Special Pansit Palabok

     

               I can say that this is my one and only favorite noodle dish of all time.  I started to love this dish since I was a kid. With my mom, after a tiring market day at Old Tarlac City Market (Palengke) we headed together at the back of the old market to make a laud order to one of our favorite eatery (Carinderia) in our town. Squeeze with the thickly and saucy sauce as one to die for and lovableness the crunchy and mouthwatering tops.

               This recipe of Pansit Palabok is very delicious and easy to follow. I just made some revisions which I may call it my own easy way that changed to some who made this dish traditionally. Follow my step by step preparation and easy yummy sauce  by Mama Sitas.

Ingredients:

I pack Special Palabok Noodles/Bihon

2 tbsp garlic

2 tbsp onion crushed

2 tbsp cooking oil 

For the Sauce;

2 pack Mama Sitas Palabok Mix

2 cups shrimp broth

2 cups pork broth

2 tbsp shrimp pastedissolved to 1 cup water

1 tbsp patis

1pack crushed chicaron

1/4 cup pork minced

1/4 cup shrimp minced

For toppings

7 hard boiled egg
1/2 toasted garlic

1/2 cup deep fried tinapa flakes & deboned

1 cup fried tofu

1 cup pork boiled and cut into cubes

1 cup chopped spring onion

1 pack chicharon crushed

1 cup calamansi

Preparation:
My way to cook it~

For the noodles~
Soaked the noodles to warm water and set aside. Boil 2 liters of water in a boiling pot then drop the noodles and wait until it cooked. Bring to boil for another 2 minutes then drain.

For the sauce~
Saute garlic and onion, add the minced pork, chopped shrimp and crushed tinapa, wait until it cooked, then add the Mama Sitas Palabok Mix, mixed and dissolved to pork and shrimp broth. Bring to boil while stirring it occasionally then add the crushed chicharon. Add patis to taste.

For the topping~
Arrange the Palabok Noodles in a platter  mixed half of the sauce. Then pour the remaining sauce over, garnish with boiled egg, pork, shrimp, tinapa flakes, tofu, spring onion and  toasted garlic.

Serve with Calamsi.
Enjoy!

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Easy Creamy Shrimp Linguine Carbonara

Carbonara is one of the most popular pasta dishes in Italy. Most of  Carbonara recipe consists of basic ingredients such as cream, cheese, bacon/seafood/chicken, and egg. Variety demand of pasta increase worldwide, that's why some of international cuisine enhanced the taste and ingredients to make it more tempting to their patrons, some make it more creamier and tasteful to the best of their winning dish.

I used shrimp and beef as the main ingredients,  (I didn't used eggs co'z my daughters are allergic to eggs). I also add creamy mushroom soup as I thought it would be correlate to the eggs. I want to make it more creamier and sweet so I added condensed milk.

Ingredients  

(just basic ingredients that I found in my kitchen)

•  1 cup cream (heavy cream)
• 500 grams of Pasta (Linguine )
• 1 sachet 58 grams creamy mushroom soup
• 2 Tbsp of condensed milk
• 1 cup minced beef, boiled and drained
• 1 tsp margarine/ olive oil
• 1 cup of shrimp (half cooked and peeled)
• salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste
• 3 to 4 gloves of garlic
• 1 Tbsp of onion
• ½cup of mushroom cut into pieces
• ½cup freshly grated cheese (cheddar cheese not in the photo)

My way to cook.

Pasta-

• Cook the Pasta in a large soup pot of boiling water, add a pinch of salt and 1/2 teaspoon of oil and just follow the instruction directed on the package. Cook the pasta until it becomes tender but still be firm to the bite. Then drain.

Sauce-

• First dilute one sachet of creamy mushroom soup on 1 cup of water. Set aside. 

• Saute garlic and onion in 1 tsp margarine, add the minced beef, cooked the beef until becomes brown then add the diluted mushroom soup.

• Next, add the mushroom and shrimp, cook and stir on medium heat at 5-7 minutes or until the shrimp turns orange. Add salt and pepper to taste.

• Add the pasta to the mixture of shrimp, beef, mushroom and the creamy soup, mix lightly, then add the heavy cream and condensed milk, mixed it completely.

• Serve it right away, with grated cheese to make it truly delightful and cheesy.

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Paddington House of Pancakes

We Live for Pancake 
(interesting phrase from their logo)

Paddington House of Pancake (PHOP) just opened recently. The impact obviously perceives when suddenly a lot of people are craving for pancakes. I can tell by the commotion of netizens who posted positive and negative thoughts about it elsewhere especially on its first two weeks of operation. Our eagerness to know the difference lead us to ventures their doorstep.

On our first visit to PHOP together with our good friend Mdm Sheils and her son Jack, we started to feel the ambiance of the place with a combination of French, American, and Mexican nature. Noticeable are  their displays, wall interior designs ,and center are mostly in their menu's. It was a very nice and comforting place. The romantic atmosphere through the soothing sounds of classic love songs added in the milieu.  

They also have marvelous place dedicated to the kids. Their play section was great with huge blackboards, a lot of colorful toys and books for kids. 

(Could'nt show any better how my kids love to stay here)

Our first visit together with Madam Sheils and handsome son Jack. Enjoying the ambiance of the place and the soothing sound. Taking a lot of snapshots while waiting for all the food to be served.

This was the first dish  we ordered. It was obviously covered with pancake mixture and inside are combinations of seafood, beef, tomatoes, cheese, some veggies and spices. Savory sauce and of course the tasty pancake.

I can't remember the name of this dish. It's like Honolulu or something hehehe, the thin crust is also made from the mixture of pancake tops with pineapple tidbits, beef, different types of cheese, herbs partially its like an Hawaiian pizza but pan of pancake . The fad of pancakes is just all in their dishes from appetizers, main course, desserts. Surprisingly, its a pancake house lol.

The name of this dish is Lucerne, the pan is also made from the mixture of pancake and tops with homemade sauce, fresh tomatoes, cheese, mixed seafood (prawn, mussels, squids) and herbs plus more spices and ingredients on it.

After the next five days, dreaming of the gigantic burger that needs to try before I get sick lol , we visited once again. It was in my dream that I ate the whole bulky burger but in reality I didn't able to do it co'z its really such an enormous and being so conscious in my weight (thanks heaven that I can still hide my fats somewhere) I force myself not, and afterwards we got a nice box back home.

This dish is what they call the Mexican Double Burger. It has sesame puffins pancake bun with double lamb patties, sliced fresh tomatoes, pineapple ring, double layer cheese, a small slice of avocado, fries and salad/gherkins.

(Makakalimutan mo ang pangalan mo pag natikman mo eto) ahaha literally.. Just the name. Its so delish that we forgot the name. Its like Pancake omelet spice with potatoes, zucchini, onion and other veggies, mushroom and the ambrosial grilled herbed lamb or beef shoulder spice with mashed potatoes & yogurt mint sauce. Different dips and side dishes to spice it tastefully.

Like I said earlier, their serving is humongous so we ended up being full without trying out their dessert, it should be but maybe will try it next time we visit.

This place becomes the latest fads to others, the reason why we will surely go back for more enormous dishes. We will probably expect the sweetest dessert and more creation to come along,  it would be the next to dream on lol.

Just sharing with you these experiences and the food that we tried. Never been really sure for what it has or it maybe. These are all my thoughts and understanding. The menu that we shared for the first time cost us $70 (drawback,? It maybe a little bit pricey, but for the size of the dish that are huge, it was just right). The second time we visit (with just us) it cost us $52.

Verdict     : Food is delish

                : Place is awesome
                : Service is great
                : Price is pricey lol.(noted, not so-so, just depends)

https://www.facebook.com/PaddingtonPancakes

Contact no:  2331668

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