Treats or Threats
June 1st, 2008Visited 418 times, 1 so far today
I got an email today from a friend who was touched by my post on tiramisu. It brought memories. Every time I write in this blog, it brings me memories. I even had to remind my friend that before she became my friend she was a student in a baking class and before that we met some twenty years ago, in a retreat in Sacred Heart, Novaliches. I was a wanderer then trying to find myself and I am still on a hide and seek, locating I don’t really know what I am looking for.
Today, I had a big treat. My students, Tita Lourdes and Abby bought me my comfort food - Makati Supermarket Spahetti bought in Unimart. Hehehe! Its my childhood all over again- overcooked pasta with tons of spiced ham and sweet sour tomato liquid sauce with tiny bits of green bell pepper sprinkled with cheese food accompanied by two slices of Bakerite soft bread and margarine. Sarap! A lot of you would think “Yuck” but let me know your comfort food and I might say the same thing. What’s your comfort food? Here are some of my favorites….
1. Aristocrat Special — it’s a sandwich where all the bread is French toast, with ham, chicken filling and egg omelette, loads of mayo. They still have it in their Roxas Boulevard Branch but with a different name.
2. Hot Pandesal with Condensed Milk — no description needed
3. Aristocrat Pork Barbecue with Java Rice, Peanut Sauce and Atchara…..definitely one of the best….its one of the treats mom and dad would bring home after a long day and night in the Navotas Fish Port.
4. Beef Tapa – there was time everyone left for Europe I was left home alone and that’s all I ate, breakfast, lunch and dinner…..you did the same with bacon, didn’t you?
5. Champorado with Evaporada and Tuyo —- are you salivating now?
6. Almond Gelatine from Salazar Bakery - it has the right texture - ang kunat and I could eat a lot since it was fat free….we make a version in the Gavino Haus that’s sugar free…
7. Brownies and Chocolate Crinkles from Becky’s Kitchen — now I am hungry?
8. last but not the least, we always had this during mom and dad’s birthday and was I amazed when I found out that Chef Gene’s family makes it, my ultimate happy happy European hopia….Tarta de Madrid….La Cibeles used to be the bakeshop that carried it.
Taste and enjoy the food as the memories linger….
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June 10th, 2008 at 11:24 am
Hi Chefie! Finally got the chance to bloghop this way…
Nice posts, will pore through your archives for that leche flan recipe, the one that uses dayap.
Reminding you of my dayap cutting!
We missed you at wine event at Y last Thurs. See you again soon!
June 11th, 2008 at 4:30 pm
leftover ginataang mais, COLD, straight from the bowl it was stored in inside the ref (of course without anyone knowing) cheers chef!
June 13th, 2008 at 11:15 am
sarap nga noh, nikki…parang i like it with monggo….naglalaway na ako….
June 27th, 2008 at 12:14 am
the aristocrat special is called Cliffhouse:)
September 11th, 2008 at 3:04 am
Enjoyed reading this. Didn’t know you had one. Would love to get the Aristocrat bb-cue recipe. Wow, that reminds me so much of my childhood and that’s definitely many moons ago. Speaking of lavander, we just harvested again (this time we had more and am making some sachets and lavander balm). Hope you get to visit here in Provence, one day - j’espere. Been cooking lots, but my kitchen sucks!!! Remember my old kitchen in McLean??? How I wish I have that here. Now that I have the time, I don’t have the necessary equipment and space, oh well, “C’est la vie!” Bonne journee!!! Christine from Fayence, France