Mekeni specialty – puto bumbong, pichi pichi and ginataan. Last Saturday, I felt like having home-made Filipino food but I didn’t want to cook. And didn’t want to go to the usual Filipino take out place that I go to nor go to the usual Filipino restaurants that I patronize. So I went online and [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Food Trip'
Food Trip – Mekeni Restaurant in Chicago
May 18th, 2009 · 2 Comments
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Food Trip: Chicago’s Pilsen and Little Village Neighborhoods
March 23rd, 2009 · No Comments
Nuevo Leon restaurant, originally uploaded by mmmmarshall. Yesterday, I had a craving for authentic Mexican food … so we drove to Little Village on Chicago’s southwest side. According to the Encyclopedia of Chicago, Little Village is “known by its residents as the “Mexico of the Midwest,” and has over the past 35 years joined Pilsen [...]
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I heated this up: Beef Menudo
March 4th, 2009 · 1 Comment
I heated this up: Menudo, originally uploaded by Flipped Out. A store-bought menudo from Unimart, a Filipino grocery store in Chicago with a turo-turo (point-point) shop on the premises (for take aways only though). Recipe for menudo can be found at the main carinderia site. Enjoy! a2a_config.linkname=”I heated this up: Beef Menudo”; a2a_config.linkurl=”http://carinderia.net/blog/?p=1389″; a2a.init(“page”);
