Weekend Eating | Binagoongan / Ginataan

Today, I harvested my first ampalaya. Like the fruit where I took the seeds, it was a bit small, and I hoped to share a picture of a dish using my harvest, but my mom and my siblings attended a birthday party two houses away from us, and since they ate quite a lot, they decided not to eat dinner anymore. I did cook something for myself, but because I just manicured my nails, my dinner wasn't spectacular.

Saturday lunch, brother decided to cook the liempo delivered to us because it has been sitting in the freezer for a week now, and because we try to consume meat within the week of purchasing it, brother thought of cooking it a la Binagoongan.

Sis: Ano'ng ulam?

Me: Ay, alam ko... Binagoongan.

Sis: Ahhh, kaya pala may talong (sa ref)?

Bro: Yep yep.

Sis: Ayos, tapos lagyan ng gata!

It turned out really good. I do love dishes with gata (coconut milk), and the blend of the bagoong alamang and the gata and the chili garlic sauce sister cooked was something that made me eat quite a lot that lunch.

Thanks for cooking, kuya!

So... what did you have last weekend? If you're new to the Weekend Eating meme, you can read the rules and get the badge codes HERE.



*** Jenn ***