Sinigang na Hito Na May Puso ng Saging (Catfish in Sour Soup with Banana Blossom)

Ingredients:

• 1 medium catfish, cut into 5 pieces
• 1 can banana blossom, drained and washed well
• 1/2 pouch sinigang mix
• ginger
• salt
• 2 pieces jalapeno (optional)

How to cook:

1. In a casserole boil water. Add the ginger.

2. Then the sinigang mix and banana blossom. Bring to a boil.

3. Add the catfish. Salt to taste.

4. Add the jalapeno on top.

Ginisang Ampalaya with Pork and Shrimp

Ingredients:

• 2 medium size ampalaya, thinly sliced
• 2 medium tomatoes, chopped
• 1 onion, chopped
• 3 cloves garlic, minced
• 1/4 lb pork, cubed
• 1/2 cup cooked shrimp
• 2 tsp. alamang (shrimp paste)
• 2 eggs
• 1 1/2 c water
• black pepper
• 2 tsp salt
• cooking oil

How to cook ginisang amplalaya with pork and shrimp:

1. Put the sliced ampalaya in a bowl.
2. To eliminate the bitter taste, add salt and....

Pritong Bisugo (Fried Golden Thread)

Ingredients:

• golden thread, cleaned (bisugo)
• flour
• salt

How to cook:
1. Season both side of fish with salt.
2. Roll fish in flour.
3. Fry in oil until golden brown. Drain on absorbent towel.
4. Serve with lemon and bagoong alamang (shrimp paste) as dipping sauce.

Isdaan Floating Restaurant in Gerona, Tarlac

It’s actually a theme park with a restaurant :-p . That’s how I see it.

First thing that will catch your attention: the giant Mayan/Aztec-themed sculptures along the hi-way at Gerona, Tarlac. There are giant fish too hanging from fishing-rods.

Upon entering the restaurant, you’ll find floating bahay kubos for dining. There’s a lot to see around the place. There are some giant urinating/spitting monkeys. It’s a multi-player game where the players try their luck staying dry. The winner (the one who stay dry until the end) gets 1 kilo of fish cooked any way the winner wants.

The tacsiyapo wall was featured many times on TV and on print. Guests buy a mug or plate (P8-15) or even a functioning TV (P1,500). Once you’ve chosen your “weapon”, take a deep breath, then throw your weapon unto the wall, break it into pieces and release your tension along with it.

That makes for a theme park, doesn’t it?

And then there’s the food, I almost forgot. A whole lot of comfort food, really. Seafoods, grilled and cholesterol-packed goodies, veggies! Ah, perfect for a stop-over on a trip between the metro and the north.

A statue of waiter peeing.

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How to get to Isdaan Floating Restaurant, Gerona Tarlac:

Directions to Isdaan Floating Restaurant is easy, just follow this route: NLEX ScTEX, exit at Tarlac, turn left going to Tarlac city proper and Hacienda Luisita then right on McArthur Highway. continue until you reach Gerona where the restaurant can be seen on your left. Travel time is about an hour from NLEX Dau exit entering sctex.

Pansit Bihon

Ingredients:

• 3 pieces chicken quarter legs, boiled and shredded
• 8 ounces bihon noodles
• 1 medium size carrot, cut into strips
• 1/2 medium size cabbage, shredded
• 3 cloves garlic, chopped
• 1/2 medium size onion, chopped
• 1 cup soy sauce
• 1 pork boullion cube
• 7 cups chicken broth
• black pepper
• cooking oil

How to cook pansit bihon:

1. In a large pan, sauté onion and garlic in oil.
2. Add shredded chicken and 1/3 cup soy sauce.
3. Simmer for 2-3 minutes.
4. Then add the carrots and cabbage.
5. Simmer for another 3-5 minutes. Remove from pan and set aside.
6. In the same pan pour about 5 cups of chicken broth. Bring to a boil.
7. Add the pork boullion cube and 2/3 cup soy sauce.
8. Soak the noodles in water for 1 minute.
9. Then add the bihon noodles in the pan. Mix well.
10. Add the remaining 2 cups of broth in the pan (the amount of broth depends on the kind of noodles used)
10. Cook until the noodles are soft.
11. Add the chicken and vegetable mixture. Mix well.
12. Season with black pepper.
13. Serve hot.

Pinoy Tsokolate (Filipino Hot chocolate)

Ingredients:

• cocoa balls or disks (tablea), found in Filipino market
• water

How to make pinoy tsokolate:

1. Boil 6 cups of water in a small pot.
2. Drop the 6 pieces of cocoa balls in the boiling water.
3. Keep stirring until the cocoa dissolve.
4. Serve hot with evaporated milk and pandesal.

Filipino Recipe Ginisang Sardinas

Ingredients:

• 2 small cans sardines (in tomato sauce with chili)
• 3 cloves garlic
, minced
• 1/4 onion
, chopped
• cooking oil

How to cook ginisang sardinas:

1. Heat oil in a pan.
2. Saute garlic and onion until fragrant.
3. Add the sardines and bring to a boil.
4. Serve with rice or with pandesal.