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… especially in winter time when you need energy. It’s not tapsilog (beef jerky, fried rice and egg) but close enough: poached egg, home fries and bacon.
I was surprised to see this kind of heirloom rice in the Asian store today. It’s basically red/pink/violet rice that, if I remember right, grown upland or in drier parts of the rice field. They are usually very fragrant. It’s similar to wild rice here in North America. I served it with afritada and cashew [...]
Prof. Dominador Ibarra Ilio, Sr. When my father, a retired professor at the University of the Philippines, a poet and writer, was still alive, he would visit me and my brother here in the US every other year, starting when I was in grad school in Urbana-Champaign and in Chicago where I moved for work. [...]
Baked Salmon with string beans and tomatoes on the side.
Great for brunch … or any other meal. Baked salmon on butter with a little bit of lemon juice. Saute string beans and tomatoes in bacon … that’s it.
NhuLan’s Bakery is one new discovery that I go back to at least twice a month. It’s basically a Vietnamese/French bakery on the 2000 block of W. Lawrence in Chicago in Lincoln Square/Ravenswood. Their baguettes are quite wonderful, especially when you freeze them and then heat them in the oven – crisp outside and soft inside. And cheap! 3 for like a dollar and change, and if you buy 9, you get another 3 for free.
BUT, the best things about this bakery are the sub sandwiches: Vietnamese dishes on a baguette. For example, chicken lemongrass, or pate and pork rolls, or my favorite, the special with ham, headcheese (yes, headcheese!), pate and pork rolls – with a heaping helping cilantro, carrots and white radish. All for $3.50. The only reason that I don’t go there more often is that, it’s a schlep from Edgewater. But I make the pilgrimage, as I said, at least twice a month, to get our supply of baguette (which we freeze), durian candies, smoothies .. and of course the sub sandwiches.
Eat your heart out Subway!
NhuLan’s Bakery
2612 W. Lawrence Ave.
Chicago, IL 60625
773. 878,9898
www.NhuLansBakery.com
Eat your heart out, Subway!
A few months ago, I wrote about “tsokolate e” to warm your spirits here.
Last week, I found a perfect chocolate powder to make tsokolate e without the hard work of making raw chocolate from scratch. It’s called Askinosie Davao Philippines cocoa powder. I found it in an upscale deli on Wilson Ave. here in Chicago (City Provisions), but you can also order it online from a small St. Louis, Missouri based Askinosie company. They are also on Facebook.
