Foodie philistine that I am, the most important thing I learned that night was the difference between Persian and Mediterranean cuisine. Apparently, Persian food has more subtle but richer flavors and is generally less spicy and less dry than Mediterranean fare. Naturally, since it was another Eat’s a Date event – and a special one [...]
Who doesn’t like the classic Pinoy Bistek? Derived from the western beef steak, bistek has a distinct Filipino twist as the dish incorporates many other flavors to the mix, particularly the tangy kick from the calamansi. Cooking and ‘styling’ is courtesy of my wife, and shot with an external flash and tripod using my trusty [...]
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While this post is long overdue – blame it on the numerous this and that’s I needed to attend to these past few days – posting this at the beginning of what is considered the ‘month of love’, February, is fitting in so many more ways than one. Although I’ve been fortunate enough to be [...]
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It’s an understatement to say that it’s challenging to keep a restaurant afloat, especially in times like these. Customers have so many other options, and frankly, tastes change faster than you can say Jack Robinson. One thing is in this month or this year, another the next month or the next year. During the couple [...]
I have no idea how American diner food tasted back in the 80’s, but if it was anything like our recent sampling from Mr. Jones, then it must have tasted very good indeed. The next OpenRice Eat’s a Date me and my wife attended had us a fairly new dining establishment in the fairly new [...]
Let me say this at the beginning: I’m not a big fan of sandwiches. That being said though, I was pleasantly surprised when I got to sample a couple of ‘slabwiches’ from Chuck’s Deli at the Eat’s a Date event sponsored by OpenRice.com. I’ve eaten at couple of high-end sandwich / deli shops before, but [...]
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One of the easiest dishes to experiment with is pasta, so it follows that my wife (who now blogs, by the way, HERE) is more inclined to try out new pasta dishes when she cooks at home, like this simple Chicken and Tomato Pasta, as opposed to more conventional and more complicated recipes. Anyway, I believe this [...]
Categories: Food,General Photography,Personal,The Mundane
I’ve been so swamped these past few months that I completely forgot to blog about Chatime. Good thing I accidentally stumbled across the images recently so I figured it would be worth sneaking in a few minutes to write about it. Anyway, the branch I visit the most often is the one in Pioneer Centre, [...]
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When you do not get to go out and shoot often (like me) you need to have something to scratch the itch with – something that justifies bring out your equipment and shooting something worthwhile. And so, with my wife being a great cook, I set myself to try doing some food shoots at home [...]
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While ‘serious’ food photography is something that involves food stylists and all other sorts of props and effects that in the end, usually renders the food itself inedible, it is possible to achieve food shots right at home – and then eat the thing immediately after! Case in point: Spaghetti e Aglio Olio with Seafood [...]
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Tagged: food photography, food photography at home