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Food Tour
a culinary journal by Claude Tayag
with illustrations and recipes

pg.161, 6th sentence:

"Garnish with basil and chilies and serve hot."

am reading this amazing book.
found it by accident.
or did it find me?

actually had the opportunity to meet the author (and break bread, er, rice with), Claude, on my recent road trip. turns out he is a good friend of Reimon's. and we met up with him and other foodies at Casa Remedios in Laoag, Ilocos Norte.

moonlight dinner.
seaside.

i was at national bookstore at sm clark the other day, looking for another book titled Philippine Ancestral Homes by Martin Tinio and Gilda Cordero-Fernando, and met this one instead.

delicious read.
literally.
and hilarious, too.

flipped through it and was reading excerpts in the bookstore and laughing out loud. throw your head back kind of laugh out loud. basically, it is a collection of essays and "food musings" about Claude's food trips throughout the Philippines and beyond, complete with tips on where to go, how to go, what to order, and even phone numbers and addresses of places. my kind of book!

i see another food, er, road trip in my future.

also met Mary Ann, wife of Claude, who grew up in Mabalacat, which, incidentally, is right down the road from Madapdap.

connections abound.