Food Trip : by Brown Pinay

My kids specially my youngest Icko would always ask for “pasalubong”. Right after office I would always try to buy for a little something for them and today my “pasalubong” is – Mr. Donuts {25 pcs smidgets} with Spongebob Square Bag.

The Spongebob Square Bag comes in 3 designs (yellow, pink and blue), I choose the yellow one.

*This post in NOT paid**

If you are looking for a themed cupcakes and cakes that is really an eye-candy and yet very, very delicious, I am highly recommending ProjectHappiness Bakehouse. For a someone who has a sweet tooth like me, their product is a must try.  I can give you my word and I tell you, you will keep coming back for more. It is a homebased online shop which is aptly named as Project Happiness since anyone who will receive it will surely be happy, need I say more?

I personally knew the owner so I also guarantee that it is hygienic and nutritious too. I am sure that she is serving the same products that her family loves too.

The first time that I ordered from her it was last year for the 17th birthday of my Ishi , I ordered a Nurse themed cake and cupcake. The whole family loves it, my husband even told me to call Iris to tell her that we are having a hard time starting to finish off the cakes since it is just to0 pretty to be eaten, but once we all started, we find it hard to stop hehehhehe.

Ishi's Pink Nurse Cake

Ishi's Nurse Cupcake

Just last October 18, I ordered a dozen of Angry Birds cupcakes for my little son’s 8th birthday. The birds must have gone real crazy, imagine, traveling from Bacoor, Cavite via Caloocan all the way to our place in Marilao, Bulacan. But it was all worth it.  My little Icko was so overwhelmed that he even told us not to eat the red and black angry birds since he will be bringing it to the school for his “baon”.

Icko's Angry Birds

Project Happiness Bakehouse never ceases to impress me. The packaging has improved and each and every client’s order is a work of love and art from both the husband and wife tandem of Marcelle and Iris Pulga.  I had seen this business bloom just like a true baby of the couple.  They are always improving each and every creation.

Now meet the lovely baker: Iris Pulga – the Diva behindProject Happiness Bakehouse

Visit Project Happiness Bakehouse FB Page for more designs and for inquiries

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This is my entry to the Techie She Lucky Blogger Weekly Giveaways Week 20. This week’s prize is $10 from Swexie of Khakiness.

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Buttered Garlic Shrimp is the undisputed favorite of my family everytime we would eat out at Dampa (be it in Macapagal or Libis). I decided to bring Da,pa style cooking in our home, luckily I was able to master the art of cooking it. Whenever there is a potluck family party this is my most requested share.

There are several hits and misses, but I was able to find the best recipe and proportion of the ingredients to match the taste of Dampa.

So here is Brown Pinay’s Version of Dampa Style Buttered Garlic Shrimp.

Buttered Shrimp Dampa Style

Ingredients:

• 1 kilo of shrimps
• 1 whole slab of butter
• 2 cups of 7UP/Sprite or Miranda (I tried both I prefer the Miranda for a more sweet taste)
• 8 cloves of garlic
• Cornstarch dissolve in little water (depends on how you like the consistency of the sauce)
• Salt and pepper to taste

Procedure

• Marinate the shrimp for 3 to 5 minutes (just enough for the soda to be absorbed by the shrimp.
• In a wok, boil the shrimp, salt to taste and the soda together for 8 to 10 minutes. Just make sure not to overcook it since it will be hard to peel.
• Remove the shrimp from the broth and set aside the shrimp/soda broth.
• In a separate pan, sauté the minced garlic in butter. At this time the aroma is really hard to resist yum yum…..
• Separate a portion of your cooked butter for toppings.
• Add the remains of the shrimp/soda broth (don’t put all, just the amount proportional to your shrimp).
• Add the Cornstarch dissolve in little water, once you had already reached the desired consistency, pour over your cooked shrimp.

Just make sure that you have your hot rice ready and you are ready to Serve, eat and enjoy ……and Feast!!!!

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I think I am turning Japanisa, apart from the maki and sushi I also love Kani Salad. Last Noche Buena I decided to prepare one for my family.

Ingredients:

• 1 pack Crab Sticks (Kani), strips (you may opt to boil/pre-cook it or you can have it raw) – usually packed at 150gms – cut into strips
• Strips of ripe Mango
• 2 small cucumber (remove the seeds) – peeled and julienne
• 1 Carrot – peeled and julienne
• Japanese Mayonnaise (also called Kewpie)- I bought mine at Landmark Grocery, Trinoma QC) – sorry guys, I was not able to get the exact proportion.
• Sesame Oil (use moderately since it has a strong taste)
• Some Salt and Pepper

Optional:

• Tobiko (orange-colored flying fish roe) for topping, optional since it is really expensive
• Corn kernels, canned and drained.

Procedure:

• Mix all ingredients.
• Chill.
• Serve.
• Enjoy

That’s it.

Kani Salad as easy as 1-2-3.

How about you do have any Japanese food recipe that is as easy to prepare?

I so love California Maki, perhaps this is influenced by my 5 years of work in a Japanese Company where all my Jap bosses order authentic Jap cuisine everytime we go out or order for food deliveries.

At home, I am the only one craving for this. They just do not like the taste, my husband told me that it just like “kakaning malagkit” hehehhehe…..well I am not insisting upon him to like it, it is just me and my penchant for Japanese foods.

Well, California Maki is just one of my many comfort food.

What about you, what is your comfort food?

This is the first time ever that this blog of mine is joining a foodie contest and I am so excited and happy since this baptism of fire is worth it…the prizes are all to die for, just looking at the prizes makes me crave…being the matakaw that I am….I will never pass this contest by without even joining….Ofcourse I wont.

By hook or by crook I am joining :

So here I am sharing my addiction to pizza {Shakey’s in particular}

Sharing one lazy weekend night in the life of Brown Pinay with her Brown Pinoy…

We would always drop a call to quick delivery from Shakey’s and wallahhhh…in a couple of minutes someone will be knocking in our door and the pizza addicts in the house are all in their wide, happy grin.. That was when we are still living in Caloocan which is just a walk away from all those food establishments….It is a different story now that we are already in Marilao, Bulacan. Goodbye to food deliveries 

Where’s the pizza?

In this picture I was goofing around with my equally crazy officemates at my Icko’s 7th birthday party in Shakey’s MCU. Why the sad face? Well, when the clown announced that the partaking of the giant pizza was open for partaking, everything happened so fast, it was like a tornado attack. After several minutes and with just a blink of an eye no pizza left in the giant pizza plate hehhehe….But I am so happy though since everyone enjoyed my bunso’s pizza and the party.

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This Sunday, my Ishi asked me to cook anything with chicken. So off to the market with no dish in mind, except for the thought that my eldest love anything with white sauce and creamy. So with that in mind, chicken and cream, I decided to cook Brown Pinay’s version of Chicken in Creamy Sauce and Mushroom.

Ingredients:

onion and garlic
Salt and pepper to taste
1/2 chicken
250 ml Nestle Cream
75 ml Evaporated Milk
1 can of Vienna sausage (sliced)
1 can of button mushroom (sliced)
2 hard-boiled eggs

Serves 4 to 6.

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With summer just around the corner, I would like to share to you the picnic food that I prepared / cooked for our family of 20 last weekend to celebrate the surprise picnic for my dear nephew Ali and her Mom Susan (my sis in law). We celebrated it at the La Mesa Eco Park

Yummy Picnic Food

Picnic Foods

• Clubhouse (Maling, Scrambled Egg, Cheese in Wheat Bread and Mayo)
• Dampa Style Buttered Shrimp with Garlic
• Adobo (Pork and Chicken)
• Kinilaw na Cream Dory (with pipino)
• Buttered Cream Dory Fish Fillet
• Inihaw na Bangus
• Pork Lumpiang Shanghai
• Hotdog & Mallows on Stick
• Steam Kangkong with Bagoong Guisado
• Inihaw na talong
• Steam Okra
• Ensaladang Mangga with Bagoong and Onion
• Itlog na Pula with Kamatis (Tomato)
• Rice
• Banana

Clubhouse

Lumpiang Shanghai

Hotdog on Stick with Mallows

Dampa Style Buttered Shrimp

The best reward and consolation that I received….when I saw them all full and heavy….

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Nothing beats Nathaniel’s Buko Pandan Salad…..It is a good and healthy alternative for ice cream.

Nathaniel's Buko Pandan Salad - ala Ice cream

You can actually savor the taste of buko strips, right bite of jelly pandan and the creaminess of carabao’s milk. It’s quite difficult to imagine how something as simple as buko pandan could be so delectable.

Nathaniel's Buko Pandan Salad - creamy yumminess

It is best when frozen and the creaminess just melts in your mouth.

The verdict – heavenly!!!
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Not even the lipozene fat burner can help me lose weight because of yummy foods around me.
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Whole wide range of buko pandan and other Pampanga’s deli and food are available at Nathaniel’s Bake Shop:

Wide range of Pampanga deli

The price is also reasonable:

Buko Pandan Salad Prices

Nathaniel’s Bakeshop

Nathaniel

Nathaniel

• Km 69 Olongapo-Gapan Road, Dolores City, San Fernando Pampanga

• ITC Commercial Complex, Panay Avenue corner Timog Avenue, Quezon City, Philippines (Tel: 3321305)

Visit their fanpage in Facebook : Nathaniel’s Bakeshop

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