Chocolate Chip and Cream Cheese Coffee Cake

| March 7, 2009

* This is entry #39 for Lasang Pinoy, Sundays. * This week’s theme for Lasang Pinoy, Sundays is “Bread” (Bread-y or Not).  Late last night, I baked some goodies, specially for this theme…Chocolate Chip and Cream Cheese Coffee Cake, which I might as well just refer to as C6.  Haha! ;)  The All Recipes newsletter [...]

Lasang Pinoy, Sundays #38: Strawberry Napoleones

| February 28, 2009

This is my take on this weeks Tri-Colore theme for Lasang Pinoy, Sundays (La.Pi.S.)…Strawberry Napoleones.  These are very easy to make.  I got the recipe from the November 2007 issue of my favorite food magazine from the Philippines, “Yummy”. For added visual impact and appeal, stack ‘em up to make a Strawberry Napoleones tower… It’s  [...]

Lasang Pinoy, Sundays #34: Leche Flan

| January 31, 2009

“Steamed” is the theme for this week’s Lasang Pinoy, Sundays. I have two steamers, both of which I use fairly often. I use the bamboo steamer, solely for dim-sum: siopao, siomai, dumplings, and cuapao. This good-sized aluminum steamer, I use for fish and one of my all-time favorite Filipino desserts, Leche Flan. Generally, steaming is [...]

Dimassi’s Austin

| November 16, 2008

Almost a month ago, Hubby, Abby and I had the chance to check out a mediterranean buffet place, Dimassi’s.  It’s been a while since Hubby and I had honest to goodness mediterranean fare.  Come to think of it, we never even got to try Meditteranean Cafe back home.  We thought it was about time we [...]

Inside the Southeast Asian Kitchen

| November 13, 2008

A box of goodies for our family arrived yesterday.  Woot!  *insert dance of joy* Thanks to our dearest Singapore-based friends, Jeric and Melisse for the early Christmas presents!  Or were they meant for Thanksgiving, meaning another box is coming for Christmas?  Kidding. I have another (recipe) book to add to my ever growing collection… I [...]