Manong Ken Ilio's Carinderia

Here’s a very nice twist to the Shrimp in Coconut Milk recipe (or if you look at it in another way, a twist to the traditional adobo recipe) … Needs: Vinegar, white if possible (about 1/2 cup) Water (about 1/4 cup) About a tablespoon of minced garlic whole peppercorns salt or patis to taste Shrimp [...]

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This is a simple, filling and delicious sandwich. I got the recipe (with modifications) from 3 Guys from Miami. Needs: Cuban bread (they said French bread could substitute but NOT baguette) softened butter sliced ham (they said, ‘good ham’ – I used Black Forest) lechon asado (roast pork) Swiss cheese sliced dill pickles yellow mustard [...]

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Black Rice Paella So as I said, I tried to be simple but ambitious for my Christmas lunch two days ago and as promised, here is the recipe for the paella that I did. The recipe is pretty traditional, only that, instead of malagkit (glutinous rice), I used tinta or pirurutong (purple rice), an aromatic [...]

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