Thursday, October 14, 2010
Tuesday, October 12, 2010
HOME IS WHERE THE HEART IS...
… and home is:
BULAN & BALONG: Tatay, masarap ba ang Chinese Food?
TATAY: Oo, lalo na 'yung pansit nila.
NANAY: Sige nga, i-treat mo kami ng Chinese food.
TATAY: Oks, 'dun tayo sa Binondo mag-dinner.
BULAN & BALONG: (after 10 minutes of travelling from the airport) Puede po bang sa Burger King na lang? Wala kasing ganu'n sa Nueva Ecija e puede ka namang magluto ng pansit everyday.
-End of story -
Monday, October 11, 2010
ONE FOR THE ROAD
This is for my former boss, Conrado "Ding" Navarro, in memory of our dinner at the Hong Kong airport some 3 years ago while on our way to Benin in West Africa (bottom photo). He ordered this same dish --- Taiwan beef noodle from a restaurant with the same name --- and I took a photo of him eating it. He underwent a heart surgical procedure a year later and never fully recovered. I was leaving for the US then and his parting words to me were: "One month lang ako sa ospital. Pagbalik mo okey na ako."
The broth is rich and flavorful, the noodles firm and just right. The chunks of beef are tender and the litid is so soft it literally melts in the mouth. But all that is lost as the memories of 3 years ago came flashing back...
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