Seablings Seafood Restaurant

I have been away from my hometown for almost three years. There's a lot of changes in my city and it is booming every minute. The Tourism Industry is doing good as well as the business establishments that cater food. Today, my friends and I visited a newly opened Seafood Restaurant along the highway of Opol, Misamis Oriental.Seablings Seafood Restaurant offers an awesome ambiance, wonderful view by the beach and great food. It is located along the highway of Opol, Misamis Oriental
This is Tinolang Isda, the best ever tinola which I tasted so good.

Finally, the Seafood Basket which comprises shrimp, calamare, fish fillet and Kinilaw.

Camiguin and Pastel

This picture is the White Island in Camiguin which is located in Northern Mindanao in the Philippines. Camiguin is a booming tourist destination in the Philippines. Photo courtesy from skyscrapercity.com

If you love crowd, visit Camiguin Island during Lanzones Festival. It is usually done during the middle of October every year. My cousin sent me a postcard showing lanzones in it and I was so delighted. During the Holy Week, thousands of visitors walk around the 64 km-circumferential highway as a form of sacrifice in fulfillment of a vow. It is a religious event which attracts the visitors nationwide and from other countries. The place is a good retreat to be closer with family and appreciate nature. Blue water, fresh sea foods and when you return home, take Pastel with you for snacking. My friend Eleanor sent me this picture and I missed it right away. We are just lucky that the bakery Vjandep is in Cagayan de Oro City too. This delicacy is famous in Camiguin and visitors take advantage of buying it as "pasalubong" for families

photo courtesy:DAVE RYAN

Camiguin is my summer destination since childhood. I have a whole clan living in Mahinog, Camiguin Province, and I love the beach and the fruit crops in this place. I am just having a nostalgic moment over Camiguin which this Pastel came from. I miss this food.

My Kitchen Meme First Entry

A personal friend of mine Mommy Dharlz initiated this foodie meme in her new blog and of course I had to join in. I had known her since College days so, that was almost 20 years ago....hahaha. Wow! That long years indeed. Anyway, from then on we keep in touch and even had the same business ventures together. And now, here we are, still connected in blog land. She is a smart woman and no dull moment with her really, if she's around. A good cook and I just love her lasagna and puto/rice cake. So, check her out please. She knows that I am not a good cook. Hehehe. So, I can only share simple stuff that anyone could prepare. Like baking cookies...hehehe. I made this today just for this entry....hmm. It is a Pillsburry brand which I love too.Just few pieces for the three of us here. My hubby and FIL like cookies and I just found out that I like eating 'em too. LOL.

This is still the salted fish which Rio sent me. I think this is a dilis. I just fried it and added a brown sugar and pepper. Got a filipino foodie again.

Thanks for reading. Nothing special right? But, if you live far away from your country, this food taste like heaven.

Fried Salted Fish

This is a Filipino food called tuyo or dried and salted whole fish. My teenager nephew here was shocked to see the heads and for him its Ewww.LOL. Anyway, this food supposedly is not good for those who have a "high blood" pressure because it is salty. This is good to eat with white rice and home-made rice coffee during breakfast. Good for snacking too. Salted fish and boiled camote or sweet potato, salted fish and saging na saba or banana plantain.
Not all Filipinos love salted fish though. When you cook the salted fish, the smell is not pleasant. In the provinces, this food is common especially for breakfast and it is easy to prepare. The smell will not linger inside the house too because their kitchen has big windows. Keeping the air flow, in and out the house. Most of the houses in the province have no airconditioning unit. Why? No need for aircondition at all because the weather in the province is cool, fresh and clean.
I call this food as the food for the "common tao" in the Philippines. The smell might not be pleasant for others but for me, it smells good and appetizing. Thanks to Rio again for sending me this gift of food.

Popeyes

I must admit that I love fried chicken and my favorite is Popeyes fried chicken. I like the way how they seasoned their chicken and oh so crunchy! Well, I bought this 13 pieces for the whole family while we went fishing at National Seashore Park in Ocean Springs, Mississippi.
Yes! Definitely " Love that chicken" and I am BONAFIDE! hehehe...that is the saying in the ad.
This is the cute building of Popeyes. Not crowded right? You bet! We are the first customer when they open at 10AM.

Sardines

I cooked this yesterday. I need to eat a Filipino food because I got so hungry after the 3 days of not eating well. When I am sick, I only drink water and eat water melon, apples and strawberry. All the the rest of the food would make me feel puke. So, when I have my appetite back, I made an effort to cook my own food. We went to an Asian Store and bought this can of sardines. Easy to cook, no sweat at all.This is the result. It smells good and I use vegetable oil. I thought my hubby won't eat but, he ate half of this hehehe. He loves it.Yes, I always use big plate and I ate plain rice a lot...LOL! This plate is only the first plate, I have my second plate after. I need carbohydrates, it keeps me going!