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Shop Til You Drop Grand Sale

kat — Tue, 07 Dec 2010 03:08:07 +0000

Gourdo’s, along with Living Well and Sleep Care is having another sale! Woot! My favorite? This uber cute Gourmet Getaway Bag selling for only 395:

Their store locations as follows:

Alabang
- Address :Home Zone, Upper Ground Level, Alabang Town Center Ayala Alabang, Muntinlupa, Metro Manila
- Contact No.:556-3966 to 67
Gateway
- Address :3/F Gateway Mall, Araneta Center Cubao, Quezon City
- Contact No.:913-2991
Gourdo’s World Market Alabang Town Center
- Address :Alabang Town Center
- Contact No.:
Gourdo’s World Market Greenbelt 2
- Address :Greenbelt 2
- Contact No.:
Greenhills
- Address :R1 and R2 Upper Level, Promenade Mall Greenhills Shopping Center, Ortigas Ave. Greenhills, San Juan, Metro Manila
- Contact No.:744-3087
Living Well Home Store SM Mall of Asia
- Address :SM Mall of Asia
- Contact No.:
Living Well Home Store The Podium
- Address :The Podium
- Contact No.:
Makati
- Address :3/F Glorietta 4, Ayala Center, Makati City
- Contact No.:757-5771
Sleep Care Alabang Town Center
- Address :Alabang Town Center
- Contact No.:
Sleep Care Glorietta 4
- Address :Glorietta 4
- Contact No.:
Sleep Care Shangri-la Plaza
- Address :Shangri-la Plaza
- Contact No.:
The Fort
- Address :Unit G, The Fort Entertainment Complex, Bonifacio Global City, Taguig Metro Manila
- Contact No.:887-0150
Trinoma
- Address :Lobby Level, Trinoma, EDSA Corner North Avenue, Quezon City
- Contact No.:901-3475

Grilled Liempo

kat — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 08:47:00 +0000

Again, there’s an inspiration behind this post =) Some weeks back, my officemate Rhenz introduced us to the goodness of Jumbo Liempo at Chiggy’s and immediately, I was intrigued at how they make such a tender and yummy liempo. I initially guessed that boiling may be the secret to such tenderness but I guess I’m wrong because when I finally cooked my own version of grilled liempo, it was tender enough even without the boiling part (too lazy to do that). This recipe is very simple and easy to make but very tasty. I am attributing my success to this very very nice ridged stovetop cast iron grill pan from Elba. Check out my pan, it has a ridged surface that produces appetising brown stripes and raises the food slightly to prevent it from sitting in fat. It also has non-stick coating so it is easy to wash. The steel wire handle folds over for convenient storage.

Here are the ingredients: • Soy Sauce • Calamansi • Optional: Salt • Pepper

1. Marinate the pork in the mixture of soy sauce, calamansi, garlic, and pepper for around 30 mins. 2. Heat the pan to a very high temperature. Note that cast iron pans are known to be a very good conductor of heat so it is really nice for grilling. 3. Brush small amount of butter to the pan before placing the pork.

4. Cook for around 10mins before turning the pork to the other side and wait for another ten mins before turning off the fire.

Multi Purpose Frying Pan

kat — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 04:47:00 +0000

This non-stick Sunnex pan is one of the most useful cookware I own; I actually have two favorites but I am only featuring the first one for now. I only bought this pan for around 900 pesos and all I can say is, it is worth every peso simply because I can use it for many purposes, it’s light, and it’s very easy to wash!

The pan is ideal for frying because even though it is kind of deep (for deep fry), it has small circumference to make better use of cooking oil. I mean, no need to put in tons of cooking oil just so you can deep fry your french fries or chicken.

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It is also ideal for cooking rice means like fried rice or paella because its depth helps prevent your rice from jumping outside the pan.

In summary, this pan is good for saving cooking oil, saving yourself from oil burns, and of course in saving yourself from cleaning the entire kitchen (from oil spills and flying objects).