Cook and Brew.

- dried watermelon seeds
- a popular Filipino salty treats during drinking sessions or while watching your favorite TV show or movies
- comes in big plastic packs in supermarkets and groceries but these can also be bought from the sari-sari store in smaller labeled packs (Captain Sid)
- to get the edible white seeds inside, bite the edges in vertical position until the seeds break in half
- anticipate to have wrinkly lips and a sodium headache after finishing a big pack of it
- pringles’ “once you pop, you can’t stop” also goes with eating butong pakwan

Food Nutrients Trivia for 100 grams of Butong Pakwan as calculated by Calorie King.

Pina Bistek

If I remember correctly, this is the 3rd main dish I tried. Got it from Del Monte’s Kitchenomics Cookbook Vol. 3. Yummy! the pineapple’s taste blends well with the beef and salty overall taste of the dish.

Inredients:
1/4 kilo beef sirloin, sliced, tapa style
1 large onion, sliced into rings
1-3 Tbsp. soy sauce
1 Tbsp. calamansi juice
1 can (234 g) Del Monte Fresh Cut Pineapple Tidbits, drained (reserve syrup)

Marinade:
8 cloves garlic, crushed
1 Tbsp. soy sauce
1/2 tsp. calamansi juice
1/8 tsp. pepper
1 pineapple syrup

Procedure:
1 Marinate beef for 1 hour. Drain and reserve marinade. Fry in 1/4 cup oil until light brown. Set aside. Retain 2 Tbsp. oil in pan.
2 In the same pan, sauté onion. Add soy sauce, 1/8 tsp. pepper, calamansi juice and marinade. Simmer for 2 minutes. Add beef and DEL MONTE Fresh Cut Pineapple Tidbits. Simmer once. If desired, serve with fried potatoes.

Had a very busy day earlier but before I retire the night, I’m sharing a photo that I know you’ll be drooling over. Here’s the Lechon Cebu (flown in all the way from Cebu really!) we massacred and feasted on during our 2007 Christmas Party. Yummy!

CNT Lechon…lechon at its finest.

CNT Lechon Photo grabbed from my Love. Happiness. Us. blog

Photo snagged from my other blog

CNT Lechon
Address: 1377 Rama Ave, Guadalupe, Cebu City
Contact Numbers: (032) 254 4249 / (032) 254 6641