Me... a Goat?

Technically, I am a bull and a monkey based on my astrological signs, but here in the Philippines, it's a common nickname (as a form of a tease) to call someone a goat when they love eating vegetables, especially the leafy ones.

Well, I really don't mind being called a "goat," for I do love to eat the greens. I actually eat more vegetables than fruits, although I could say that I would never eat okra come what may. Anyway, this veggie is called "kangkong" here in the Philippines, english name swamp spinach. Usually used in sinigang dishes, this vegetable is also cooked as an appetizer (leaves dipped in a batter then fried), or in this case, adobo.

Once I planned to cook sinigang, but it wasn't materialized because mom brought home ready to eat foods, so the next day, instead of letting the kangkong turn yellow, I decided to cook it a la adobo. A very simple dish, but I love this one a lot. This might be a lowly vegetable, but this fibrous veggie is definitely a wonder for people with digestion and bowel problems.

*** Jenn ***

Eye Candy

Growing up, I never really liked eating chocolate candies. Maybe it's because we cannot afford it before, or possibly it's because our late father used to hoard all chocolate candies so only he can eat it. =) Actually, while both are indeed true, I am happy not be as addicted as my dad was to chocolates, because if I got that trait from him, we would probably fight over chocolates while he was alive.

Anyway, these chocolates were given to my sister by her friend and kumare who resides in Macau. My sister helped her with her school papers, so when her friend's husband came back to the Philippines, they gave sis a bag of Cadbury chocolates. This was an old picture, I shot this one for our family blog and for my sister's blog in Multiply (she's not really a blogger, but at times she updates her Multiply site).

*** Jenn ***

ps - I am still wondering why the PR of this blog has dropped from 2 to "?". I hope it'll change.

Dinner in Bohol

{To continue with the vacation foods...}

06 November 2008 - K and I took the 9:30PM bus ride from Vigan the night before and we arrived in Manila 6:30AM. Because our luggage were heavy and big, we decided to hail a taxi from the bus terminal going straight to the airport. Our flight to Tagbilaran, Bohol was at 12NN, but as early as 7:30AM, we've already checked-in our luggage and we just stayed at the lobby where we await for the flight.

I already shared the breakfast I had at the airport for Food Friday a few weeks back, so I will now fast forward... =)

We arrived in Bohol nearly 2PM and after checking in at the Dumaluan Resort in Panglao Island, K and I rested first and late in the afternoon, we walked along the beach. One of the famous resorts in Panglao - the Bohol Beach Club - was just next to Dumaluan, so we went there, too, just to "see" how it was. While walking back to our resort, we saw this chef grilling some foods and automatically I told K that I wanted to eat chicken barbecue. K suggested we check out what Dumaluan has to offer.

It took a while before we ate dinner, and since the foods in Dumaluan was reasonable, we decided to eat there.

Since I was already craving for it, I had the chicken barbecue, while K had the resort's specialty, the Bacon Wrapped Banana. I forgot the exact name of the food, but it was delicious! I apologize for the poor image on the foods, lighting was so bad as we were eating near the shore. If I put on the flash, it would look much horrible, and if I put on the auto or the night mode, everything was too dark. I took this on the manual mode and my camera gives blurred images if I have it on manual on a low light setting.

But really, these foods were delicious! K and I loved the mix of the salty bacon and the sweet banana, and paired it with the veggies, it was so great! My chicken barbecue was delicious, too! I loved how it was seasoned and cooked. Not being able to eat lunch, K and I surely had a feast!

*** Jenn ***