Sisig and Papaitan = Aysee
There is no better definition for Aysee than equating it to one of, if not the best place for sisig and papaitan.
Sisig served on a smoking sizzling plate with fresh egg is a picture of what doctors would exactly want us to stay away from. Read: Hyptertension AND Cholesterol.
Papaitan is a soup of innards, usually goat or beef, that plays between bitter-sour-gingery tastes.
The original place is in St. Martin street, infront of Ultra in Pasig (Valle Verde 1 area) beside Robinsonland’s new property, Vimana Verde.
Don’t expect anything posh, the place is a true blue carinderia style with a mix of patron ranging from all walks of life– whether you come visit via cadil-lakad (by foot), taxicab, installment car or a luxury vehicle; from famous basketball athletes to students and padyak boys- and yet all these people come back to have a taste of Aysee’s Sisig and/or Papaitan.
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The pictures above were taken just a week after my friends and I had our afternoon snacks here. We were then on our way back to Manila from our day tour at Chateau Royale Resorts.
The blueberry pancakes were for my household angels as they were in awe of my description of how it looked like when each of my friends ordered this sweet looking delight a week earlier.
I won’t rave (or rant) on how the food tastes like. The ambiance of this place, for me, is what sells. If you go to Tagaytay, the Bag of Beans is just one of those places you’d make sure to spend sometime before calling it a successful weekend. From buffet breakfast or lunch to snacks of coffee and sweets, the menu suits most types of interests specially their all day breakfasts of pancakes.
You’ll find Bag of Beans at the right side when en route to Batangas and will not miss the swarms of cars looking for parking spaces to buy their coffee beans and breads. Should you be interested to dine in, there are three parking spaces at the side and back of the resto.
Address : 115 Aguinaldo Highway, Mendez Crossing West, Tagaytay City, Philippines
For Reservation, contact #: +63922 873 9686 or +63920 954 6370
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Egg’s Nest
This post was inspired by a Facebook status I saw last week by one of my friends, Mackies.
The recently engaged and in love Mackies posted a picture of her first attempt to prepare, whatelse… Chaaaran! Bird’s Nest. And so I thought, “haven’t done this is a long while… Lemme see…”
Well… I’d rather call this Egg’s nest for the reason that the other star in this show is an egg. The other one is the bread.
This is really a simple and easy to prepare breakfast (or meryenda) favorite. Just get 1 piece of egg, 1 piece of bread, a non-stick pan, some oil or butter, seasonings or just salt and pepper.
First step is to create a hole in the middle of bread using a cookie cutter or if not available, just use a small glass or coffee cup and cut around the cup’s edge. Heat pan, spray or drizzle with oil. If using butter, spread some till melted and then put in bread. Crack the egg into the hole of bread. Season with salt and pepper. Wait till egg is done to preference. That’s it. Serve and enjoy.
In the picture above, I put in some freshly ground pepper, salt, and dried basil leaves. I covered the pan to fully cook the egg. I’m not really the oozing-sunny-side-up-egg kind. Another alternative is to toast one side of the bread, flip it over, then put in the egg. In this way, both sides of the bread were toasted.
It tends to be toasty and crumbly that’s why I did not pre-toast one side. But if you like it that way, then do it. If you like to put on grated cheese, why not 
It’s been said that breakfast is the most important meal of the day. And there are ways of making it more interesting in a simple way like preparing egg’s nest.
Suffice to say I prepared this for my afternoon snack, may not be as important than breakfast but it was definitely good with my afternoon coffee.
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Aside from Kapeng Barako or Batangas Coffee, the Province of Batangas is also well known for “Sinaing na Isda.” This is somewhat similar to “Paksiw,” which is also cooked with vinegar.
“Isda” is a local term for fish. This maybe galunggong, tawilis, tambakol or tulingan. For those who are not so familiar with these fishes, Yellow Fin might ring a bell.
1) Clean and salt fishes or slices of fish.
2) Arrange in a clay pot together with slices of onions (about 2 pcs medium or 1 large piece) and crushed garlic (1 whole piece if Taiwan variety or 3 pcs if local variety).
3) Fill pot with water up to the level of arranged fishes.
4) Add salt and pepper.
5) Add in vinegar, about a cup. After boiling for about 10 mins, vinegar may be added if preferred. For some, placing dried kamias at the bottom (before piling up the fishes) may be used in place of vinegar.
6) Boil for 10 mins then lower down heat to simmer.
7) Usually this is cooked for about 4 hours minimum up to 6-8 hours in Batangas over fire from wood. Hence, there is no worry for consuming so much LPG or electricity. When the fluid has reduced by half, which is now brownish in color, water may be added up to the time it reaches until 4 hours. The term for this is “banto.” Wait till around 1-1.5 cups of fluid had been left after hours simmering. 
Serve with steamed rice.
9) Enjoy!
Batanguenos eat this with “sabaw kape.” This is when Barako coffee is poured over steamed rice.
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Talk about Chinese food and what comes into my mind is my father. Tatay’s usual pasalubong when I was in college would be siomai and when we eat out, it’s in a Chinese resto.
During our childhood days, Greenhills Shopping Complex is THE place to be and to be seen. It was like the summation of today’s Fun Ranch, Tiendesitas, Bonifacio High Street, and Greenbelt Cinemas. During the time when Sundays are strictly for attending Mass, eat out in Greenhills, watch GMA Supershow, and then Lovingly Yours Helen while having merienda of turon or banana que.
Yes some 20 or more years ago.
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Specialty coffee and tea purveyor, The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf®, reinforces its claim as the preferred café chain in the country by opening its 42nd store right at the heart of Pasay City.
Located at Two E-com Center in the Mall of Asia Complex, the new The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf® store will be serving customers their full selection of specialty coffee and teas by February 18. “This newest addition to our line of strategically-placed stores will help us fully realize our vision of providing every Filipino with the best available coffee and tea out there,” explains Walden Chu, President of The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf®. “Being a new landmark that packs commercial, retail, residential and business areas in one unique structure, having a shop at Two E-com Center will help us reach more people and tap different markets in a way that we have never been able to do before.”
Located in an alternative business and entertainment district amidst a spectacular bay setting, the new The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf® store will serve as a haven for both cult-like followers of the brand, and coffee and tea aficionados of all sorts.
“The Mall of Asia Complex is home to a growing number of young professionals working in technology-based companies and business process outsourcing centers in the area,” adds Chu. “The people that regular the vicinity are part of the growing coffee population in the country that are in constant search for the best blends.”
In line with its debut, The Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf® branch in Two E-Com Center will be holding a special promotion that will run from February 18 to 24, 2012. During the promo period, customers can come to the store from 12:30 to 1:30 in the afternoon and purchase their favorite drink for only P100.
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I have shared with you in a post entitled, “Newbie Farmer” my interest in farming. Aside from trusting one’s gut, getting support from people who know better is one thing that any newbie farmer (like me) should learn.
Luckily, I have a clan of farmers who are ready to share their wisdom and there are people from the institutions who studied the technicalities of farming. Combining both schools of thought serve as a guide to calculate risks, labeling that gut feel, intuition, or whatever it’s called as “scientific.”
Sharing with you information on seminar on “Starting Your Own Vegetable Garden” by Harbest as one of the options to learn the basics before jumping into a larger scale of farming.
- Okay, I haven’t attended this seminar myself (read: conflict in schedule) but I’m guessing that it will present a wealth of information for anyone who’d like to start urban farming. Yes, you may grow those veggies in pots around the house.
So how do I know it will be good if I haven’t attended? Every time I visit Harbest’s office in Pasig, whether I buy a packet of seed or not, the people (technicians, engineers, assistants, even the owner himself) are very approachable, patient, and willing to teach newbies like me.You’ll be surprised to discover their nursery in the building rooftop.
I actually look forward to my visits in Harbest. It inspires me to become a better farmer and gives me a boost that there are expert people (unbiased ones a.k.a. non-relatives hehehe) whom I can turn to in times of doubt.
Contact Details:
HARBEST AGRIBUSINESS CORPORATION
No. 5 Rosemarie Lane, Brgy. Kapitolyo, Pasig City
Tel. No. 6717411 to 14 Fax No. (02) 6712232
email: itx@pldtdsl.net / harbest@harbest.com.ph
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Thank God it’s Friday.
Thank God I’m Filipino.
I believe that Filipino Adobo is the best food ever.
Adobo is typically chicken, pork, or both, vinegar, peppercorns, soy sauce, garlic, onion, bay leaf. Other variation would have pineapple chunks or hard boiled egg. In any part of the world, Filipinos associate adobo to a taste that reminds them of home, family, and that IT’S MORE FUN IN THE PHILIPPINES (well, it’s the new tourism slogan hehe).
Best paired with hot steamed rice, I should get another cup, end this post and enjoy the start of a happy long weekend. To the Pinoys out there, enjoy your adobo.
P.S. To the Filipino-Chinese community and to all the Chinese in the world, Happy New Year!
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We Pinoys are very opinionated and involved when it comes to politics and showbiz. Look at the statuses and shout outs in various social networks since the impeachment trial started out last monday. The high SMS responses of people in various television and radio programs also show how much people want to be heard. And we usually attribute this openness to Democracy.
The long list of experiences when it comes to politics brings together people of all ages, background, gender, even those widespread OFWs that we have globally to talk about it in front of sari-sari stores, in grocery queues, barber shops, in jeepneys, almost everywhere. The seriousness of any situation is usually sugar-coated by some sort of jokes on the side as political drama takes place.
Take for instance the response of SC Clerk of Court Atty. Vidal in the proceedings yesterday when asked about handing over the Statement of Assets, Liabilities, and Net Worth or SALN of SC Chief Justice Corona. When she said, “I am really in a quandary…”
Quandary as defined in dictionary.com is “a state of perplexity or uncertainty, especially as to what to do; dilemma.”
Atty. Vidal was in a quandary to hand over the SALN of Chief Justice Corona to the Impeachment Court because of a Supreme Court ruling prohibiting the issuance of justice’s SALNs but she is being required by a subpoena from the impeachment court to hand it over as evidence.
Pinoys took it as a cue to now use the word “quandary” in any way possible to make a light joke about “nosebleed” terms in the proceedings. When Pinoys say “nosebleed” after speaking a long sentence in English, it pertains to the difficulty of coming up with statements in English thereby causing imaginary bleeding of the nose. Majority of the population speak English as their second language and some younger generations learned it first before the national language, Filipino.
Looking back at the Ms. Universe pageant in 2010, Venus Raj’s “major major” became an instant hit in the tongues of Pinoy.
This tells us one thing. No matter how serious the situation is, the Filipino resilience allow us to see humor, lightness, and hope in any situation.
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Custaroons: Coined from Custard and Macaroons; sweet indulgence that will surely shoot up your sugar level.
You may enjoy it in its bite-sized or regular cupcake sizes. The “custaroonery” also offers custaroon poppers, which are custaroons coated with chocolate powder, will bring you a unique marriage of sweet and bitter tastes.
Price List: Bite Size Custaroons
bite-size . box of 15: P 180.00
bite-size . box of 30: P 280.00
bite-size . box of 60: P 500.00
bite-size . box of 120: P 900.00
Price List: Poppers
bite-size balls . box of 25: P 280.00 original
bite-size balls . box of 25: P 350.00 coffee
bite-size balls . box of 25: P 350.00 green tea
bite-size balls . box of 25: P 350.00 chocolate
bite-size balls . box of 25: P 350.00 assorted
To order, contact Gigi Gaerlan (0 9 1 8 ) 8 2 8 2 9 2 9
Price details, visit the website: http://www.custaroons.com
If you are too excited to wait and want to pick up asap, the Custaroonery is located inside the Padre Pio Shrine compound in Libis, C5 Road – turn right to Petron gasoline station before Eastwood City.
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