Carlo's Food List

Whenever Carlo and I watch cooking shows, he always, AS IN ALWAYS, says "I like that",then I always say "let's cook that"

And because I can't remember everything he wants us to cook, I decided to make a list on our blog.

Beef Roulade
Butter Poached Lobster
Chili Crab
Beef Borguignon
Beef Parnentier
Sicilian CHili Beef
Ragout with Pasta
Portuguese Chicken with Chorizo and Clams


*This list will continue to grow and grow and grow. Comment on this blog post if you want us to try cooking some of the dishes you know and we'll make sure to add those to our list. :) 

Easy Recipe: Omu Rice

Whenever I'm bored at home, I check out our refrigerator and see what I can cook with what we have at home. I decided to make Omu Rice for dinner since it was an easy recipe with very simple ingredients needed. 

Omurice or omu-rice (オムライス Omu-raisu) is an example of modern Japanese cuisine that consists of rice, chicken, various meats, veggies and a thin sheet of fried egg. 

It's basically like an omelette! It is very popular in western style restaurants in Japan and South Korea.

Here's my own version of Omu-Rice

Ingredients:

4 medium/large sized eggs

5 cloves of garlic 

1 onion bulb (red/white)

1 carrot

1 bell pepper

4 cups of rice

5 tbsps Soy sauce

A dash of salt and pepper

2 Chicken Fillets

3 slices of Spam

3 slices of Bacon

Cooking oil

Mince the onion and garlic. 

(set aside)

Cut the carrots, bellpepper, chicken spam in bacon into little cubes/squares.

(set aside)

Put the bacon in the pan first. As soon as you can see the oils ooze out, add the chicken and the spam. Add salt and Pepper.

(set aside)

Put oil in the pan, add the carrots, bell pepper, garlic and onion respectively. this is because carrots take more time to cook than the others. 

Add the cooked plain rice, drizzle with soy sauce (it's up to you to adjust the amt of soy sauce). Mix all the ingredients. As soon as the white rice is brown (because of the soy), add in all the meat and mix together. 

Scramble 1 egg at a time in a bowl and fry it on a separate pan. it should look like crepe. :) 

After everything is cooked, use a cup/bowl to shape the rice on your plate, then just cover it with the egg. Top with tomato ketchup and Japanese mayo to finish. 

*You have the option to change the ingredients used, I also cooked Omu Rice using fish tofu instead of Spam and bacon. :) 


 

Try it out! Let me know what ingredients you used!

Cooking Different Cuisines, Pinoy Style.

We'll share recipes with you soon! :) 

We don't have culinary experience, we just love cooking. Both our grandmothers are excellent cooks. (that's where we probably got the skills) 

Our posts on recipes will be as short as possible. I want to avoid the unnecessary words. :p I'm not really very good with describing the taste, the texture and the aroma of whatever we're cooking. So I'll probably just write down ingredients and the step by step process. :) 

Anyway...

Like I said, we both loooove cooking for family, friends, for ourselves. :) We make it a point to cook for each other once a week, depending on the difficulty of the recipe. Sometimes we just make do with whatever we have in the refrigerator. But we've always wanted to try cooking challenging recipes from different cuisines. 

Cooking foreign cuisine can be challenging since there are ingredients that aren't locally available. What we usually do is to buy ingredients that are cheaper, readily available and  will satisfy your Filipino taste. :) 

picture from http://blogs.westword.com/cafesociety/cafe_bites/

Here are some of the best dishes from around the world that we'll cook some time soon.  

Middle Eastern
Chicken or Beef Kebabs
Falafel
Manakeesh
Kofta

Moutabal/Baba Ghanoush


Greek
Moussaka
Bacon-and-Leek Quiche
Chicken Fricassee with Tarragon
Spanakopita - Spinach Pie
Chicken Soup Avgolemono


French
Vegetable Au Gratin
Chicken Fricassee with Tarragon
Pork Chops au Poivre
Bouillabaisse
Vanilla Creme Brulee

Spanish
Paella
Gazpacho
Shrimp Pil Pil
Tortilla Espanola
Gambas Al Ajillo

Japanese
Omu Rice
Chicken or Beef Teriyaki
Katsudon or Katsu Curry
Tonkotsu Ramen
Tamago Sashimi

Mexican
Shrimp and Chicken Fajitas
Soft Taco
Burritos 
Enchilada
Quesadilla

Thai
Tom Tam Goong
Pad Thai
Kao Phad
Gaeng Keow Wan Gai
Pat Gra Pao

Indian
Tikka Masala
Pork Vindaloo
Amritsari Murgh Makhani
Aloo Gobi
Palak Paneer

Chinese
Chicken Chow Mein
Lettuce Wraps
Spinach and Pork Wonton
Kung Pao Chicken
Hot and Sour Soup

Italian
Seafood Cioppino
Lasagna
Mushroom Risotto 
Zuppa Toscana
Chicken Parmigiana