My wife was in National Book Store with my sister-in-law Tina and they sent me a snapshot of the latest poster of the National Book Store Philippine Publication Best Sellers Top 10 list. I am number 4 in the list of the top 10 and the number 1 of the cookbooks! Thanks to all of you for trusting in my recipes! Christmas is definitely a season of blessings.

Delicious gift ideas Christmas 2011

Check out this link to my article in the Philippine Daily Inquirer Lifestyle section regarding the delicious food gift ideas for this holiday season!

http://lifestyle.inquirer.net/26091/best-food-gifts-this-christmas

Camille Ocampo's San Marcos Créme Brulée Cake: 0916.745.7729

Imang Salud's giant ensaymadas: 0920.947.8819

Rico's Lechon, the best in the South: 0917.407.2033

Jill Sandique's Pistachio Sansrival: 0922.826.2673 , 497.8811

Chef Jyn's Mediterranean Chicken (don't forget to use the chili oil over the rice, chicken, salsa wrapped in the pita bread): 0917.528.0563

Stevie's Hainanese Chicken Rice (Check out the fresh Vietnamese Spring Rolls!): 0906.508.4155

Chef Lynn's General's Lechon, best in Luzon: 0917.897.5966 (they deliver)


***FOR MORE GREAT FOOD IDEAS CHECK OUT THE LINK ABOVE OR GO TO MY WEBSITE'S  PHILIPPINE DAILY INQUIRER WORD OF MOUTH TAB ABOVE.***

I will be coming out with part 2 of the Great Food Gift Ideas List. Watch out!

An interview with the Philippine CANADIAN Inquirer...

http://www.canadianinquirer.net/news/filipino-cuisine-the-next-big-trend/

Yet another of my recipes for the Lee Kum Kee collection...

Pinoy Cuapao

*** You can view this recipe in the RECIPES tab above. ***

Yabu House of Katsu now open in Pasig

YABU is an authentic Japanese Katsu restaurant in the Philippines. They are the first of it's kind. They just opened and I am excited to share this new discovery with you. It's certainly 'crispylicious' and will leave you wanting to go back with your friends and loved ones. Watch out for it in my article at the Inquirer Lifestyle section, Thursdays on Word of Mouth where I will write about the dishes I find tasty. Yabu is located at the 2nd floor of SM Megamall in Pasig.

I feel like getting up and dancing when I sample a dish that tastes as good as it looks. 

My sons Franco and Arturo with their friends.

*** You can read my article in the Philippine Daily Inquirer on YABU by clicking this link http://lifestyle.inquirer.net/24971/tonkatsu-like-i-never-had-before ***

BESTSELLERS PHILIPPINE PUBLICATION NBS

Since it was first published last August 2011, three months ago, Cooking With Sandy Daza the cookbook is #6 in the BESTSELLERS PHILIPPINE PUBLICATION category of National Book Store! Thank you very much for your support!

   

Finally, something truly Singaporean

I got this valuable tip from a Singaporean taxicab driver, there's a wealth of information one can get from the unassuming taxicab driver you know.

I always like to ask them where the best tasting places to eat local dishes are. They weave around the city all day, dropping off locals and tourists here and there, they're an excellent resource if you want to experience the local culinary scene the way the locals do. They know the best places many locals like to eat at and they know how it should taste like, and what's more, they eavesdrop on conversations of passengers that talk about the best restaurants and hawkers... asides from who's dating whom of course.

At first I thought he was trying to say the word "Butiki". As I tried my best to learn Singlish in the next few seconds, this is what I discovered...  BOON TONG KEE on River Valley Road. It was the best Hainanese Chicken Rice ever. Well at least they have an award for being amongst the top ten. There are other dishes too of course but I'll write more in detail about this experience in Word of Mouth - Philippine Daily Inquirer soon.