authentic Philippine vegetarian cuisine (you can use vegetarian substitutes and omit the shrimp or pork)
pinakbet (vegetable stew in salted shrimp paste or a vegetarian version of it): There are as many kinds and tastes of pinakbet, i think, as there are as many regions in the Philippines and as many cooks — some put lots of ginger, some put lots of tomatoes, some overcook and crush their okra (ohw-khra in English. i’m kidding, it’s also okra in English or ladiesfingers), some put crushed malunggay (moringga) vegetable-fruit, some use fish paste, some are “soupy”, or dry, or thick, etc.. i like mine smoking-hot from the stove but not overcooked, thick-stewed, with ginger, squash, tomatoes, sweet onions, ampalaya,(amargoso in Spanish, bitter gourd or bitter melon in English) eggplant, okra….Happy weekend!
the temperature in Metro Manila today, according to DZMM, is a low of 24 degrees centigrade to a high of 32 degrees centigrade. That means, right now, up to maybe about 7-ish in the morning, it would be as cool as summer in Baguio; but at midday up to late afternoon, not that cool but not hot. You don’t need a jacket at midday (unless you’re in airconditioned spaces).
Sunrise is in about an hour and 14 minutes from now.
i’m too lazy to run….lemme see… in a bit…i have an 8:30am downtown southeast , but since i underslept i wish now it was at 6am so i’d be done.
(i don’t have a blog category for this post! lemme see if i can find an original photo for it). Lazing around, lazing lazing for 20 minutes, okay, ta-tah, see you back here in a bit.
