Sinigang na Hipon sa Sampalok (Shrimp in Tamarind Soup)

I have yet to hear of a true-blooded pinoy who dislikes sinigang (sour soup). In fact, based on my personal survey, there would be one or two in a household who love sinigang to no end. Meaning,  sinigang is a must  in their weekly menu. 

Sinigang takes so many styles and variation. There's pork sinigang, fish sinigang, beef sinigang, shrimp sinigang and chicken which is differently called as sinampalukang manok. In addition, the souring agent also varies such that different fruits or vegetables are used to make the soup sour like kamias/kalamias, kalamansi, miso, guava (bayabas in filipino) and the most popular sampalok or tamarind.

Portuguese Inspiration: Peri-Peri Chicken

We are constantly on a lookout for ways to prepare or serve chicken to our family and guests. Here in the Philippines, the most common Filipino recipe for chicken would be Chicken Adobo or Adobong Manok, Chicken Tinola, Chicken Afritada, and of course, the all time favorite Fried Chicken. 

To give chicken a new twist, I made Peri-Peri Grilled Chicken. Peri-Peri or Peli-Peli is a  Portuguese specialty which is very flavorful and considered to be the counterpart of Pinoy Lechon Manok. The difference is mainly in the marinade since both require to be grilled over flame for that smoky effect.

Serena Williams Bags Her 5th Wimbledon Title

I'm not really the sporty type nor do I watch sports on TV a lot. But I follow Serena Williams (@serenawilliams) on Twitter and I saw her tweet:

This was after beating Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland with scores 6-1, 5-7, 6-2.

Serena proved that passion and dedication with hard work really pay off. Nobody expected that this champion will rise again after her life threatening medical condition a couple of years ago.

Congratulations Serena! 

Photo credit: Reuters

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Thor is Trending on Twitter and Facebook

Can't help it but the Thor thing has quite reached a disturbing level. For the past two days or so we've been seeing a LOT of Thor jokes going around social media.

So, you may ask, "What's Thor got to do with food?" ... Well, take a look at these:

Thor version of the yummy Turon Saging

My nephew's favorite Tortang Talong or Eggplant Omelette

One of our comfort food - the spicy Granny Goose Tortillos

 The star in every Thanksgiving dinner...WITW???

Enough Thoready!

Hot News: Anderson Cooper Admits He's Gay

One of my favorite TV Personality is Anderson Cooper.

The guy is a self-confessed picky eater.

He now admits being gay. But hey, didn't we all know that before? Straight or not, we still love you Andy!

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