Pork Barbecue

I made three attempts during our last trip to satisfy my barbecue craving. First one was at Eli's Barbecue. I was hoping that their barbecue will be great, but it was so-so. My second attempt was during lunch with Pat at Kanin Club. I was disappointed. The rest of the meal at Kanin Club was good, only the pork barbecue was forgettable which is so unusual because I remember everything at Kanin Club to be excellent. Maybe I caught them at an off day? The third and last one was at Gerry's Grill near Mall of Asia. It was the worst.
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I went back to Bangkok still with good old Filipino style barbecue on my mind. Note to self: get Aling Nene's, Ineng's or the one at Caltex SLEX next time for guaranteed barbecue satisfaction. Our next trip to Manila will be in December and that's a million months away. I don't think I can put off my craving for that long! I'll go crazy! So what did I do? I attempted to make pork barbecue at home.
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Yeeaahh, baybee!
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aMy original plan was to cook it on the grill pan, but I realized that it wasn't working. I wasn't going to get the "inihaw" look that I was aiming for this way.
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aSo I broiled it in the oven instead.
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aI swear, this electric oven has been my pinak-sulit kitchen investment to date. I can bake with it, roast...and now cook pork barbecue! I use it at least twice a week. Super sulit talaga! I heart my oven!
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aSuccess! :)
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aI paired it pasta.
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aPork barbecue + Fusilli with ham and cream = great dinner :)

Craving for Inihaw na Baboy

Gosh, I miss eating inihaw na baboy! Good old, salt and pepper seasoned, char-grilled inihaw na baboy dipped in suka with sili. Samahan mo pa ng sinigang na baboy! Hayyy...
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To satisfy my craving, I prepared inihaw na pork chop for lunch one time. Since bawal mag-ihaw sa apartment namin, I just grilled the pork chops in my oven. The pork chops here are huge! And they're thick too, not like our pork chops back home.
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Oven-grilled pork chops with stir-fried veggies.
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aSeasoned with salt and pepper.
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aTo be dipped in spicy suka.
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aStir-fried veggies with chicken breast.
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The verdict: Richard loved it! The pork chops were really big, we didn't eat rice anymore. But we both agree na iba pa rin yung inihaw sa uling. It has more flavor kasi. Next time I will try liempo and see if it's better but I will definitely ask ate Gelyn to include prepare this for us when we come home next month!