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Happy New Year, folks! I hope you guys had a great new year. Mine was relatively quiet, matched with a glass of champagne.
Anyway, I’m here to share with you one of the things that I love about the year that has passed, Emerald Garden’s Sesame crabs. The crabs was introduced to me by a friend a couple of years back and I’ve been longing to eat it ever since.
The crab is cooked simply, seasoned only with some salt and sesame oil. What I love about it is how the shell has this lingering saltiness that permeates to the flesh inside. I love how even my fingers taste like the crab when I give it a lick. My favorite part is the crab fat under the shell. It’s fried to a crisp and it’s strangely light to taste buds. So far, I haven’t felt my heart wrenching after eating the crab.
It’s such an amazing crab that I long to eat it every time I’m in Emerald Garden. It’s a little costly, costing around 800/crab, but the crab is big enough to feed a group of 4.
Next time you pop by Emerald Garden along Roxas Boulevard, make sure to order some Sesame Crabs!
Restaurant Tip
Emerald Garden
1170 Roxas Boulevard, Manila.
Just across the US Embassy.
When I was in college, a professor of mine asked us a big question, “How did the cavemen learn how to cook?” It was a question that stumped ALL OF US in our class. Some answered the had to learn how to make fire first. But my teacher said that they weren’t that smart yet to consider fire as a tool. Sorry Cavemen, my teacher thought low of your cranial capacity. Your effort to make fire was pale in comparison to our invention of ice cream. ^^v
Then the rest of the class (myself included) added some sillier stuff. For example, in an arid desert, a twig caught fire because it was too hot and it went down the ground. Near the fire was their meat for the day. As they left their meat beside the burning twig they realized it looked different and decided to eat it and found it yummy. Again, he said they were dumber. We kept suggesting more and all involved fire and some strange tools that we thought helped these cavemen to create their first cooked meal.
When ideas became a lot crazier, my teacher just sighed and decided to give us a scenario of a hot arid day and stones baking in the sun. After a tiring day of hunting, they decided to drop their hunt on this hot slab of stone and heard it sizzle. The smell of grilled meat lured the cavemen. They investigated this charred meat and by force of habit, tasted it and found that it was tasty. Hence, man’s first cooked meal.
I’m sure the tale sounds silly, but that’s how the life of neanderthals go. This story came to mind when I crossed a really interesting feature in Culinate.com about a blogger looking into food history. Her story of researching old menus reminded me of this teacher and his class. Recently, I also heard he went to England to look into food history. It’s amazing to see a burgeoning fascination for food history. I can only imagine the methods employed in research. But that’s just the geek in me talking. If this interests you, you can also check our food timeline.
Flickr, I love you. And you didn’t have to pay me for it! You just had to feed me. :3
I attended this weekend’s 24 hours of flickr party at the Ayala Museum. Having been a flickr owner for some time, I went there in hope of nothing but just meeting fellow flickr friends and to celebrate with flickr. Yes, flickr is that nice for me. Its simplicity and versatility has so much love. <3 <3 But I was utterly surprised with the freebies given to the attendees ( Pro Accounts Baby yeah!) and of course Ayala Museum’s great grub!
The food was great and perhaps the best I tasted so far. It was beyond the usual canapes and their blends of mixing fruits with cheeses were superb. Who knew that Kesong Kalabaw (a local cow’s cheese) would match with papaya. Who would have thought of pomelo tarts? Even Flickr Cupcakes!? Well they did and they tasted great! My favorites for the night were the smoked peppers with Kesong Kalabaw and their roast beef which was just divine (and cooked well, at that!) I heard that the cafe itself has great meals and maybe someday, when I have some extra cash I’ll get into eating in that restaurant!
Everytime I think of pancit, I always remember an office mate of mine who told a joke that concerns a popular motel chain and their good tasting pancit, using the pancit as cover for an amorous affair. Well, people who buy from this pancit chain need not worry that their lovers or husband came from some dubious place. Manosa’s is at the center of Makati’s Business district and far from the stretch of love motels, so you know it came from a clean and happy place.
If I am in search for some chinese pancit, I always go to this pancitan for that warm bowl of noodles. Their restaurant reeks of soy and if you had left the store you’d probably be smelling like pancit. It’s simple but an enticing place to eat.
Their specialties are of course pancit! They have the usual chami, miki, miki bihon, lomi, lobihon, lomikibihon and the likes. Their pancit costs asround P120 but they can feed 3 people full! The last time I tasted pancit as good was this was from Binondo. Manosa uses Chinese ingredients and seasonings for the pancit that you feel like you ordered it fresh from Binondo or 168′s Food hall. They also have other chinese dishes such as siomai which are the largest I’ve seen (for that price at least). For 60 bucks I get 4 siomais that are as big as golf balls. They’re lovely, especially with chili garlic sauce.
The Manosa experience brings the Binondo-esque pancit closer to the workplace. Finally, you don’t have to brave through Manila traffic just to eat good pancit. If you don’t want the dry Chowking experience or the costly North Park or Mann Hann pancits, then Manosa would be that perfect place to grab some noodle grub.
