Monday, August 6, 2007

National Broth

I've been going to Joey's carinderia for two years now, mainly for the sinigang (pork cooked in vinegary broth and assorted vegetables). Joey's version includes gabi, or taro and okra to achieve a semi-thick broth consistency. The meat is tender and the flavour made rich by the long green pepper, onions, tomatoes and aubergines.

Yesterday, I had lunch at my favorite restaurant in Marikina, the Krung Thai at the back of the public market near the Municipio. I'm glad it maintained the quality of its best sellers, the Tom Yum Shrimp and the Sesame chicken. The servings are generous, too.

For dessert, I moved on the nearby Red Ribbon for brewed coffee and the industrial black forest cake. Since it was still early, I decided to walk a few blocks to Blue Wave and had a Tazo Green tea frappuccino at Starbucks. It's a good thing they removed that really awful banana java chip frap. Yuck.

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