I'm a food enthusiast. I love food. What you will read here are not the newest restaurants or the latest food trends. What you will find here are foods, recipes that I like, happen to eat, happen to love and would like to write about.
A self-confessed sweet tooth (choco-holic, Coke Addict and emotional eater), I'm trying to make healthier choices when it comes to eating, hence the name Salad Caper.
Read about my food trips, food loves {labs}, Tatak Pinoy foods and some occasional Food for Thought thrown in.
I hope you also join me in my weekly Q&As: Food Choices and Food For Thought.
We are living in the Coffee Town of the Philippines.
And nowadays, almost all the households have coffee beans in their garage and backyard. They even have them in basketball courts and in the sidewalk.
A few meters away is the Figaro Farm as well.
Coffee Beans ready for drying.
Dried Coffee Beans.
This is how it looks [...]
Have you ever eaten balut?
Balut has been a native delicacy in our Pinoy culture. Many a Filipino have gone to the streets waiting for a street vendor to come so they can buy it. I havent eaten balut in a loooong time. I was traumatized by my last balut eating . I think I [...]
Durian is a fruit in season found in Mindanao. It has a big reputation for “smelling like hell but tasting like heaven.” Considered an aphrodisiac, durian also is high in cholesterol so make sure you eat it slowly. I have never tried it eating the fruit, as I really cannot stand the smell , [...]
