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  April 16, 2025 It's that time of the year... Ang iniiiitttt na ng 34 C (feels like 37 C)!!! The heat at 6AM wakes us up. Noon time is somehow bearable because of the black-out blinds, but we have to turn on the A/C at 3PM already or our tech will be affected (esp. the laptop and electric wheelchair!) or worse, we suffer heat stroke.  Maynilad's annual "repairs and maintenance" around Holy Week doesn't help since they provide our condo's water supply. Speaking of which - our condo admin shut off water for many days citing Maynilad repairs from April 6-17 . They announced a water interruption schedule on the 8th (as they should though very late) to allow the community cistern to get full, but they neither followed their stated hours nor gave any more updates or explanations interim - it was awful since the areas around us had steady supply already by the 11th/12th albeit low pressure. Whatever arrangements they made to keep adequate supply were lacking - and k...

Filipino merienda Our community has a lot of residents who sell food for a living i.e. caterers, bilao, packed meals... even former restaurant cooks/chefs.  Sometimes they will post on our local FB group selling small or "solo" portions... What you see here is palabok with fat noodles and "cheezy" kutchinta in tubs from a bilao seller. They put the cheese in a separate container so the kutchinta wouldn't spoil.  The kutchinta looked too nice and glossy... I was apprehensive but it tasted authentic! So nice. I liked it. Palabok was yum but I just wanted to taste it. I think I prefer thin noodles over fat ones for palabok. 

Shakey's Salad Chicken N Pizza P279.00 Foodpanda rider did not want to go up. Nag-tip naman ako sa app at merong designated parking for delivery riders sa basement na malapit sa elevators... Oh well. Habol ko yung salad. Sana magkaroon sila ng option na separate ang dressing para hindi lumaspag ang greens. My share sa 9" plate: salad, 2 mojos and bigger half ng wing. Sakto lang, busog... Ate at 3 p.m. and hindi nako nag-dinner.

Boiled salmon head with tomatoes, onion and radish. We cooked "kinamatisan." I think they only used salt; the radish makes it refreshing; the tomatoes and onion make it sweet. Salmon head is (still) affordable here; the "panga" is meaty. 

Our Christmas lunch and dinner 2024... Clockwise: rellenong bangus, shrimp tempura, chicken estofado, maki rolls, lumpiang shanghai, more tempura. In the middle: sliced lechon belly and fried rice. My contribution: I brought plenty of soda 🎅 Most were home-made. My niece made the maki rolls which she also sells in platters like that. My cousin cooked chicken estofado that is boiled in pineapple juice. My other cousin fried the tempura. The others... I don't know who cooked which dish.  I know the lechon belly was ordered from Multinational Village because we picked it up. It was supposed to be delivered but the seller couldn't book a rider. We got lost finding Noel Street or something and the house numbers were confusing, but the guards at the gates inside were helpful. 

Hapunan dapat pero naging agahan. This dinuguan from the carinderia was savory sweet & sour. I think they used pork belly. Why are there black specks on this omelet? Black pepper maybe... not material from the non-stick pan I hope (yikes!).

 My top #2 brand for corned beef (so far). Masarap ang ranch-style corned beef ng Delimondo. The smallest can is 175g for ₱110.00. What you see on the plate is medyo more than half of what's in the can daw - I couldn't finish this. So good for 2 na yung 1 small can, maybe 3 kung merong eggs. Delimondo is a local brand, made in the Philippines... owned by Enrile fam ba? This is my 2nd favorite corned beef as of now. My top #1? Palm corned beef with juices  from New Zealand which is mahal for me, so I only buy Palm occasionally.