Martes, Enero 31, 2012

BUGOY COOKING ep1: Singapore Tapang Bugoy!

One thing I missed from the Philippines is the food. There are quite a lot Filipino restaurants around Singapore, but still nothing can beat the real thing back at home.

One of the dishes that i missed the most is the very reliable Beef Tapa, which can be found anywhere in Manila. A night of drinking yourself stupid won't be complete without eating TapSiLog (Beef Tapa, Garlic Fried Rice aka Sinangag, Fried egg or Itlog) after the alcohol has mellowed down in your system!

So now, thanks to my very good friend, Chef Paulo Prieto (his blog is still under construction http://bogchi.blogspot.com), I was able to get a hold of a recipe of Beef Tapa!

Ladies and Gentlemen, let me introduce the Singapore Tapang Bugoy!

Ingredients:
1/2 kilo of Beef. (In our case since beef parts are scarce, we settled for Beef Shabu-shabu)
Soy Sauce
Vinegar
1 clove of Garlic
Ground Pepper
and the secret ingredient, KECAP MANIS!

Procedure:
1. Mince the garlic.



2. Create a concoction of vinegar and soy sauce. About 1 cup each or depending on how salty or sour you want it.


3. Mix the minced garlic and the concoction on 1 big bowl.



4. Add pepper according to your taste.



5. Add a good amount of Kecap Manis for the added oomph!


6. Once your satisfied with the taste of the marinade, throw in the beef in the bowl and gently mix massage the beef  into the marinade.


7. Make sure that the beef is completely covered or submerged under the concoction.
8. Store the whole thing inside the ref and let it marinade overnight so that all the flavors will seep in the meat.

After leaving it overnight, all you need to do is to fry the beef and you now have the BEST TAPA IN THE WHOLE UNIVERSE! hahaha! 

Since I just made this tonight, I'll be cooking it tomorrow, so try it out and tell me how did your tapa go!

Peace!









Lunes, Enero 30, 2012

How to make a poster: Blake Griffin style.

POWER... power.. POWER.


Sorry Mr. Perkins, Mr. Griffin needs a guinea pig.

Testing the blogger app in iphone

Wow! Blogging on the go! Let's do this!

Oggie the Jedi

Loonie's 2nd single: Tao Lang feat Quest

Special thanks to Soulfiesta for this update! hit up http://soulfiesta.blogspot.com for your OPM hiphop updates.


This is Loonie's second single from his coming "I AM NORMAL" album, which I believe is gonna be released under Sony Music Philippines.


Again, Loonie's skill on keeping his words simple, easy to digest but still skillfully crafted is evident on this track. Loonie reminds us to keep pushing no matter how heavy the weight is, and that It's ok to make mistakes sometimes, as long as you learn from it.

Listen up kids!

Linggo, Enero 29, 2012

BUGOY'S PICKS ep1: Nakhon Kitchen

Here's the thing, as most of you might have noticed, the Binangonan Kid is back on the blogging circuit, it's been a while though since I've done this thing again so bear with me! hehe Anyways, since I'm on a roll nowadays with writing then I'll start a new theme with my blog. From this entry onwards, I will be blogging all the good-ass restos/ hole in the walls that me and gee might stumble upon. So ladies and gentlemen, here is the maiden entry for BUGOY'S PICKS!


When: Jan. 29, 2012.

One lazy sunday afternoon, me and gee went down to Bedok to pick up some stuff. As we were looking for a nice place to have lunch, Gee remembered a Thai restaurant that she has eaten at once and wanted me to try. So off we go searching for this "Authentic" Thai restaurant that is surprisingly located at one of the HDB's in Bedok. After a few minutes of walking under the midday heat, lo and behold, we found our destination: NAKHON KITCHEN.



This place is situated on the first floor of Blk 136 in Bedok, you could have mistaken this as a hawker spot but yes my friends, It is a restaurant.

Prices are pretty much affordable, just like eating at a hawker, but the quality of the food is far from hawker standards.


We ordered 3 dishes,
The Pad thai:

 Pandan leaves Chicken

Red Fish in Thai Sauce

Thai Iced Tea



One thing that I notice about Thai food is that their food is very fragrant and aromatic. Thai food has this distinct smell and flavors that can only be found in Thai food, mainly I think because of the heavy usage of Lemon grass in their recipes.

I'm not an expert on the technicalities of food ingredients, cooking etc, So I'll be straight about this, the food was AWESOME! The Pandan chicken was delicious, the Red fish in Thai Sauce was well cooked and the sauce was great, the Pad Thai... The Pad thai... let me say that again.. Tha Pad Thai... was the best Pad Thai that I have tasted so far! And lastly the Thai Iced tea was a good follow up for all the flavors that are mashed up.

The AFTERMATH!


So if you are around the Bedok Area, or you're a foreigner on vacation wanting to try good food in Singapore, Hit up Blk 136 in Bedok and look for this nifty hole in the wall. Every dollar is worth it!




SARAP SIR!

Sabado, Enero 28, 2012

Singapore adventure log: The badminton ride

When: Jan 28, 2012

Let's face it, here in Singapore, everybody's a robot. We all go to work, go home, cook dinner, sleep then go to work again the next day. 

Recently, our boss suddenly had a change of heart and wanted us employees to live a "balanced" work life, so off he went to schedule a badminton session for us employees for us to have an out of office bonding session, no work, all play for a day. The bad thing, he scheduled it at 9am, it's just like going to work on a saturday! 

So off I went and cycled all the way from Clementi to Bukit Gombak sports hall to play badminton, And I took the liberty of exploring the the Bukit Batok, bukit gombak area, and I was surprised to find a lot of beautiful nature spots around the area! 

Check out the pics below!

My officemates Sridhar and Mark

Mark's Gf and the big boss Alan

bukit gombak sports hall

Bukit batok park




Bukit batok park





Along PIE (Pan Island Expressway)



Biyernes, Enero 27, 2012

2012 Geekgasm

Pardon me for the title, my vocab escapes me right now. Anyways, I'm bored so f*ck it.

These things are out for quite some time now, but still worth posting. Geeks from all walks of life are looking forward to these 2 movies, and also the merchandise that will come along with it (toys).

Gi Joe 2: Retaliation
Now who does not want a Dwayne Johnson figure in 1:18???

The Avengers

Time to complete them figures! Hawkeye and Hulk would be bad-ass!

And just for the heck of it I'll throw in this one:

Toodles!

Huwebes, Enero 26, 2012

Singapore adventure log: Cycling from Clementi to Orchard road

Date: January 24, 2011

It was the last day of the Chinese New Year holidays here in Singapore. All the malls are closed, groceries, food stalls etc., everything was closed. So Gee and I rode our bikes and explored Singapore in 2 wheels, the destination, the very famous shopping strip Orchard road.

It was a 21 km all road ride from our flat in Clementi. I recently discovered a shortcut from Queensway to the city during one of my solo rides. It took us just 36 minutes to get to Orchard with the help of the shortcut, if we did not pass that way, it could have been an hour ++.

Here's the pics of the ride:

Getting ready!

 Touchdown Orchard!

 Gee @ Orchard
 Awesome lunch @ Shiraz


Riding in the shopping district.

That's all folks!