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 ...
Did you know there is a difference in mixed vegetables in the Philippines? Dinengdeng and laswa came from Ilocos Law-oy came from Visayas and Mindanao Bulanglang came from Batangas Do you wonder what the difference on each four mixed vegetables? Dinenegdeng uses fried or grilled fish Laswa uses shrimp instead of fish. Bulanglang uses fried fish, tuna or bagoong The difference in Bulanglang is the vegetables are steamed along with patoloa, malunggay, okra, eggplant, amplaya, kalabasa, string beans and tomato. Bulanglang na Gulay ng Batangas Recipe Ingredients: 1 1/2 Cup - Malunggay leaves 10 Pieces - String beans (sliced) 3 Pieces - Eggplant (cut in half and sliced) 5 Pieces - Okra (cut the top and slice in the middle) 1 - Patola (sliced) 2 - Cups Kalabasa - squash (cubed) 2 - Ripe Tomato (wedged) 4 - Cloves Garlic (minced) 2 - Tbsp - Ginger (sliced) 1 - Knorr Cube (any flavor) 4 - Cup Water Patis (fish sauce) to taste Cooking Instructions: Step 1: Sauté garlic, onion and gin...