Pasalubong From Iloilo

Nyl brought some Illonggo’s delicacies last Sunday which he bought in Iloilo during his five days vacation there.  

 

Pinasugbo.  This is one of my favorite.  My grandparents used to bring this caramelized sliced banana sprinkled with sesame seeds when they used to travel to Iloilo.  Because of it's crunchy,chewy and sweet taste I almost ate the whole pack of it and until this very day I'm still craving for it.

 

 Biscocho.  At first I thought it taste like the toasted bread that we usually buy here in the city but I was wrong, this one taste better.  We paired it with coffee which made it more tasteful.

 

Piaya. I used to call this one “piya-piya” which makes my friends laugh because it sounds funny.   It is a flat circular unleavened bread with creamy muscovado as its filling.  Today, they have different flavors in the market, the one that Nyl's brought was ube flavor.

Butterscotch.   This one is new to my taste.  It's like a banana cake which we usually ate here yet this one has a small slice of mango. Hehehe!!! 

To sum things up, Iloilo delicacy are one of the best delicacy I ever tasted.

Pork Afritada or Adobo???

I have to admit that there are only few dishes that I know how to cook.  To be exact, I only knew less that ten viand.

Gosh!

Anyway, so tonight I texted Nyl asking him what dish I could make with a few slices of pork meat and  few pieces of carrots and potatoes.  He suggested I should try pork afritada.

~nose bleeding~ hehehe! just kidding.

I informed him that I don't know how to do it and that I don't have all the ingredients needed especially the tomato sauce in which I remembered was one of the ingredients since this is a tomato-based stew dish, he told me that it was okay.  So he then texted me the recipes and the procedures in making this viand.  But I wasn't able to follow the entire procedure yet it taste good (tapping my shoulder for a dish well done).

So these are the ingredients and procedure I prepared and did.  If you know the exact name of this dish , please free to leave a message meanwhile let's just call it "Adofritada".  : )

INGREDIENTS:
- 1 piece bell pepper, seeded and slice
- 1 piece onion, sliced
- 4 cloves of  garlic, peeled and smashed
- 3 pieces of potatoes, diced
- 1 piece medium size carrots, diced
- soy sauce
- vinegar
- a cup of water
- 1 tablespoon of oil
- salt

Sorry, I can't give the exact measurement of the soy sauce, salt and vinegar I added since I just based it on how it taste.

PROCEDURE:
-  In a small size saucepan over a medium heat,  I saute the garlic in oil until golden brown.  I then added the
 onion until its color become lighter then I then added the bell pepper (hehehe!!! Nyls text was late the bell pepper was supposed to be added with the potatoes).
- I added the meat and wait until it turned light brown then I added the soy sauce, vinegar, water, carrots and potatoes.
- I then cover the sauce pan and simmer it until the carrots and potatoes were cooked.  I then added a small amount of salt to add more flavor.
-Then take a picture.  :) Hehehe!Just kiddng, turn-off the stove and serve.

My finished product.

My brother and his fiancee said it tasted good...YES!  Another tap on my shoulder.
Tonight I learned not only how to cook this dish but also I learned that nothing is impossible we just need to try doing something about it.