Maja Blanca Cake Tart Good morning everyone( or evening depending under what palm tree you are reading this post) and Happy Birthday! Who's birthday? Depends on specific cases ( Happy Bday Ate A and Gabrielle (counting that you'll be a Feb. baby, people born this month are the best!), but mostly generic we should celebrate the best day of all, Women's Day, on March 1st! Why the best? Because it's well known they always bring the best ( or worst ) in us ( but for this specific occasion we shall assume it's the best! ), and as such I have researched deep inside my endless bucket of inspiration for an appropriate gift. Not having found one and considering that flowers are overrated, I shall give you the best gift of all: the gift of knowledge, as I shall bake the best cake ever, using an old filipino recipe and my best unique ideas for an astonishing end result that I shall eat all alone while you cheer Sarap, Sarap ! Yes, as you already figured it out from t...
CHICKEN MACARONI SOPAS Hello and Happy New Year everyone! As some of you may know, I have returned from another "foray"( adventure - I promised to use a new word every day) in Philippines where, aside from socializing with lots of nice people and making new friends in Pokemon Go ( we need to keep pace with times and modern social activities), I also tried lots of nice foods, from JolliBee to P's pickled mangoes ( which are excellent and if you live nearby you should definitely buy a jar and help her stay in business). That being said, I have in fact returned 2 weeks ago but I tried having the flu for the first week ( just for diversity, a man has to to what a man has to do for an extra vacation day or two, so go on and lick those metro entrance tourniquets ). As such, R advised to prepare the best filipino remedy for those long cold 25 C degrees winters they have out there, Chicken macaroni sopas . Now, for those who didn't get it yet, yes, it's like a...