guam food part 1: jamaican grill

this is the first edition of my food adventures while i was at home (guam) during christmas break.

jamaican grill- one of my favorite restaurants back home. i ate here three times while i was home for three weeks. its a restaurant that combines local food with jamaican flavors.

jamaican grill burger w/ curry mayo - one of the best burgers i've ever had

chicken and ribs combo w/ jamaican rice

chicken and ribs combo w/ red rice....sauce on the side: finadene (soy, lemon, onions, red pepper)

matt's in the market

Last month, my good friend angela came up to seattle for a visit. whats a visit to seattle w/out a trip to pike place market. i must say it is one of the greatest farmer's markets i have ever seen.

after checking out the sights and sounds of the market, we were starving and decided to look for a restaurant angela heard about, matt's in the market. we had the hardest time finding it. after probably circling the market another 4 times and finally using cell phone gps, we found it. as angela put it, it was like we had entered platform 9 and 3/4. This small restaurant was definitely worth the hour we spent looking for it.

fentiman's ginger beer

gourmet mac and cheese w/ ham hocks

Moving on up.

nice job Philippines: http://showbizandstyle.inquirer.net/lifestyle/lifestyle/view/20081231-180828/RP-cuisine-raised-the-bar-in-2008

will be heading back to seattle in a few days. will be blogging about my food adventures on guam when i get back.

stay tuned...

food link wednesday

i think i will make wednesdays the day of links to articles concerning food =)

- new anthony bourdain blog w/ a tiny descritption of no reservations in saigon
- i guess even the food industry needs a bailout sometimes- Italy develops a bailout plan for their parmigiano industry
- might test out this chex mix for all the holiday parties...sounds interesting

stay tuned for the top chef fantasy game results for this week!

Top Chef Episode 4

today is the start of the team guam vs team legen dairy...yes the top chef fantasy game. whats at stake: a free dinner

here is the team i picked:


eugene- he is just my favorite. fabio and stefan- not a big fan of them and their bromance but i will say they have been strong competitors.

turns out it doesn't matter who i picked b.c team legen dairy picked the same team which means so far the score is 10-10. thank you fabio for giving us points.

stay tuned for the winner!

Welcome.

welcome to my new blog all about my love for all things food. this blog begins with my amazing food filled week in sunny california. here are some highlights from my weekend....

here was our thanksgiving spread made by one of the best cooks i know: my auntie wendy

the spread included red rice, lumpia, leg of lamb, mash potatoes, shrimp patties, ham and (drum roll please) TURDUCKEN!! it was a thanksgiving of a lot of firsts: the turducken, civet coffee , and my first glass of port.

another highlight for the week was our family outing to Cantina in the city. i have never seen such work go into the making of a drink. the drinks were amazing. these are the two i ordered:blushing lima. pisco, orange muscat, lemon, heering cherry liqueur

blackberry & basil cooler. square one organic vodka, muddled blackberries

it was an amazing food week for me and it gave me the motivation to start this food blog. more food adventures to come soon.