Friday, March 24, 2023

8 years after…

 Wow it’s been 8 years since I’ve last posted on this blog…quite some time - many things have happened since then. Lots of ups and downs in my life but I’m a survivor and will continue to pull through no matter what.

I still love food and decided to start updating again here after a tasting dinner we had last night in one of the restaurants that is part of the group I’m currently connected with. I was seated beside Chef S, our current corporate Chef and we talked about memorable meals and I explained to him the story which got me to be obsessed with food: my meal at El Bulli. There’s and extensive 3 part post at the beginning of this blog site if you would care to read it.

Last night was a tasting dinner by Chef Manny, my former head chef in one of my restaurants. He left during pandemic for Spain and is based in Barcelona now. I’m happy to see how he has evolved as a chef and how his creativity has flourished. He cooked along side Chef Gerard Lorente who is also based in Barcelona- he is an equally creative and excellent Chef.

The theme of the dinner was Cocina-Kusina- a play on their Filipino and Spanish culinary roots. Here are women of the notable dishes we had:

Sinigang


Canelones de rabo de Toro with Kare kare sauce


Pluma Ibéricas with Diniguan sauce



                                               Arroz Meloso wit cutlefish
                    


                                                The Chefs at work  pre dinner