Kim N' Chi

My husband has a new favorite fast food joint at Glorietta called Kim N' Chi. He raved about it a few months back so I got curious and tried it during one of our movie dates.

Kim N' Chi offers great korean dishes at an affordable price. The servings are huge and that spells the difference. My husband's favorite is the Beef Bulgogi Omu-Rice (P119). It is a heavy meal with its big serving of rice covered in egg plus a hefty serving of beef with noodles. It can actually be shared by two people with small appetite.

My favorite is Chicken Combo which includes a delicious grilled chicken, noodles, vegetables, spicy sweet dilis and egg rolls. And it only costs P119! How sulit is that?

Other great selections are the following:

Try these next time you stop by Glorietta Food Choices. :)

CHILI GARLIC POTATOES

Ingredients:

• 1/2 kg baby potatoes
• 1/4 cup butter
• 3tbsp olive oil
• 6-8 cloves of garlic, diced
• 4pcs jalapeno chilis, cut in to rings
• 3tsps balsamic vinegar
• salt to taste

How to Cook:

1. Wash the baby potatoes very carefully. Boil potatoes in their jackets until tender then cut it in half. Be careful not to overcook so that it won't break when we stir fry it later.
2. Heat the butter and olive oil in a skillet. It's important to have both in order to achieve a nice golden-brown crust.
3. Saute garlic and chilis until the garlic turns brown. Add the potatoes. Cook until the potatoes have a golden brown color.
4. Add the balsamic vinegar and salt.

This goes well with pasta or porkchop or roasted chicken. Enjoy!

BELL PEPPER PIZZA

Ingredients:
- 8pcs medium sized bell pepper cut in half
- 1pack bacon chopped
- 1can mushroom chopped
- Onion chopped
- 4oz  cream cheese softened
- Mozarella grated

How  to cook:

1. Saute onion,  bacon and mushroom until cooked. Add a few salt
2. Transfer to a bowl and let cool
3. Mix cream cheese  and 2/3 of  mozarella. Blend well.
4. Stuffed mixture inside bell pepper
5. Put remaining mozzarella cheese on top
6. Bake for 15mins in 350 degrees until cheese is melted 

You may also use pizza crust instead of bell peppers as it base.  Just put some pizza sauce before placing the bacon mixture and add chopped bell peppers on top.

Enjoy!

OREO TRUFFLES

I whipped up something new in the kitchen today. I was looking for a no-bake dessert that can also be served on parties since Mikeila's 2nd b-day is in a few months. Here's the recipe for Oreo Truffles (also called Oreo Balls)

Ingredients:
30pcs Oreo Cookies
8oz cream cheese, softened (for this recipe, I used Philadelphia cream cheese 1/3 less fat)
360g white chocolate chips used for baking

How to cook:

1. Crush the Oreos real good until you get a powdery consistency. You may do so by putting it in a blender or by placing it in a ziplock bag and manually crushing it with a baking pin.
2. Transfer to a bowl and put the softened cream cheese. Blend well with the Oreos until smooth. Refrigerate for 30mins.
3. While waiting, melt the white chocolate chips using a double boiler method or microwave. For the former, get a saucepan and fill a quarter of it with water. Simmer in low heat. When the water gets hot (not boiling), place another bowl on top of the saucepan uncovered. Make sure that the bowl is dry and that it does not touch the water below it. Put the chocolate chips and stir occasionally until chocolate is melted. Remove from the pan and set aside.
4. Take out the Oreo mixture from the fridge and form little balls the size of a lollipop. Dip each ball in the melted chocolate making sure that it is completely covered. Place the balls in a baking tray lined with baking sheet. Put a cocktail pick in each ball so that it will be easy and fun to eat
5. Refrigerate and let it set.

My husband loved this. Try this and it will surely be a hit especially to those with sweet tooth!
Enjoy!

PIG OUT! AT NUVALI

We celebrated my father's 64th birthday by dining out at Nuvali. There are a number of restaurants at Solenad that you can choose from (check out the list here) but we decided to go to Pig Out!

 
The interiors are cozy and clean. The staffs are friendly. We ordered Chicharon Fried Rice, Trio Sinigang, Inihaw na Spare Ribs Adobo and Seafood Platter.

EVERYTHING IS ABSOLUTELY DELICIOUS!

 

Trio Sinigang
This is really good. The soup is made of tamarind, guava and kamias. We thought it would be too sour but the combination is just right.

Inihaw na Spare Ribs in Adobo Sauce

The meat is so tender and very tasty. This dish is highly recommended especially if you're a meat lover.

Chicharon Fried Rice

Pig Out!'s best seller. And I totally understand why. "Kanin pa lang, ulam na!"

Seafood Platter

A combination of grilled tilapia, bangus, calamares, prawns and mussels. Perfect for groups.

The kids had fun playing at the cut outs!

The staff are customer friendly but one thing we didn't quite like is that they are so eager to clean our table. I don't mind if they want to take out the empty plates immediately but what's weird is that they clean out our "mumu" while we're still eating! I hope they change that though.

Overall, we highly recommend Pig Out! when you visit Nuvali. We'll definitely be back here again.

DEVILED EGGS

Hi there! Here's a tasty twist to hard boiled eggs. This is so easy to make so hope you can try this yourself.

Deviled Eggs

Ingredients:
2pcs hard boiled eggs
1 dash refined black pepper
pinch of Maggi magic sarap or iodized salt
mayonnaise
paprika (optional)

How to cook:

1. Cut the hard boiled eggs in half
2. Take the yolks out and mash up. 
3. Add pepper, Maggi magic sarap or salt and mayonnaise then mash it up again. Be careful not to make it too salty.
4. Put a spoonful of yolk mixture in each egg
5. Sprinkle a little bit of paprika on top (optional)

 Without Paprika

 With Paprika

Chicken & Tuna Pesto Pasta

I love to cook on my spare time. Here's a simple pasta recipe that you can whip up for merienda or parties.

Chicken & Tuna Pesto Pasta

Ingredients:
500g fusilli pasta (cooked as directed)
3 cans tuna flakes (i like to combine two variants - in vegetable oil and hot & spicy)
1 small pouch Clara Ole Cheesy Pesto Sauce
1/4kg boneless chicken cut into cubes 
Olive oil or butter
garlic
garlic powder
pepper
Maggi magic sarap

How to cook:

1. Marinate chicken cubes in pepper, garlic powder and magic sarap for 15-20mins
2. In a skillet, saute garlic and chicken until brown. Mix in the tuna but drain and reserve the oil. Add some pepper
3. After several minutes, put the pesto sauce and the rest of the oil from the canned tuna.
4. Salt to taste. Let it simmer for 10 minutes. 
5. Pour the pasta and serve while hot

Try this at home and let me know what you think. :)