Family was informed by their friends to try Blackbird at the Nielson Tower and asked Mom Violy if she has ever been there before. Mom Violy had no clue what it was asked Carmina to look it up and see what kind of food they serve. Carmina gave the phone number to Mom Violy make a reservation for a family lunch. On the day of the reservation, we arrived early and were allowed to enter before the official opening time of eleven o’clock in the morning. We decided to stay in the lobby, where we were asked if we wanted anything to drink. Carmina took videos inside and learned about the history by talking to the staff. One hour later, people started coming into the restaurant and took their seats at the reservation table, browsing the menu to decide what to order. Our family members were running late, but we didn’t get bored thanks to the friendly staff. More customers kept arriving and placing their orders, and we couldn’t help but glance at their dishes, curious about what ...
Tikoy comes during the month of February in celebration of Chinese New Year. Tikoy is made of glutinous rice that has been pounded and shape into a circle like a cake form that is flat. You can it in Eng Bin Tin or Chinese deli. There are different types of flavor to choose from tikoy that becomes available: White Tikoy Brown Tikoy Muscovado Tikoy Red Bean Tikoy Sweet Corn Tikoy Ube Flavor Pandan Flavor There are different ways to cook tikoy Some people scramble the egg into a bowl and dip the sliced tikoy than fry it under little amount of cooking oil. My favorite way cooking tikoy is just like a turon. Instead of using banana I would add slice tikoy with jack fruit. You can find my recipe in Filipino turon. You can add banana with sugar and cinnamon powder with tokoy wrap it up in a lumpia wrapper. Tip : The reason why I don't like frying with egg it is hard to get it from the pan. It spread and gets sticky afterwards. I find it easier to wrap in ...