actually have tried it once before (back then when I didn’t know BLW existed) by giving her a whole piece of cracker which she happily munched. But M took it away from her because of the mess she made on herself and on everything else that she touches.
At 5+ months old, little C is more than ready to eat solid foods. Early November I was already introducing her bits of foods. Anyway being overly excited, I implemented BLW this morning with her. I gave her a piece of an apple I sliced into a quarter. She had a hard time grabbing it coz it was slipping out of her hands; a bit slimy especially after it was all covered with her drool.
She managed to break off a chunk with her gums which was too big for her to handle. I don’t think it was right giving her raw apple coz it was hard. I read from a blog where the mom cooked the apple a little to make it soft.
But she enjoyed it nonetheless. She cried when I took the apple away from her. I hurriedly grab the cam to make a souvenir shot of her drama, but her look changed the moment she saw the camera. 
Hahaha I love that look!
Anyway, I’m loving this BLW thing that I even asked hubby to bring out the high chair for baby to sit on. We bought it from a friend even before little C was born without a thought if it passes the safety standards for babies’ chair or if its appropriate for young babies. I noticed that it has a big hole in front where the baby can slide out and down which is extremely dangerous. I think it needs a strap so baby won’t slip out from the chair especially for a hyperactive baby like C.
I’ll keep you posted on my new adventure!
Related posts:
interesting baby article on weaning
first day of BLW
We were at the Thai food store earlier to buy springroll wrappers for Tuesday’s meet-up and of course I had to throw in few Pinoy goodies inside the basket too . Why do I buy LM pancit canton here when I even snob it when I was in Pinas where it’s cheaper? (I intentionally veer away from LM pancit canton coz its heavy with MSG.) And that Boy Bawang whom I only met here; my verdict: HE’s too salty for my palate. LOL! So why oh why? Call it “tambal sa kamingaw” I suppose. Not for their taste but for anything Pinoy.
I’m busy as a bee! All night, I’ve been slicing and chopping all sorts of food ingredients from meat to garlic to onions (cry, cry!) to carrots and whatever I can slice; fortunately my finger was spared! Blood isn’t and shouldn’t be included in the ingredients! *wink* It seems I have everything under control now. Let’s say the food preparation is already 50% completed and it’s only half past 10am.
So now I’m browsing online and looking for easy and quick to prepare food to add to my party menu. Hmmm… I’m still thinking if I’ll do that coz I don’t want to try whipping up a new dish at this time. I might spoil it.
Anyway, good thing I remember I promised someone something which is due today! hehehe So I’ll be hopping to the website of American Home Shield and read what’s it all about. Yeah, that’s part of my promise to someone. Tata!
Last Sunday (yeah a week ago) was Grasya’s post birthday celebration. She prepared Korean food for us! It was a welcome change from the usual Pinoy food we always have during our get-togethers.
korean beef stew, egg rolls, kimbap, kimchi, etc…
the birthday girl (top) and her guests (bottom):
Duh! We’re all in BLACK!
