Maridel’s: Let them eat MORE THAN JUST CAKES #16

Where can we possibly start? Well, we have been eating these cakes for nothing special and special occasions at the P. residence. Confessions would frankly tell you how eager we kids are every time we see the delivery vehicle at the driveway with Ma. Delia "Genius-as-proclaimed-by-children" Padilla Uygongco herself carrying the aaaaaaaaaaaahhhh. Okay, the birthday cake. 



After months of the literally mouthwatering photos being posted online, now the public can actually have their own dose of these sweet treats when they finally opened their doors at Plazuela de Iloilo last October 28, 2011.

How is Maridel’s doing after 2 months? You could see the people bustling and literally goggling when they have set their sights on the tempting endless array of desserts. The usual staples are the Frozen Mango Brazos, Death by Chocolate, Icecream Turtle Pie, Banoffee Pie, Eclairs, Napoleons,  Choco Candy Explosion, Snickers Pie, Sugar-Free Carrot-Walnut and Chocolate cakes and of course, Icecream burgers.

A person popped the question days ago and that amazed everyone. See, the place is more than just for cakes. Visit them and keep in mind that is worth the wait to have your seats or grab your takeouts. Spending time with lovers is a must because desserts are stressed spelled backwards after all.

508-CAKE

Plazuela de  Iloilo

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Merry Lasagna Pizza #15

While watching the simultaneous airing of Ms. Universe and Ms. USA, we decided to try real Christmas cooking (finally!). On our list were Tita Buka’s Eggplant Lasagna and Pizzas (Spanish Sardines and Hawaiian).

Tita Buka’s Eggplant Lasagna

Cook Time: 1 hour, 10 minutes

Total Time: 1 hour, 10 minutes

Ingredients:

1 1/2 pounds eggplant, thinly sliced

vegetable spray

2 tablespoons olive oil

9 lasagna noodles

1 jar (16 ounces) canned tomato sauce

8 ounces cheddar quickmelt cheese

4 ounces shredded mozzarella cheese

1/4 cup grated Parmesan cheese

Preparation:

In large nonstick skillet, quickly brown eggplant slices; set aside. Cook lasagna noodles in boiling salted water according to package directions. Into an 11x7-inch baking dish, spoon about 1/4 of the sauce. Arrange three alternate layers of lasagna noodles, quickmelt mixture, mozzarella cheese, eggplant slices, sauce and Parmesan cheese. Bake eggplant lasagna at 350° for 30 to 40 minutes.

Well, you top pizza with anything but th real problem is the dough and we asked Pops for help. Right. We will be having formal pizza dough making lessons with Mr. Gacho soon. We settled for an online recipe and that left us with a super crunchy pizza dough. We will not give up though since we have pizza plates now even though we did not have any basil and parsley, Ms. Bueno.

Pizza Dough

Yields3, 12-inch (30 cm) pizzas 

Ingredients:

1 tablespoon active dry yeast, 

        or 1 oz (25 g) brewer’s yeast

 1 1/2 cups (350 cc) warm water

 3 1/2 cups (500 g) flour

 1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil

 pinch of salt

The ingredients are pretty much the same for the Spicy Sardines and Hawaiian Pizza. Except of course their own stars: 6 - 8 sardine from can and ham respectively. These are the other remaining ingredients.

Small handful black olive (avoid the big ones from California), sliced

Spoonfuls tomato sauce

Onions

Cheese

Salt

Extra virgin olive oil

What are you up this New Year? Happy Holidays to you and your family!

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Pizza Nutrition #14

We had our field study or trip or whatsoever in Pizza Hut, Robinsons Place, Iloilo City for our Nutrition class. First we had to tackle the history as a prerequisite for our course (Anatomy and Physiology of Pizzas).

History of Pizza Hut

Ks, USA - Dan and Frank Carney on June 15, 1958 borrowed $600 form their mother to start a business. Their friend suggested opening a pizza parlor they agreed with the idea that it could prove successful. At that time the original Pizza hut was at Wichita State University with 25 seats. It had a bar, cashier, and kitchen area.

When making the sign for the restaurant they only had enough room for nine letters and because they made pizza's they wanted pizza in the name, that only left 3 letters and because the restaurant looked like a hut they named it Pizza Hut.

Pizza Hut is the world's largest pizza restaurant chain and is a subsidiary of Yum! Brands, Inc., whose restaurants total approximately 34,000 restaurants, namely, Pizza Hut for pizzas (duh?), Kentucky Fried Chicken for chicken, Taco Bell for tacos, or the "usuals" of restaurants. In every country, there should only be a sole owner of the franchise, that would be Jorge L. Araneta. The first branch here is at Park's Square Makati (January 1984) where they shoot all their commercials. Pizza Hut has a total of 26 DELCO or Delivery and Carry Out, 42 RBD or Restaurant Based Dining, 59 Restaurants, 6 Bistro and 3 Express.

"The reason behind Pizza Hut's success all over the world is its steadfast belief and uncompromising drive in providing customers the best in terms of product quality, service, cleanliness and value." 

Enough of that, for Php159 we were given our own set of pizza essentials: dough (we had the personal size = 140g), sauce, cheese, meat, and pineapple. The standard is to leave an inch from the rim when you are putting the sauce in a circular manner from the center. 



We drizzled it with a handful of cheese and placed the regulars, 5 ham and 7 pineapples. We were told not to overload our pizzas because that could like to burnt ones. Well, most of my colleagues did the usual stuff here and everywhere. Lucky for Cha and I, we managed to coax the head chef and had Mozarellas for the win. Regular pizza dough weighs 250 g and 450 g for the Family size, like seriously.

We really had fun, plus the event shouldered pasta w/o garlic bread unlike others and soda (ehh). So, what more could you ask for? Just ring the bell at the door to signify if you had  a great Pizzasss making time. After all, we are the kings and queens of this parlor.

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Werther's Pot O' Gold #13

It is our first month here and there were a lot of happenings lately but we will post or should we say flood you guys soon!  We usually get giddy when it comes to presents this Holiday Season. We were so happy when we had our usual pot of gold, Werther's Original! No wonder we will not be having teeth anymore by June 2012. Just kidding. It prevents us from having hypogylcemia when it comes to stress moments in life.

History 

The sweet brand is named after the town of Werther in Westphalia, where the company was founded in 1903. From 1969, the sweet was marketed under the brand name Werthers Echte. The brand name Werther's Original was adopted in the 1990s for the international market.

Originally available only in the hard form, sweets are now also available as 'chewy toffees', as well as a soft form that resembles wax, which melts easily inside the mouth called 'Caramelts'. A variant with chocolate filling is also available. There are also three sugarfree variants including the original caramel flavour, a caramel coffee swirl, and a caramel mint swirl. There is much confusion regarding whether Werther's are caramels or butterscotch. They are properly described as butterscotch due to their hard consistency. Werther's Caramelts may be an exception in so far as they are chewy.

A recent release (at least in the UK) is Werther's Chocolate; dark and milk chocolate sold in the same packaging and wrappers as Werther's Originals but instead of hard sweets, there is chocolate with butterscotch running through it.

180 Werther's as your pillow? Come here, Tooth Fairy. What a great 1st Month gift! So, yeahh. HAPPY 1st MONTH, FI! Please continue your love for us. Thank You, FIs. Is there an urge within you to be with us? What are you waiting for? Contact us! God Bless. 

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