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Asian Food Channel’s (AFC) Eats Asia on its 2nd Year

August 12, 2010 by Janey

August 7, 2010 – Last Saturday, Asian Food Channel (AFC) together with SKY Cable, held another installment of the highly attended Eats Asia event, following its success last year. The venue was at the NBC Tent at the Fort. Other than tasting what each country in the region has to offer, the afternoon was filled with several programs that included cooking Thai dishes, fun-filled games from the sponsors and table setting demo of Tessa Prieto Valdez.

There were two elegant buffet set-ups from Juan Carlo the Caterer and the famous Tamayo’s Catering.

Different culinary schools like CSB SHRIM, CCA, First Gourmet Academy, ISCAHM and GCIC Culinary Institute also participated in the event as well as various restaurants from the Metro. C2 Classic Cuisine, Red Kimono, Yoshinoya, Binalot, Kopi Roti and Arya headed the roster. Major sponsors were Selecta Ice Cream and Bounty Fresh Chicken.

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It was great to see Jacob from Jacob’s Shawarma handling his own booth.

Of interest, Bee Cheng Hiang offers different kinds of famous Singaporean barbecued meats. This is like Asian “jerky” – similar to the western meats that are cut into strips and marinated in spicy, salty or sweet rub, dried or smoked. These include sliced pork, chili pork, gourmet bakkwa, crispy cuttlefish, see E sausage, chiziban (mmm!), crispy fish cracker and chicken coin.

They also have crispy pork floss which is great for snacking. They supposedly use 100% natural ingredients and stray from using MSG, artificial coloring and MSG. Visit their store at Robinsons Place Manila for their other products and premium gift items.

Bee Cheng Hiang

Level 1, Adriatico Wing,

Robinsons Place, Ermita, Manila

(632) 523 1687

Tune in to AFC on SKY Cable Channel 58

for more exciting updates on eats around Asia.

AFC Eats Asia Album

*Thanks Jen Mortillero for the invite!

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Food Tripping: Kopi Roti and Grilled Tomato

August 24, 2009 by Janey

Reading Arpee’s post on Ya Kun, Singapore made me crave for some Kaya toast and soft-boiled eggs… and for some odd reason, foie gras. I don’t know how that combination sounds but I didn’t get to try any foie gras that night. I was able to try ox brain however for the first time that Tuesday evening. Err, it definitely wasn’t quite the same… but it wasn’t completely different either.

Kopi Roti

On the Table

Home Made “Roti” Kaya Toast PHP 45.00

4 slices of Toast with butter and special kaya spread. The toast was perfectly done and it had the right amount of Kaya spread and condensed milk inside to make each bite satisfying and not overly sweet.

Soft Boiled Eggs PHP 35.00

2 soft-boiled eggs in a transparent bowl served with black soy sauce. It was a bit uncooked for my taste. I like the whites to have a bit of a bite but it was all fluid. I also prefer it plain without the black soy sauce. Nevertheless, I finished the whole thing and 2 pieces of Kaya toast in a rapid time of 5 minutes.

Peanut Butter Toast PHP 45.00

Bubba’s order that he did not share

Iced Milk Tea PHP

I was neither impressed nor completely dissatisfied. All I know is I’m very eager to try Ya Kun’s franchise here in Manila that I don’t mind traveling all the way to Robinson’s Manila.

Kopi Roti

Tomas Morato, Q.C. 414-1754

Blue Ridge Ave., QC 439-1546

SM Mall of Asia (South Parking) 556-0213

NAIA Terminal 1 Arrival Area 879-5440

Grilled Tomato

Feeling a bit hungry, I decided to treat Bubba to the restaurant next door. Grilled Tomato is a small Persian eatery that offers affordable kebabs and tikka meals.

On the Table

Beef Kebab Meal PHP 100

2 pieces of beef kebab, one grilled tomato and a choice of buttered plain rice or curry rice -such a good price for a fairly good meal. Choose curry rice.

Ox Brain PHP 100

It was our first time to try ox brain. It was soft, a bit gooey and oily but has that beefy flavor. I like the sautéed onions that went with it. Put a bit of lime to spunk the taste. It has a lot of promise, definitely didn’t turn me completely off like crickets or stuffed frog.

Grilled Tomato

Tomas Morato, Quezon City

(632) 415 0760

http://grilledtomato.multiply.com

Food Trippin’ Album

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Another One Bites the Club

July 25, 2008 by Janey

YAY!!! It’s Friday, after work, and I get to blog again!!! I was coping better at work this week. Thank God. I’ve upped my “stress” ante.

Okay, this is obviously a backlog since I ate here 2 Wednesdays ago, July 16. It was one of the more stressful weeks of this month and the middle of the week felt like Friday –this is because I felt like I’ve been working for 5 days already on the 3^rd day of the week! I look at a worksheet and go, “I love Excel. I love Excel… Excel is my friend…” You see, I’m not a Finance major and even if I topped my Algebra class in college and 80% of the class copied off my final exam, I don’t really like math that much. I mean it challenges me but I’d rather stare at words than numbers. Obviously MS Word is my ally because I love to write. Overall, I can’t complain though because I’m learning a lot about different businesses –and learning a lot fast. And this week wasn’t so bad. Excel’s beauty grew on me and now I can’t take my eyes off worksheets. I’m really more of a strategic thinker and negotiator than a finance analyst. Having to study the different factions of a business operation piqued my interest over the past 2 weeks. I feel all revved up ready to be thrown to the wolves. Financial analysis??? Chicken feed. Haha. I wish I can carry this cheerfulness over to next week. I hope it’s not only Friday babble.

I digress…

Back to Bite Club, Bubba had that evening all planned out, which was great because I didn’t have to stress over picking where to eat. The location of choice that night was the Katipunan area. The first stop over was Banapple to get some dessert. 2^nd stop was at Kopi Roti for some Kaya. Finally, we arrive at the destination, which was Bite Club. I’ve read about Bite Club and that prepared my appetite for some good things to come.

On the Table:

Bombarella PHP 185

Their claim to fame is their 1-pound burgers. I was expecting a thick burger but the 1lb was actually spread out thin. The Bombarella is a half-pound burger stuffed with mozzarella cheese enhanced by a Frommage Bleu sauce. This was Bubba’s choice. We had the burger cut into halves so we won’t have to strain our fingers trying to grope a big burger.

Bomb PHP 150

Half-pound Beef Patty, which was my order. I was debating between their Sgt. Pepper Mushroom sauce or the red hot Cajun. I love pepper but since I wanted something with a real Muay Thai kick, I opted to go Cajun. There was something in the sauce that tasted a little cheaply familiar to me. Anyway, for PHP 150, I have no complains. Bubba ate the other half and he liked it. I ate half of his burger and liked his order.