Category Archives: Dining

Yacon, Apple of the Earth

Last Sunday, when we went to Market One Sunday Market, I chanced upon some root crops being sold. I thought it was “kamoteng kahoy” or cassava and I thought about buying several pieces. The salesperson told me it is in fact yacon. And I asked what it was again. She told me it is called yacon and it is good for those who are likely to suffer diabetes.

Hmm…I have heard about this a few months back from a student’s mom who buys the same root crop in the same place.

I asked the salesperson what it tastes like and she said it tastes like “singkamas” or what is erroneously referred to as turnips. Singkamas is in fact called jicama (pachyrhizus erosus). I got curious since I love munching on this singkamas.

I got one piece only. It was a bit expensive, compared to singkamas which can be bought for PhP25.00 for a bunch of 5-6 pieces. The one piece I got was PhP40.00(almost USD1.00).

I peeled the yacon around noon today. And took photos of the sliced flesh.

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After a while, I noticed that the flesh discolored. I didn’t know that discoloration happens the flesh has been exposed to air, like apples and eggplants.

I tasted one piece and it tasted good. Sweetish, like a part apple, a part jicama and a part pear. So that is why it is also called the Apple of the Earth. It is also dubbed as the Healing Crop.

I didn’t want to eat it as it is so I thought about making a salad and putting some pieces which I sliced in strips. This was what I got:

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Click here to read about more about this root crop called yacon.


Market One at Lung Center in Quezon City

It has been a longtime since we last visited Sidcor, now called the Market One, located at the Lung Center in Quezon City. Here, one can find a lot of fresh produce, freshly baked goodies, organic food, live crabs and other fish products, cooked food, plants, pets, furnitures and the usual stuff like accessories, clothes and knick-knacks.

This is a few minutes from where we live.

Why we chose to go there yesterday resulted in both good and bad decisions.

It was a bad decision because it rained a just after we got there. Hubby and the two younger kids just got themselves a box of pizza, some drinks and went to eat in the car. Trixie and I went around to look for things to bring home. I wasn’t able to take photos too.

On the other hand, it was a good decision because we were able to get good fish parts. We had a “maya-maya ulo sinigang sa miso” or snapper (head) sour soup with miso. We also got vegetables, a tray of eggs (30 pieces), a grilled tuna for lunch and a piece of yakon (this is going to be another post).

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One of the many fish stalls at Market One. This was where I got my snapper head and other fish parts (upper right side of photo).

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Grilled fish. The stall’s tarp sign says it is Grilled Tuna but it doesn’t taste like tuna to me. Anyway, we still enjoyed it for lunch. I had it with fresh tomatoes and raw onions (gah!).

Litratong Pinoy: Balingkinitan

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Ang tema sa Litratong Pinoy ay BALINGKINITAN. Sa madaling salita, ang ibig sabihin nito ay mala-bote ng Coca Colang katawan, hindi yung 1.5 or 2 liters ha dahil kahit may pagkabalingkinitan iyon, medyo may kalakihan (natatawa…)

The theme for Litratong Pinoy is Sexy, Slim, Curvaceous, Voluptuous or any word that means “sexy”. In other words, it means a body that looks like a Coca Cola bottle, not the big one that comes in 1.5 or 2 liters though.

Ito ay isang usaping ayaw ko pag-usapan dahil ako ay hindi na ganito ngayon. Oo, alam ko, isa yan sa batayan ng mga karamihan sa pagiging presentable ng isang babae pero hindi naman yun ang tanging batayan dahil ang puso daw naman talaga ang importante. Pero siyempre, puso at kalinisang loob ba ang gagamitin kung kelangang magsukat ng bagong damit at walang kumasya dahil puro sa mga mapapayat lamang ang kasya na mga tinda? Hehehe…

This is one topic I would rather not talk about because I do not look that well unlike before. Yes, I know, that being that is one of the characteristics that people find in women as desirable although it is not as important as having a good heart. Of course, on the other hand, it is not the good heart and kind disposition that will be measured when buying new clothes especially when nothing will fit since most of the clothes are just for those who are slim. Hehehe…

Hay naku. Eto ang aking interprestastyon sa balingkinitan, lalagyan ng mga ilalagay sa pizza. (Dito, makikita ang ibang larawang kasama niyan, isang Bloggers Food Trip sa Trinoma.) Gusto ko ang mga lalagyan kasi me kagandahan naman ang disenyo. Pero siyempre, gusto ko din kung saan ilalagay ang mga nasa loob 😀 (kaya nga hindi na balingkinitan eh)

Sigh. Below is my interpretation of the word, containers for pizza flavors. (You can see some more photos here which I took during a Bloggers Food Trip at Trinoma) I like the design of the containers, But of course, I also like where it will be put 😀

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Out to Dinner

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It was Father’s day yesterday.

We just stayed in the whole day and had home cooked breakfast and lunch. We went to hear mass late in the afternoon. We also went out to dinner, kids’ choice and they chose this:

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Blog Events in Metro Manila

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Friday and Saturday were full of blog events for me. You can click that -> Spot Pass Trinoma Bloggers Food Trip for more details about the blog event where we went to 18, yes, 18 restaurants from 2pm-8pm I am so thankful that I was with Cookie (and Wenchie too though she went home earlier) because she is a perfect companion for this kind of event.

Here is 343rd photo I took from that event:

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GreenBucks at Five Cows Resto and Ice Cream Bar.

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IBlog4 Summit at the Malcolm Theater in UP Diliman. I went with hubby, my son Julian and Jazz with Kevin who made the worksheets I brought for him.

I saw Dine, Jane, Noemi, Alice, Joni, AJ, Benj, Dexter, Joy, and a lot more other bloggers who look familiar to me and some who also participated in the Friday’s affair.

See another entry here. View more Weekend Snapshots here.

Have a great week everyone.

Here are some entries about iBlog4: