zOld - Ang Sarap (A Tagalog word for "It's Delicious") | Dishes prepared by a passionate foodie simplified for people who shares the same passion. Warning: May contain traces of reviews

Dry Beef Noodle Soup

Usually Beef Noodle soup is served with noodles together with the soup but when I dined in one time in a Chinese restaurant in Virra Mall, Greenhills in the Philippines during early 2000 (can’t remember the restaurant name) I came across this beef brisket noodle soup where soup is served separately. At first I don’t … Continue reading →

Trippa alla Romana

Trippa alla Romana is a dish made out of ox tripe cooked in Italian style tomato sauce, it is one of the most famous dishes in Rome and it is a must try when you visit the place. I know it sounds disgusting to most of you but if you just entertain the idea and think … Continue reading →

Sweet Chilli and Lemon Fish Parcels

The dish for today is a fusion between the French cooking technique called “En papillote” and Asian flavours like lime, coriander and sweet chilli sauce. En Papillote is an old French method of cooking fish or chicken breast in a folded pouch made out of parchment paper, don’t use other material like aluminium as it … Continue reading →

T2 Tea (Auckland CBD, New Zealand)

If you are looking for Tea leaves or any Teaware in New Zealand I guess no one gets even close to the extensive selection T2 Tea offers. From Tea Pots, Tea Cups and Loose Tea leaves they have almost everything a tea lover would look for. I love the shop it’s just so inviting, colourful … Continue reading →

Sauté of Calamari, Chorizo and Butterbeans

Of all the free style cooking I made I guess this would easily go to the top of my favourite list. I never knew these three ingredients would blend really well together the creamy butter beans, spicy chorizo and mild squid perfectly matches and enhances each of their our flavour and texture characteristics. Serve it … Continue reading →

Kilawing Puso ng Saging

One of our church friends had a garage sale and as I scour the place of anything I can find useful I saw this banana tree outside their garage with one hanging banana heart on it, I shouted to my excitement and my friend heard it. She told me whether I want to have it, I … Continue reading →

Champorado

Champorado is a sweet and creamy chocolate rice pudding in Philippines, a very popular breakfast item which originated from Mexico. The champorado was derived from the Mexican drink called Champurrado, so how the Filipinos inherited the recipe? Apparently during the galleon trade between Philippines (under Spanish regime) and Mexico some Mexican traders stayed in the Philippines … Continue reading →

Callos

Tripe came from the Italian word “trippa” which is a type of offal from the stomachs of various animals such as the cows and pigs. The most common one used for cooking is the beef tripe and it is used in different countries such as France who have Andouille and Tripoux, Italy who have Trippa … Continue reading →

Breakfast Buffet at Eight Langham (Auckland CBD, New Zealand)

A while back I had posted about Eight restaurant but that article was for their dinner buffet, we had dined in a couple of times already after that and for today I will be writing about our breakfast experience. This breakfast experience was a part of a whole package called Five-Star Eight Escape which costs NZ$385 … Continue reading →

Choysum in Shrimp and Mushroom Sauce

You may had seen a lot of meat dishes in this blog (a lot of you have noticed it) but few vegetables that is because I only know few recipes that use vegetable as a main ingredient but that does not mean I don’t eat a lot of them I just repeat them more frequently and … Continue reading →

Ginataang Sitaw at Kalabasa (Squash and String Beans in Coconut Cream Sauce)

A quick and easy Filipino recipe which is really good and tasty! I don’t know where it originated but most probably in the Bicol region in the Philippines (that’s in the Southern part of the Luzon Island) due to the fact that I always had this dish when I was a child and most of my … Continue reading →

Spaghetti Meatballs

As the name suggest this recipe is made up of spaghetti, tomato sauce and meatballs, considered as an Italian-American dish but its origins is still unclear. Some said that this is a dish introduced and created by Italian immigrants in New York during the 20th century but there are some accounts that similar dishes in … Continue reading →

Bacon Mushroom Mozzarella Melt Panini

We should all call it panino not panini but why? Panino is basically the singular form of panini, so you cannot call a single “panini” a panini or even call lots of “panini” as paninis it just so wrong (don’t worry I am a culprit), I guess this would sound funny in an Italians ear. … Continue reading →

Momo Tea (North Shore, New Zealand)

I am not sure if there are other Bubble Milk Tea Restaurants in Auckland but if you are looking for one the only place that I can suggest is Momo Tea, so far the only place I know here in New Zealand. They are located in at least 4 locations I know, in Albany, Auckland … Continue reading →