The Theoretical Chef
Monday, December 7, 2020

Instant Pot 40(ish)-clove garlic chicken

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Got the recipe from here , with some embellishments. Items in parentheses are what I actually used.  Ingredients 1.2 kg chicken (wings and d...
Saturday, June 6, 2020

Pão de ló de Alfeizerão

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This is a traditional Portuguese cake, which is basically a collapsed and eggy sponge cake. Legend says it was a failed sponge cake by nuns ...
Tuesday, February 4, 2020

Next in the Galley: Yema

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Yema is one of those Filipino conventual sweets , to use a term I recently picked up from Portugal. The name means egg yolk in Spanish and i...
Friday, January 10, 2020

sac içi

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So about a dozen years ago I had this deliciously memorable chicken dish in Baku called saciçi (sa-jee-chee). I blogged about it (back w...
Tuesday, December 10, 2019

El Auténtico Pato Manila, a misnomer

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So I came a cross this restaurant from the post of a Mexican colleague. Of course, as a native of Metro Manila I got curious. El Auténtico...
Sunday, November 17, 2019

Next in the Galley: La Carlota Rosa

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A childhood favourite dessert. Despite the name, it was actually closer to a cathedral window rather than the classic charlotte russe , alt...
Wednesday, February 27, 2019

Next in the Galley: Mechado

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MOM'S MECHADO Literally how my mom used to make it.   Ingredients:  1 kilo beef threaded with pork fat garlic, onions and tomatoe...
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xsaltire
started blogging in 2007, at first about social issues and his travels but later dabbling into his favourite subject: food. While his knowledge of gastronomy and the culinary arts is mostly theoretical, he has been known to dabble into the practical side during weekends, sometimes with edible results.
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