Bangus (Milk Fish) Quick and Easy recipes

Tired of having the same fried Bangus?? Be more creative and try this simple and quick other Bangus dishes: Sisig Bangus and Bangus a la pobre!

For some who don't know this type of fish: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milkfish

The milkfish (Chanos chanos) is the sole living species in the family Chanidae.^[2][3][4] However, there are at least five extinct genera from the Cretaceous.^[4]

The species has many common names. The Hawaiian name for the fish is awa, and in Tahitian it is ava. It is called bangús in the Philippines, where it is popularly known as the national fish, although the National Commission for Culture and the Arts has stated that this is not the case as it has no basis in Philippine law.^[5] In the Nauruan language, it is referred to as ibiya. Milkfish is also called bandeng or bolu in Indonesia.^[6]

Chanos chanos occurs in the Indian Ocean and across the Pacific Ocean, from South Africa to Hawaii and the Marquesas, from California to the Galapagos, north to Japan, south to Australia. Milkfishes commonly live in tropical offshore marine waters around islands and along continental shelves, at depths of 1 to 30 m. They also frequently enter estuaries and rivers.^[6]

Pork Ribs Stew (Cantonese Style)

Ingredients Needed:

peeled chestnuts (15 pieces)

shitake mushrooms (soaked and cut into halves)

400 g pork ribs
marinate meat with salt, pepper, worcestershire sauce and 2 tbsp of dark soy sauce for 30 minutes

ginger and garlic

How to cook?

Step 1: In a heated casserole, stir fry ginger without oil for about 3 minutes

Step 2: Add oil and stir fry for another 2 minutes until golden brown 



Step 3: Add garlic cloves  and stir fry for another 2 minutes until golden brown. Add pork ribs and stir fry for 5 minutes under medium high fire. Sprinkle 2 tsp of sugar while stir frying.

 Step 4: Add mushrooms  and chestnuts. Stir fry for another 5 minutes.  

 Step 4: Add water until all meat is completely submerged. Simmer for another ONE hour. Add cornflour during the last 3 minutes to thicken the sauce.

enjoy!

The Papal Nuncio

Blessed Sunday it is! Pope Francis may not be in Singapore but grateful to attend the Eucharist service by His excellency Nuncio Archbishop Zalewski.

“Basically the papal nuncio is a permanent representative of the pope who is assigned with the task of safeguarding the interests of the Holy See.” 

Know more about what is a Papal Nuncio https://vatican.com/What-is-a-papal-nuncio/

Hill Station at Baguio, Philippines

Baguio City, known as the "Summer Capital" of the Philippines is a must destination to visit especially if you just want to experience a cooler climate. It is 1400 meters above sea level and nestled by Cordillera Mountains in North Luzon.

Owing to its geographical location, Baguio City is  indeed a picturesque holiday to consider.

For travelers out there and wanting to eat in a fine dining restaurant in Baguio, look no more as Hill Station will definite be one of your favorites.

Thai Seafood Curry at P370

Mahi-Mahi with Green Masala at P360

Lamb Osso Buco at P650

Roast Peking Duck at Jiang-Nan Chun

Jiang Nan Chun

Jiang-Nan Chun Cantonese Restaurant is located at Four Season's Hotel. A Michelin starred restaurant famous for its Roasted Peking Duck. Really exquisite in taste!

Vikings Luxury Buffet Philippines

When you want a venue for your homecomings, family reunion, group gathering or even for event reception such as weddings, you can never go wrong with vikings. 

Moreover, if you just desire to indulge yourself with sumptuous meal with different varieties of cuisines from Philippines, Japanese, Korean, Singapore, Chinese and Italian, Vikings http://www.vikings.ph/vikingsbranches/ should be one of your choices.

They have different themed ambience in each branch that will suit your preference. And for our father's 70th birthday celebration with 25 persons on our guests lists, we chose the branch located at SM JAZZ.

Vikings is an eat-all-you can buffet from appetizers, main course, BBQs, salads, fruits, pizzas, pasta, beef, lamb, turkey, fish, soup, noodles, sushi, sashimi, seafoods, fruit juice and so forth, the list goes forever, anything you have in mind until you can't stand up from your chair because of stomach fullness. :)

Below are the photos taken during that event:

Hainanese roast,white chicken, man tou (bread) with so many choices of dips

turkey

for pizza lovers

drink all you can

for coffee lovers

for meat lovers

sushi

for your sweet tooth

A complimentary small cake for birthday celebrants with the staff singing and greeting cheerfully and asking you to pose with their signature viking props, which is quite fun and funny.

As always, I can never say NO to my favorite, ICE CREAM! It is eat all you can.

green tea, black sesame and cheese flavor

can't express my facial expression to show how happy/yummy experience haha

p.s I may have missed out some sections to take photos as the hungry people are in line (including me).



check out their rates and promos at  http://www.vikings.ph/buffetrates/

Disclaimer: this blog is not paid by the company, i'm just a delighted customer who was happy with their service and would like to come back and recommend the place :)

Trying out jogja's local food

Arriving around 1 pm jogja time, I was very hungry and excited to try Javanese dishes. 

First stop at Yu Djum to try the famous "Gudeg"

http://gudegyudjumpusat.com/

amazed on the vintage container served at each table

Gudeg serve with duck egg and stewed beef skin

Gudeg is a traditional Javanese cuisine from Yogyakarta and Central Java, Indonesia. Gudeg is made from young unripe jack fruit (Javanese: gori, Indonesian: nangka muda) stewed for several hours with palm sugar, and coconut milk.Additional spices include garlic, shallot, candlenut, corianderseed, galangal, bay leaves, and teak leaves, the latter giving a reddish-brown color to the dish.[5] It is often described as "green jack fruit sweet stew". [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gudeg]

my verdict: too sweet for me, or perhaps not used with palm sugar sweetness as a main course dish

ampela (chicken hearts and gizzards) cooked in palm sugar

"snake-skin fruit"

my verdict: i'm sorry, i'm not a fan, it tastes like a dried bland jack fruit for me

Salak (Salacca zalacca) is a species of palm tree (family Arecaceae) native to Java and Sumatra in Indonesia. It is cultivated in other regions as a food crop, and reportedly naturalized in Bali, Lombok, Timor, Malaysia, Maluku and Sulawesi. The fruits grow in clusters at the base of the palm, and are also known as snake fruit due to the reddish-brown scaly skin. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salak]

saw this around borobudur exit
some "oleh-oleh" or gifts to bring back 

local ice-drops to cool down from the super sunny heat walking around Borobudur

After Borobudur, we had our lunch on our way back....

bakmi

kupat tahu

bakmi soup

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Some street foods experience at Special Bakmi dan Nasi Goreng Pak Pele

Address: JL. Pojok Tenggara Alun-Alun Utara , Panembahan , Kraton , Yogyakarta , Daerah Istimewa Yogyakart, Panembahan, Kraton, Yogyakarta City, Special Region of Yogyakarta 55131, Indonesia

bakmi godhog at Special Bakmi dan Nasi Goreng Pak Pele

my verdict: bakmi godhog is like your chicken soup delight with creaminess of egg flavor

Magelangan (mixed fried noodles and rice)

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Warung Kopi Klotok

Address: Jalan Kaliurang KM.16, Pakembinangun, Pakem, Pakembinangun, Pakem, Kabupaten Sleman, Daerah Istimewa Yogyakarta 55582, Indonesia

ginger tea (literally they serve you with unpeeled large ginger with lemon grass)
really naturally fresh, love it!

local kopi, taste like roasted rice coffe, love it too!

pisang goreng (fried banana)
sweet banana, crunchy coating and very tasty, love it toooo!



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The house of Raminten is quite a famous chain of restaurant in jogja


The menu:

This is what we ordered: 

chicken cooked in bamboo

fresh guava juice

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Staying at Rumah Limas was really relaxing and quite a great ambiance to stay away from the city proper

https://www.airbnb.com.sg/rooms/5080299

breakfast at Rumah Limas

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next food hunt...

STMJ (Susus Telur Madu Jahe)
I loved this refreshing drink!

seafood fried rice

my verdict: if had the time to find another place, I would have to, price is a bit expensive considering how simple their menu, with not much choices and the taste is  so-so, not even good enough to compare even to some street foods. :(

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gado gado

ayam bakar

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on our way to pine tree forest, we found a great stop to take our lunch...

Es Rondo

cassava juice with milk and syrup, quite good really

friend slices of eggplant

fried tofu

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on our way back down after our pine tree forest pictorial, we had this as our quick snack..

pisang bakar with cheese and chocolate toppings

after a breathtaking view experience at pine forest, we went for dinner at jejamuran

Address: Jl. Pramuka No. 53, Pandowoharjo, Sleman, Pandowoharjo, Kec. Sleman, Kabupaten Sleman, Daerah Istimewa Yogyakarta 55512, Indonesia

enjoy a free fish spa while waiting for your orders

                   

fried shitake mushroom in sambal (caution: too spicy)

Totally, recommend this place for mushroom lovers! All types of mushroom cooked in different culinary dishes

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oleh-oleh

bakpiah, is a famous delicacy in jogja, it is like hopia in Philippines or Tau sar piah in Singpaore



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last day at jogja with some nasi goreng and egg

Hotel Kristina's free breakfast

p.s check out this short video of my yogyakarta trip
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gMpmuoQA4vE&t=55s