A Curry Dish

In India the word "curry" is heavily used in the southern parts in languages such as Kannada, Tamil and Malayalam. The word "kari" has its origins in Classical Tamil that means "vegetable in sauce" or "sauce". -source-

Curry is famous in the Mediterranenan area and Asia too. Part of the Thai menu we just had last weekend, were Curry dishes.

The term curry is used broadly, in English, to refer to almost any spiced, sauce-based dishes cooked in various southern and southeastern Asian styles. Though each curry has a specific name, generically any wet side dish made out of vegetables and/or meat is historically referred to as a "curry" - especially the yellow, Indian-inspired powders and sauces with high proportions of tumeric.

Yellow curry is the most famous of all. The curry I used for the dish above is the common powder we see in our local grocery store. The more curry, the spicier it gets.

The Recipe: Pork Curry

What You Will Be Needing

1 K of pork cubes

1 medium green bell pepper (sliced)

4 medium potatoes (cut into quarters)

5 cloves of garlic (minced)

1 medium onion (chopped)

ginger (thumb size sliced into pieces)

1/2 C milk

1 tbsp curry powder

2 tbsps olive oil

water

salt and pepper to taste

How To

In a sauce pan, saute garlic in olive oil until light brown

Add onions and ginger

Add pork, continue stirring for about a minute

Add water (enough to cover the pork) and simmer for a few minutes

When meat is soft and tender, add potatoes and enough water until potatoes are cooked

Add milk and curry powder, simmer for a few minutes until sauce is thick. (add water if necessary)

Add salt and pepper

Garnish with green bell pepper

Restaurant Thoughts---Thai At Silk

We just gotta have some Thai before the week ends and before it starts. We went around the streets of Makati famous for various cusines, but we found no Thai. Next best option was Serendra Fort Bonifacio. If you're on the look for special restaurants in the Philippines, High Street at The Fort is the place to be.

Thai At Silk offers the finest in Thai cuisine. From Rice mixed in special sauce. An option of ordering their sweet smelling Jasmine rice (which is bottomless). Sweet and Spicy are also one of their trademarks. The over-all ambience was spectacular. The lighting gave a cozy feeling. Fresh plant and flowers made it tropic, and who wouldn't forget the courteous servers and manager.

Thai at Silk, Serendra
G/F Serendra Piazza, 26th St., Fort Bonifacio
Taguig City, Metro Manila

Thai At Silk Dining

Gal Pad Grapow--- ground chicken with basil and fresh chilli. This dish is spicy, but I asked if they could make it a bit mild. So there, more choices to make your dining experience fun.

and I just love their Iced Tea! Php90

Moo KrathLem---Deep-fried pork spareribs in garlic oil and chips

Meal Php400

Menu

Their Jasmine Rice went best with these dishes.

Thai At Silk is a perfect place to chill out with friends and families. I would also recommend this restaurant if you have balik-bayan friends.

Restaurant Thoughts---Mediterranean Flavors Of The Sun

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Cuisine: Italian, Greek, European. Flavors of the countries surrounding the Mediterranean Sea.

The Café Med's keen sense of taste and adventure offers a glimpse at the elusive Mediterranean mystique, and an escape to an exotic destination minus the travel, as well as a fresh tropical twist especially designed to capture the romance of the flavors of the sun. True to the essence of middle eastern cuisine, the secret, according to Mabanta, is not only in the sauces (Café Med's signature Garlic & Hot Sauce Duo), but in the passionate enjoyment of life, captured with every sensual bite, every glorious sip of wine, and the resultant conviviality of a table shared by good friends. With Café Med's business flourishing in the country's culinary capitals chances are, you will not want for that distinct flavor and service.- source-

This is the second week of our cuisine adventure. We were planning to go Thai. But It just so happen that we passed The Café Mediterranean in Robinson's Galleria, we decided to set aside our Thai cravings for next week. It was my first time to experience The Café Mediterranean . I didn't touch the Menu and let my husband order for me. Since I had no idea what their specialty was, it was indeed a thrilling one for me. Anything will do as long as it's not spicy.

We had Egyptian Fish Croquette and 2 orders of Grilled Beef Kebabs

The Egyptian Fish Dish truly carries the exotic flavors of Egyptian Cuisine. It was fresh, and savoury. The Garlic Sauce went well with it. For each rice dish you also have the option to choose between, Pita Bread, Buttered Rice and others to go with your chosen meat. The beef kebab was very juicy. The meat was of good quality. It tasted exactly like the usual savoury steak we're familiar with. This one was served into pieces. Talk about tender and juicy both at the same time. The beef kebab was served with a curry sauce that was fantastic!