A few months ago we tried a Filipino restaurant in city centre called Cafe Manila. We started with Gulaman at Sago, a sweet drink with tapioca pearls (sago) and gelatin-like cubes made from seaweed (Gulaman, or Agar-Agar). Refreshing and Fun. I had Tapsilog--
marinated beef, rice and a fried egg. Bill was feeling adventurous, and asked the waiter which was his favorite. He directed Bill to a dish with pig head, which came on a sizzling platter topped with a raw egg. The egg is stirred into the other ingredients, along with a squeeze of lemon, creating a 
sauce, not unlike a hollandaise. As a matter of fact, Bill proclaimed the dish "Hog Jowls and Hollandaise" and found it quite tasty. We saw many other appetizing items passing by, and definitely want to visit Cafe Manila again.
I had this "chile con carne" for lunch one day. Not bad. It had garbanzo beans in it, but had some actual spice.
Carnitas, corn tortillas and refritos at Chez Gunter.
A lovely tapas lunch plate at the delightful Cake Cafe, near my office.
A great summer dinner, tuna and couscous, created by Bill.A Chef Bill home run--garlic roasted pork loin with sweet potato chips and snow peas. Th
e pork was some of the best I've ever eaten. Thank you, Cook's Illustrated. And Bill.
Our recent guests have kept us supplied with US goodness. We've had plenty of Extra Crunchy Jif, salsa, Rotel, and chocolate chips
. We can enjoy graham crackers without paying €7.95, and eat shrimp with real cocktail sauce (made with chili sauce and prepared horseradish), and not the marie rose goop served with prawn cocktail here. We've found that g
rits perfectly complement an Irish Breakfast, and snacked on Tootsie Rolls. I drank a much anticipated and oh-so-refreshing Fresca! Thank you everyone for helping us indulge our taste buds!
3 comments:
You are guys are a lot of fun. I can see that the "burns" are back on Bill. We come to visit, the burns leave, we leave, the burns return.
I think that the pork dish looks delicious. And I can't believe that Grahm Crackers cost that much? Is there something extra that they do to the crackers to make them cost that much? Crazy.
Keep up the blogging, it is awesome. I will try and make a Tob update sometime soon.
Also, nice hair cut Sharon! Have I mentioned that yet? :)
Do I get a prize for posting before Peggy? I should.
OH! NO! Kevin beat me. I've been gone all day!!!!!!!!!!!!! I can't wait to see the Tob update! What a beagle!!!!! Kevin do you still take her for a walk every night?
I loved this post and I agree with Kevin. The pork plate is a cut above the rest.The tuna plate looked great too and the shrimp and chips plate. My favorite meal in Ireland was chef Bill's Irish stew. It was awesome along with the brown bread!
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