Saturday, September 24, 2011

Kabuum....Zoinkk.....WHAM!


Have you heard of this "Like father like son"? Whatever dad does son does, how dad talks son talks, dad's attitude son also imitates and mostly what dad eats, son always finds a way to search that kind of food. It is very cool when we imitate our dad and always thinks that they are always in the right direction, so we tend to copy from them at all times, even sometimes we know they're not. Speaking of imitation, I 'am who is my father, it's kinda weird but I 'am. My dad used to be thin like "Gabby Concepcion" (Look a like), he's good looking, ideal body figure, sense of humor, characteristics of a gentleman. But then he started to love eating different kind of foods, as in random foods. Until one day he lost his body figure, he became fatter and fatter, without noticing while enjoying eating foods he was seriously fat, and the only thing in his mind was food. While he consistently love eating foods, I also continuously growing and having a defined and detailed information on how the world exist and how it will affect me, that's why I looked up to my dad for me to be guided. as time goes by as my father leading and guiding me on the right path I also adapt his happiness, eating. 

Now, we are really look a like I got really big like him, I started to love foods also, it came to the point that I can't control myself anymore, it's like my stomach was never tired of receiving food, there's a lot of place inside. When maturity came I realize that I can be better not just in eating and I tell to myself I don't want to be like this forever, I thought of the best way to prevent my case, my dad and I jogged every single morning and chose what food we'll take. Now, it pays all our hard work and patience we are loving every moment of our lives because we achieved to be like a fit guy and I knew I can do better by just giving extra effort and dedicate time, and I won't be able to complete this without the inspiration of my father.

Last, September,5,2011 it's a Sunday, my family and I visited one of our favorite burger restaurant, the WHAM! burgers, to define the taste just say the word itself WHAMTASTIC! because, it's off the grill 400-600 1/3lb pure beef wow! together with tomato, lettuce, onions,cheese, mayonnaise or you can put unlimited mustard and ketchup with a 2 big buns and french fries on the side with large soft drinks or juice, what can you ask for? if you will imagine it's a perfect meal. Everything was perfect, I enjoyed eating with my family that night with a double whammy burger for my dinner (my favorite). Until now my dad and I still loves to eat, discover new dishes. That attitude will never change we are still monster eaters, it's just we are now fit and we know how to balance and discipline ourselves. I suggest you come and visit Wham! burgers, one is located at SM megamall the one we visited it is located building B beside K.K.K. and bacolo chicken inasal in front of escalator and ground floor, see you there!

Friday, September 23, 2011

Yummy! "kare-kare" - Graciana "Lola Gatching" De Guzman


Food is a primary need of everyone, this is where we get our energy so that we can work properly. Speaking of food, Food is our hobby in my family. Starting from my lolo's dad, lolo's wife, my lolo and his siblings, my dad and his siblings, of course me and my cousins, our siblings. We all have different attitudes and aspects in life, but there is on thing that  I 'am very sure, being addicted in eating or I can say we really love to eat. And there is only one person behind these affirmation attitudes. Our very own "Lola Gatching," she really has the knowledge when it comes to cooking. Everytime she cooks, everybody is waiting and craving her dishes. 

One of her specialties is "kare-kare." When she cooks this, everyone feels the thrill on how will it taste, do you also want to taste it ? I bet you want. Alright! 

First things first, she'll visit a market and complete the ingredients, beef, oxtail, ears, eggplant, pechay, sitaw, garlic, onions, atsute and a roasted nuts. If she have all these ingredients, it's time to deal with it. First she picks the delicious parts of the meat, The twalya, buntot, litid, laman, tenga. All these parts will be boiled until it get very soft and tasty. She'll gather all the meats, then separate it on a different "plangana" (big plate) and leave the fats, separated part of a meat, so that the juices of the dish will stay. Then after that, In a big pan or wok, she heats oil and atsuete oil. Sauté garlic, onions until golden brown, then add the stock, beef, oxtail, twalya, tenga, litid and peanut butter. Bring to a boil and simmer for 15 minutes. Salt to taste. Now we are half-way in lola gatching's "kare-kare." The next step is combining the healthy part of the dish, the eggplant, sitaw, pechay, she cook the vegetables for a few minutes, she wants the vegetables fresh so she don't overcook. We are not yet done, we still have one job to do, to add more flavor and for us to enjoy the "kare-kare," the bagoong alamang, lola gatching make her own bagoong, it's a secret but I can tell you a little style of her's, just saute the garlic into the oil then wait until it gets brown, then put the bagoong alamang and stir until it gets cooked. Together with a steam rice and roasted nuts on the side, we are now ready to eat. Enjoy eating! Adios!