04 Jan
La.Pi.S.30: A Simple NYE DinnerIf you google it up, you’ll find out that Kirimati or Christmas Island in the Pacific Ocean is the first on earth to celebrate the new year. But technically, it is exactly the same time here; blame it on the 1 hour DST (daylight saving time). Anyway, Auckland still is the 1st major city [...]
02 Jan
Food Friday: U-Turn - The AdoboThis is ISKAndals.com’s 1st entry to Food Friday; written by Erwin Ines who cooks and writes from Canada. Don’t miss his other beautiful musings on food… Ang Pagbabalik: The Kaldereta Tubong Lugaw Egg Fried Rice A Fil-Canadian Lechong Manok Paru-Parong Bukid Paella   While growing up, I vividly remember eating adobo almost three times a week. It was the most common dish [...]
01 Jan
LP#39: Chocolate Cream Cheese Frosting I have tried different recipes for chocolate icing but never found the right one that suits our taste, hence the lack of posted recipe. When I was preparing my Christmas goodies, I decided to give chocolate frosting another go for vanilla cupcakes. Still, I thought it was too sweet. I refrigerated the [...]
29 Dec
Weekend Snapshot: Iska’s Pork Sarciado This is my first time to join Weekend Snapshot and for that, I share this dish I concocted last Saturday. First time. Perfect. Successful. I’m quite proud of what I did here.  
28 Dec
La.Pi.S.#29: Pan-fried Lamb ChopsWhat excites me is the fact that this is our very 1st Noche Buena in New Zealand! Yeah, that’s right. Isn’t that swell? For special dinners, I always make it a point to plan for dishes that won’t be too time-consuming. So for Lasang Pinoy, Sundays themed Noche Buena, I wanna share this [...]
27 Dec
Banana Muffins with Cinnamon FrostingI found this fabulous recipe book on sale when we were shopping for Christmas gifts and I’m quite satisfied with the million menus each with beautiful photos inside. It also has a section for desserts, may not be much but really good ones. The first time I peeked through, I already had my [...]
25 Dec
Merry Xmas! And look at what we had…