a love story

The first time I tried this tart was in early 2003 or 2004, I’m not sure... but the mouth watering taste of it was never forgotten.

It was a pasalubong from our friendly manong one Monday at the office. He brought us this tart because he knows that we love sweets and this will be a treat and different taste for us since we are from Batangas.

He bought a dozen for us to share and it was gone in 60 seconds! Hahaha! Not that fast but close to it… we loved it so much that we promised to find the store where he bought it. But being the ‘Dory’ (forgetful) that we are, we always forget to find it when we are in Makati.

After a couple of months and a couple dozen more of these tarts… it was time for me to leave the ‘old’ office and move to my new office in Makati… where Lord Stowe and I meet again. Hahaha!

It was during one of those lunch outs in Glorietta where I finally found the endless supply of this mouth watering tart! I told my friend that I will treat her for dessert and then I bought the tart… we were not able to eat the tart during lunch because we were so full (thanks to World Chicken).

So we went back to the office carrying this little bag of goodies… I was really excited to see my friend’s reaction regarding the tart, but I had to wait until around 4pm when she strolled to my cube for our afternoon chicka. Hehe. We got coffee from the pantry and then we ate our tarts… and she loved it! She loved the creamy custard the chewy and slightly flaky crust… mmmmm…

I can actually be an ambassador/endorser of this tart because I’ve introduced it to almost all of my friends, family and colleagues. Haha! I just can’t stop talking and describing it to them until now and it has been a couple of years already. I have left the country and have tried to find one here that can level to the sweet goodness and satisfaction Lord Stowe’s egg tart gives me, but to no avail. I am still loyal to Lord Stowe!

When friends go back to the Philippines for a visit I always ask for this as pasalubong even for those who are just visiting here, I still ask for it. I just can’t get enough of this tart.

It was LOVE at first taste! :-)

P.S.

I have a dozen of it last Sunday, I shared 4pcs to friends (atleast I shared pa..haha) and I still have 3pcs in the fridge as of press time. Yey!

porky pacham

It was last night when I decided to start a blog about food. Why? well primarily because I cooked something 'porky' last night which turned out to be good. I was not able to take its picture though.. oh well maybe I'll try later, because you see it was our dinner last night and it is our baon for lunch today. hihihi. All is well as long as you enjoy the food.

Here's what you'll need:

250 g lean pork sukiyaki cut
2 pcs garlic crushed
1 medium onion
1 large tomato
1 pc medium potato cut round and thin
1 pc small red bell pepper
soy sauce, vinegar and pepper (to taste)


Here's how:
Saute garlic and onion on little oil, add tomato when onion is transparent cook until tomato become soft and skin peels off, set aside. saute the thinly sliced pork until half cooked leave at the side of the pan then cook the potatoes until halfcooked then mix the pork add the sauteed garlic and bellpepper season with soy sauce, vinegar and peper. Simmer until potato is done.

Serve hot with rice.


P.S.
I will post picture next time... :)

a fresh start

I am starting a food blog to tell you about my one of my favorite things to talk about… FOOD! =)

My love for food started early. As a kid I’ve always loved watching my mom cook. I love to help her in preparing for whatever she’s going to cook from washing the veggies for pinakbet to putting salt on the fish. I love to get involved when she cooks, I often volunteer to sautee the onion & garlic because I love its aroma.

I can still remember what I consider as my first encounter with cooking. I was 5 then. I was in my friend’s house watching cartoons on ‘beta’ when we decided we wanted something to eat. Our only guardian then was her older sister who was busy watching, so we decided to cook on our own. We decided that we want some French fries. I can’t remember where the potatoes came from or how we peeled and cut it but what is clear in my mind was how we got a chair placed infront of the stove to be able to see what we are cooking, the hot oil in the pan, the potatoes making the sizzling sound and how we alternately stir the fries and ofcourse the salt… how every time the sizzling sound stops we put salt…. It was with best interest that we continuously put salt because we thought that when there’s no sound, it stops cooking. Tsk! Tsk! That was the sorry state of our fries… SALTY!!!

Anyway, it was a lesson learned and that failed attempt at French fries did not stop me from loving the kitchen and falling inlove with food and cooking. Ü