Traveling Tummy-Sydney: Why eat out when your food tastes better?

6pm: Can you make dinner?
6:15- after scrounging around the kitchen I find beef, basil, tomato paste, pesto, onions,potatoes, mushrooms and garlic.
8:15-- Nomnomnomnom....

Always start with a drink. I prefer wine because it doesn't get me drunk fast but my mom wanted to make mojitos so who was I to refuse?

Halfway through. Yum.

plated and served with garlic bread :)

We ate al fresco tonight... kinda cold out (even if it's summer!)

Then the kitchen elf made brownies :)

Why go out?

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Traveling Tummy: Christmas Dinner/ Noche Buena

Christmas means family time in Sydney! I'm almost never in Manila during the holidays and I would like to keep it that way. I like the smaller, more intimate celebrations we have over here. We have no helpers so everyone really chips in to make it special.I gave my family 2 menu options for Christmas dinner and they chose the 2nd, Pinoy-inspired option. Here's what I made:

Roast Pork Belly-straight out the oven!

That we turned into this! (sliced, with caramelizes garlic sauce + bagoong-cilantro rice)

Also made rosemary and adobo cream sauce linguine with toasted adobo flakes and crumbled goat cheese

A Christmas present--> The Boozy Chef (For drinkers who love to cook) Awesome!

Skull cups for awesome cupcakes! Marrying my 2 favorite things!

Ananda's new Cabbage Patch doll :)

Chorizo braised in red wine and garlic with turkish bread and prune compote

Merry Christmas!!!

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!!

...from the Paredes Mafia down under :) May all your wishes and dreams come true!!!!

Traveling Tummy-Sydney: El Jannah, we meet again. Part 1.

I'm delirious from a long tiring flight but super happy to be here...as you can see.

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas!

A Bohol trip, a 70's disco themed office party, pigging out at Draft with the homies AND the annual Ateneo girls Christmas dinner. It's been a fun, crazy past week!

I am beat and raring to get to Sydney to spend real Christmas with my family!

Disclaimer: I know it seems like I am drunk all the time and well, that's not true. NOt ALL the time. Just like 70% of the time.

Also, I don't usually wear leopard print but I figured i could pass for a cokehead 70's disco girl.

Leaving for Sydney tomorrow. Hope y'all are having a wonderful holiday season!

FINAL GIVEAWAY WINNER!

TRISH MANLANGIT! You're the winner!!!! Please email me your contact details at ericaparedes@gmail.com (address/ mobile)

I'm leaving for Sydney so I will try my best to get it sent to you BEFORE i leave (if you email soon enough) Otherwise, i will send out first thing when I get back after the New Year.

CONGRATS! and may you all have a Merry Christmas!!!!