For the first time, Chinese New Year is a holiday in the country. In the past, I thought it worked well for us that it was like any ordinary day here because many Chinese from other parts of Asia would come to town and celebrate since shops and restaurants here remained open.
Here are more treasured Chinese heirloom recipes in celebration of the Dragon Year.
In 1957, my mom Nora started the very first cooking show, “Let’s Cook With Nora,” on ABS-CBN along Roxas Boulevard. Television was only black and white back then, and there were only two or three channels. In later years, I remember many known personalities who would go and visit the cooking studio to eat whatever was cooked on that day. That went on until the ’90s.
AHA Chef instructor Joey Carpo shows how to prepare and cook Poh Piah.
Adobo is one of those dishes that can be either really spectacular or mediocre. But, this hand-me-down recipe becomes extra special due to a few interesting twists and tricks.
I was pleasantly surprised when I walked into Dusit Hotel’s Basix Restaurant recently. The lunch buffet not only offers more choices now, there are also cooking stations that serve dishes to order. One station cooks pasta with your choice of sauces, another station serves either roast pork or roast US prime rib of beef, and there’s a large assortment of fresh seafood that can be grilled to order.
Chef Ronnie Reyes doesn’t want to be caught off-guard by guests paying him unannounced visits to his sleek condo in Salcedo Village, Makati.
Tonkatsu has been around for ages but today there seems to be a growing urge to search for the authentic experience. Not all breaded pork cutlets are created equally—the difference lies in the meat, the breading and the sauce.
The Old Manila menu of “Tasting Australia” made me smile, when I began recognizing some of the enumerated bush ingredients. The one that rang a bell was lemon myrtle in the dessert, the cheesecake with macadamia nuts. Hmmmm.
I asked some of my good Filipino-Chinese friends to celebrate the New Lunar Year with me by means of their treasured family recipes: dishes they customarily prepare and serve to promote prosperity and abundance in the year to come.
