Manong Ken Ilio's Carinderia

I found some blue crabs (just like our alimasag) in the Vietnamese store the other day. They were cheap too. So I thought I would make something out of them for dinner. Not just boiled crabs, but something fancier. I already have made stuffed crab before, so I didn’t want to repeat it. But I [...]

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I really like sotanghon noodles more than any other Filipino noodles used for pancit. Sotanghon is the Filipino term for ‘bean thread noodle’ or ‘glass noodle’ or ‘cellophane noodle.’ It’s basically made of soybeans and the threads become glassine when cooked or soaked in water. I like it (to cook and to eat) as pancit [...]

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Last night, I upgraded the OS of my server … so I had to take down the Carinderia as well as the blog. They will be back … and soon. a2a_config.linkname=”Server Upgraded”; a2a_config.linkurl=”http://carinderia.net/blog/?p=30″; a2a.init(“page”);

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