Hip Hip Hooray! I think after almost two months (?! has it been), Food Choices is back

And Im going to make it easy for you this week - I just remembered that the food court at Glorietta is aptly named Food Choices

Tell me your favorite food at the food court of a mall your frequent (If you dont have one, give me specific foods at a restaurant you frequent).

Here are mine:
SM Food Court - Sizzling Plate
I remember going here as a kid and feasting on “steaks”. Back then, I thought this was the best tasting steak ever, until I tasted Outback and Annabelle’s I have fond memories as a child going here. I still go up to now - I go for the gravy.

Food Choices -
1. Cajunn’s
Nuff’ said.
WHAT!? You dont know Cajunn’s (did I spell that right?)

2. Lord Stow’s Egg Tart
Ack. Im craving.

3. Fruit Magic

Spice Up Your Eating
The hunt for the perfect condiment!

What sauces, herbs, condiments do you usually reach out for to spice up your eating?

We Pinoys have such a strong habit for “sawsawan”. We love tasty food and our vast range of condiments at our home (and even in restaurants) are proof of that.

I remember when I was 16 and went to the US for a vacation, my uncle treated us to Outback (a steakhouse). Im a steaklover and was so excited to taste my first authentic prime rib. It was so soft, so thick, but BLAH. It tasted good after A1 and Worcheister sauce though

I only have two condiments that needs to be IN STOCK all the time at our house or Ill go mad: KETCHUP and PATIS.

Ketchup, or specifically, Del Monte Tomato Ketchup I dont like sweet, I like them sour with a zang (Original please). When I was a kid (say until I was 6 or 7), I used ketchup on EVERYTHING: even on daing na bangus, tocino, tapa, and yes, even food with soup on it (yack, I know). It’s a good thing I grew out of it already otherwise, Im sure you’d be losing an appetite when you see me eat I also gobble them up especially when have fried chicken. Proof that it is all in the genes: Martha makes papak the packets from McDo when she watches TV

Patis, or fish sauce! Oh what will we do without it?! My mom is such a great patis user - she taught me to use it tocino, tapa with egg, afritada and even eggplant (instead of vinegar). Everything is just tastier with patis - bulalo, nilaga, tinola….yummy! It doesnt help I married a man who is Bicolano and loves sili so the patis became this:

Spicy food makes you consume more rice, dont you know?

ULTIMATE COMFORT FOODS
By now, just by reading my blog, you can glean from my entries that Im not really a good cook nor am I excited to be one. I am trying and Im taking the first step by familiarizing myself with market terms and entress. But sad to say, I havent really progressed

So our choice for this week is to just blog about our ultimate comfort foods - foods we crave for everytime we are blue, down and low. DO NOT give my the generic answer of chocolate and cakes and everything sweet because you will be stealing MY answer (hehehe), just be specific.

Who knows…you might find a new comfort food to try.

Here are mine:
1. Milo powder with very little water to make it a gooey paste. I make papak all the time. (And yes, it needs to be Milo).

2. Coke Zero with Cream-O (the blue one). If I can afford it, Chips Ahoy (the red one, soft and gooey).

3. Corn grizzled with butter and salt.

4. Banana cue. With Lots of Sugar

5. Razon’s Halo Halo.

6. Red Ribbon’s Coffee Crunch.

7. My Mom’s Spaghetti (recipe coming soon)

8. The Tamarind Candy you see at SM made in Taiwan. Shoot, I need to get a name and a link for that — you guys will love it! I strongly recommend it.

And Im going to end at number 8 because it’s 2 in the morning and Im getting hungry already! (again).

Lemme see what yours are!

Take on the Pounds:

1. Appetizer: Soup or Salad? Salad - Cesar’s Salad
2. Steak: Rare or Well-Done? Well done please.
3. Coffee: Caffeinated or Decaff? I can only tolerate decaff nowadays.
4. Chocolate: Milk or Dark? Milk. With Caramel and/or almonds please
5. Soda: Coke or Pepsi? Coke
6. Soda-Diet: Coke Light or Coke Zero (Pepsi Max anyone?) Coke Zero

Shed it off:

1. After eating, do you still do dessert? I MUST have dessert
2. Which do you prefer? Something sweet
3. Walk or Run? Walk.
4. (Answer to Number 3): Outdoors or In the Gym? At home. Treadmill.
5. Routine or Dance? Dance
6. Diet? After 6 diet.

Take on the Pounds:

1. Appetizer: Soup or Salad?
2. Steak: Rare or Well-Done?
3. Coffee: Caffeinated or Decaff?
4. Chocolate: Milk or Dark?
5. Soda: Coke or Pepsi?
6. Soda-Diet: Coke Light or Coke Zero (Pepsi Max anyone?)

Shed it off:

1. After eating, do you still do dessert?
2. Which do you prefer?
3. Walk or Run?
4. (Answer to Number 3): Outdoors or In the Gym?
5. Routine or Dance?
6. Diet?

**More variety next week. Let’s just start the ball rolling