My Crepe Bites and Summer Kick Recipe

Here is the recipe that I made during the Taste Setter hands-on/competition event that was held today, April 24, 2018 at the Magsaysay Institute Center of Hospitality and Culinary Arts in Pioneer Woodlands, Mandaluyong.  It was a fun experience!  Hope you get to enjoy my creation too!

Crepe Bites:

For the crepe

2 eggs

1 cup flour

1 ½ Tbsp of Jiffs Crunchy Peanut Butter

1/8 cup sugar

2 Tbsp of Choco syrup

6 dashes of Tabasco Green Sauce

2 Tbsp of butter (unsalted)

For the crepe sauce

1/3 cup water

¼ cup sugar

Peanuts from the strained crepe

3 – 4 pcs of lychees slices

1/3 of an orange, juiced

1 banana sliced

PROCEDURE:

For the crepe

• -          Beat eggs.
• -          Add flour, peanut butter and sugar.
• -          Mix till smooth.
• -          Strain and keep the peanuts strained coming from the peanut butter.
• -          Add Tabasco sauce and choco syrup.
• -          Heat pan (12 or 14 inches in diameter)
• -          Melt butter.
• -        Pour in crepe batter and spread making a very thin crepe.  Don’t worry of tear at the sides for you are to trim it off later for presentation.
• -       When you see air bubbles forming at a good part of the crepe, flip it over to cook the other side.
• -          Remove from heat.
• -          Repeat till all of the batter is cooked.
• -          Set aside for assembly later.

For the sauce

• -          In a sauce pan, heat water and sugar together and boil. Make sure that it is on medium heat and not high. You have to watch it to avoid burning later.
• -          Once boiling, add the strained peanuts and continue stirring.
• -          Add the sliced lychees and orange juice. Continue stirring.
• -          When water is reduced and desired thickness is achieved, remove from heat and cool for about 5 minutes.

TO ASSEMBLE

• -          Using another circular plate smaller from the formed crepe, trim the crepe of any breaks/tear. 
• -          Placed in banana slices and fold the crepe forming a half circle.
• -          Repeat the process.  You will be able to make 4 folded crepes.
• -          Pour the sauce on top of the crepes.
• -          For added design and flavor, drizzle some chocolate syrup.
• -          Serve and enjoy!

SUMMER KICK

This is my take of a cooler with a kick.  You will only need five (5) ingredients and a blender.

In a blender place in 1 cup of strawberry jam, ¼ cup apple juice, 1 Tbsp of peanut butter, ice and 10 dashes of Tabasco Habanero Sauce.  Blend till smooth.  Pour into a glass and decorate with mint leaves or trimmed pandan leaves.

Enjoy a cool refreshment with a heat kick seconds later.  A mocktail that is not a mocktail.

Enjoy!

I had fun doing this, hope you get to enjoy it too.  Do tell me how it taste for you. :-)

MY FIRST FUN-COOKING COMPETITION USING TABASCO!

Today was my very first fun cooking competition . . .it was my first cooking competition period.  It was fun!  Thank you Taste Setter-Tabasco for the experience!

April 24, 2018 was the Taste Setter event of Tabasco held at the Magsaysay Institute Center for Hospitality and Culinary Arts.  It was a two part event – a demo during the morning and a cook-off after lunch.  The demonstration was very interesting in terms of usage of the different Tabasco sauces available in the market and the rising food trends in the market.  Demonstration was made by Chef Ron who was candid and open to queries coming from all attendees.

With all the sauces introduced, the dishes simply showed the flavor effect of each sauce – flavor effect in terms of it as part of a marinated and seasoning in a dish, not just heat but also flavor.  You can choose from the Tabasco Original Red sauce, Tabasco Green Sauce, Tabasco Chipotle Sauce, Tabasco Habanero sauce and Tabasco Garlic Sauce – each has a distinct flavor and heat that you can play with your dishes and drinks to give it a new dimension.

Well this is about my cooking competition experience, so here goes.

I was somehow, the last one to start since I have no group to join and I was on my own to begin with.  There were five (5) groups already formed and discussing what they will prepare while I have to play catch-up for we were given an hour to prepare a dish and a drink using only the ingredients available and Tabasco sauce.  Mine was dessert and beverage.

I made the simplest dish that I could think of and that was a crepe with a matching drink based on some ingredients I planned to use in the crepe.  This was a fun competition to begin with.  Fun because it was just an application of what knowledge was imparted earlier and how playful can you get with flavors; competition because there was a trophy at stake. Hehehehe!

Thankful for the assistance that Richard Lacorte and some of the staff of MIHCA, because they became my arms and legs in getting some of the stuff that I need since everybody got what they need already and I have to make use of what was still available.  It was fun to cook again and let my brains work for that matter.  Imagine cooking for one plate only, no excess ingredients (less waste) and with what is available in terms of tools.  Challenge, yes!  Challenge accepted.

I was able to deliver without tasting what I made (stupid right?) but it was all for fun and simply enjoying the moment.  I named my dessert as Crepe Bites and my drink as Summer Kick (ingredients and procedure in my next post).  I know not what my ranking but I was happy to deliver something that has flavor and some texture in the dish that they were not expected to find. They like the caramel taste that I was able to produce in my sauce plus the added texture I gave my crepe sauce.  I like the kick that my drink has (love your creation).   True that I got kicked with the thickness of my crepe, still I got to analyze it now and know how to serve it better the next time.  For now, all that matters is the fun of making a dish.  Another take I got from this experience is the fact that I need to try things out first before presenting it to the public (test kitchen is a must!)

Again thank you TBDC for the invite and Taste Setter-Tabasco for the event!  I had fun and hope to join you again in your next Taste Setter event.

GAWAD BUHAY 2017_All Set This April 12, 2018

Now on its 10th year, Gawad Buhay is the first-ever industry awards exclusively for the performing arts.

It is juried by an independent panel of critics, scholars, artists and theater enthusiasts. Outstanding individual and group achievements in various artistic and technical aspects of play, musical and dance productions and performances are honored based on quarterly citations deliberated by the members of the jury, who are required to watch all productions of Philstage member-companies for the entire year.

From the four quarterly citations (the first and second quarters are merged into the midyear citations), the jury selects the final nominees qualified to win the awards by the end of the performance season.

Philstage is the only alliance of professional performing arts organizations in the Philippines. Its members include 9 Works Theatrical, Actor’s Actors Inc./The Necessary Theatre, Ballet Manila, Ballet Philippines, Full House Theater Company (Resorts World Manila), Gantimpala Theater Foundation, Peta, Philippine Ballet Theatre, Philippine Opera Company, Repertory Philippines, Red Turnip Theater, Stages, Tanghalang Pilipino and Trumpets.

COMPLETE LIST OF 2017 NOMINATIONS IN VARIOUS CATEGORIES:

Outstanding Original Libretto

J-Mee Katanyag, “Tagu-taguan” (Peta)

Outstanding Translation or Adaptation
Guelan Luarca, “Eurydice” (TP)

Jerry Respeto, “Ang Pag-uusig” (Tanghalang Pilipino/TP)

Alan Glinoga, “Ang Buhay ni Galileo” (Peta)

Outstanding Musical Direction

Daniel Bartolome, “Newsies” (9 Works Theatrical/9WT)
Diwa de Leon, “Ibong Adarna” (Ballet Manila/BM)
Ejay Yatco, “Hair” (Rep)
Rodel Colmenar, “Chitty Chitty Bang Bang” (Full House/RWM)

Outstanding Original Musical Composition

Von de Guzman, “Maynila sa Mga Kuko ng Liwanag, The Musical” (Gantimpala Theater/GT)
Diwa de Leon, “Ibong Adarna” (BM)

Peta Music Pool (under Lutgardo Labad), “Ang Buhay ni Galileo” (Peta)

Outstanding Choreography for a Dance Production

Gerardo Francisco, “Ibong Adarna” (BM)
Eisa Jocson, “Your Highness” (Ballet Philippines/BP)
Bam Damian III, “Minamahal, Sinasamba”/from “A Gala Celebration” (BP)

Edna Vida, Alice Reyes and Adam Sage, “The Nutcracker” (BP)
Gener Caringal, “Ang Sultan”/from “The Exemplars: Amada and Other Dances” (BP)

Outstanding Choreography for a Play or Musical

PJ Rebullida, “Newsies” (9WT)

Nancy Crowe, “Chitty Chitty Bang Bang” (Full House/RWM)

Outstanding Costume Design
Bonsai Cielo, “In the Next Room, or the Vibrator Play” (Rep)
Eric Pineda, “Newsies” (9WT)
James Reyes, “Aurelio Sedisyoso” (TP)
Bonsai Cielo, “Chitty Chitty Bang Bang” (Full House/RWM)
Salvador Bernal, “The Nutcracker” (BP)

Outstanding Lighting Design
John Batalla, “Agnes of God” (Rep)
Katsch Katoy, “In the Next Room, or the Vibrator Play” (Rep)
Dennis Marasigan, “Ang Pag-uusig” (TP)
John Batalla, “Hair” (Rep)
Katsch Katoy, “The Nutcracker” (BP)

Outstanding Sound Design
Jethro Joaquin, “Agnes of God” (Rep)

Jethro Joaquin, “Blackbird” (TNT)
Jaime Godinez and Rards Corpuz, “Newsies” (9WT)
Rards Corpus, “Chitty Chitty Bang Bang” (Full House/RWM)

Outstanding Set Design
Joey Mendoza, “Agnes of God” (Rep)
Mio Infante, “In the Next Room, or the Vibrator Play” (Rep)

Joey Mendoza, “Blackbird” (TNT)
Ohm David, “Ang Pag-uusig” (TP)
Salvador Bernal, “The Nutcracker” (BP)

Female Lead Performance in a Play
Roselyn Perez, “Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike” (Rep)
Menchu Lauchengco-Yulo, “Agnes of God” (Rep)
Giannina Ocampo, “In the Next Room, or the Vibrator Play” (Rep)

Mikkie Bradshaw-Volante, “Blackbird” (TNT)

Blanche Buhia, “Lukot-lukot, Bilog-bilog” (TP)

Male Lead Performance in a Play
Michael Williams, “Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike” (Rep)
Joshua Spafford, “In the Next Room, or the Vibrator Play” (Rep)

JV Ibesate, “Ang Pag-uusig” (TP)
Bart Guingona, “Blackbird” (TNT)

Joel Lamangan, “Ang Buhay ni Galileo” (Peta)

Female Featured Performance in a Play
Rebecca Coates, “Agnes of God” (Rep)
Caisa Borromeo, “In the Next Room, or the Vibrator Play” (Rep)
Tami Monsod, “In the Next Room, or the Vibrator Play” (Rep)

Antonette Go, “Ang Pag-uusig” (TP)
Lhorvie Nuevo, “Ang Pag-uusig” (TP)

Male Featured Performance in a Play

Marco Viaña, “Ang Pag-uusig” (TP)
Jonathan Tadioan, “Ang Pag-uusig” (TP)
Joshua Tayco, “Ang Pag-uusig” (TP)

Bodjie Pascua, “Ang Buhay ni Galileo” (Peta)
Noel Comia Jr., “Ang Buhay ni Galileo” (Peta)

Male Lead Performance in a Musical

Gian Magdangal, “Newsies” (9WT)
Arman Ferrer, “Maynila sa Mga Kuko ng Liwanag, The Musical” (GT)
David Ezra, “Aurelio Sedisyoso” (TP)
Markki Stroem, “Hair” (Rep)
George Schulze, “Hair” (Rep)

Female Featured Performance in a Musical

Shiela Valderrama-Martinez, “Maynila sa Mga Kuko ng Liwanag, The Musical” (GT)
Aicelle Santos, “Maynila sa Mga Kuko ng Liwanag, The Musical” (GT)
Upeng Galang-Fernandez, “A Game of Trolls” (Peta)
Joan Bugcat, “Tagu-taguan” (Peta)
Maronne Cruz, “Hair” (Rep)

Male Featured Performance in a Musical

Jef Flores, “Newsies” (9WT)
Baron Geisler, “Aurelio Sedisyoso” (TP)
Floyd Tena, “Maynila sa Mga Kuko ng Liwanag, The Musical” (GT)
Roi Calilong, “Tagu-taguan” (Peta)

Reb Atadero, “Chitty Chitty Bang Bang” (Full House/RWM)


Male Lead Performance in Modern Dance

Rudy de Dios, “Ibong Adarna” (BM)
Anselmo Dictado, “Ibong Adarna” (BM)
Victor Maguad, “Moon”/from “A Gala Celebration” (BP)
Eugene Obille, “Ang Sultan”/from “The Exemplars: Amada and Other Dances” (BP)
Ronelson Yadao, “Songs of the Wayfarer”/from “The Exemplars: Amada and Other Dances” (BP)

Female Featured Performance in Modern Dance

Abigail Oliveiro, “Ibong Adarna” (BM)
Katrene San Miguel, “Minamahal, Sinasamba”/from “A Gala Celebration” (BP)

Sarah Alejandro, “Amada”/from “The Exemplars: Amada and Other Dances” (BP)

Male Featured Performance in Modern Dance

Mark Sumaylo, “Ibong Adarna” (BM)
Rudolph Capongcol, “Ibong Adarna” (BM)
Romeo Peralta, “Ibong Adarna” (BM)
Elpidio Magat, “Ibong Adarna” (BM)

Female Lead Performance in Classical Dance
Denise Parungao, “Swan Lake” (BP)

Kim Abrogena, “La Bayadere” (Philippine Ballet Theatre/PBT)
Denise Parungao, “The Nutcracker” (BP)
Jemima Reyes, “The Nutcracker” (BP)
Katherine Barkman, “Swan Lake” (BM)

Male Lead Performance in Classical Dance
Victor Maguad, “Swan Lake” (BP)

Victor Maguad, “The Nutcracker” (BP)
Elpidio Magat, “Snow White” (BM)

Female Featured Performance in Classical Dance
Abigail Oliveiro, “Don Quixote” (BM)

Veronica Atienza, “La Bayadere” (PBT)

Stephanie Cabral, “The Nutcracker” (BP)

Male Featured Performance in Classical Dance

Victor Maguad, “Grand Pas Classique”/from “A Gala Celebration” (BP)
Peter San Juan, “La Bayadere” (PBT)

Gerardo Francisco, “Swan Lake” (BM)
Victor Maguad, “The Nutcracker” (BP)

Outstanding Modern Dance Production

“Ibong Adarna” (BM)
“A Gala Celebration” (BP)
“Your Highness” (BP)

“Ang Sultan”/from “The Exemplars: Amada and Other Dances” (BP)
“Songs of a Wayfarer”/from “The Exemplars: Amada and Other Dances” (BP)

Outstanding Classical Dance Production
“Don Quixote” (BM)
“Swan Lake” (BP)

“The Nutcracker” (BP)

Outstanding Stage Direction for a Play
Bart Guingona, “Agnes of God” (Rep)
Chris Millado, “In the Next Room, or the Vibrator Play” (Rep)

Dennis Marasigan, “Ang Pag-uusig” (TP)
Topper Fabregas, “Blackbird” (TNT)
Rody Vera, “Ang Buhay ni Galileo” (Peta)

Outstanding Stage Direction for a Musical

Robbie Guevara, “Newsies” (9WT)

Jaime del Mundo, “Chitty Chitty Bang Bang” (Full House/RWM)

Outstanding Ensemble Performance for a Play
“Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike” (Rep)
“Agnes of God” (Rep)
“In the Next Room, or the Vibrator Play” (Rep)

“Ang Pag-uusig” (TP)

“Ang Buhay ni Galileo” (Peta)

Outstanding Ensemble Performance for a Musical

“Newsies” (9WT)

“Chitty Chitty Bang Bang” (Full House/RWM)

Outstanding Ensemble Performance for Modern Dance

“Ibong Adarna” (BM)
“Visions of Fire”/from “A Gala Celebration” (BP)
“Ang Sultan”/from “The Exemplars: Amada and Other Dances” (BP)
“Songs of a Wayfarer”/from “The Exemplars: Amada and Other Dances” (BP)

Outstanding Ensemble Performance for Classical Dance
“Don Quixote” (BM)
“Swan Lake” (BP)

“The Nutcracker” (BP)

Outstanding Production of Existing Material for a Play
“Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike” (Rep)
“Agnes of God” (Rep)
“In the Next Room, or the Vibrator Play” (Rep)

“Blackbird” (TNT)

“Ang Buhay ni Galileo” (Peta)

Outstanding Production of Existing Material for a Musical

“Newsies” (9WT)

“Chitty Chitty Bang Bang” (Full House/RWM)

Outstanding Play—Original or Translation/Adaptation

“Ang Pag-uusig” (TP) 

The awarding ceremonies are set for April 12, Thursday, 7 p.m., at CCP’s Tanghalang Aurelio Tolentino (Little Theater).

Fore! - Sillag 2018 Golf Tournament is On!

Fore! 

Ping-pfft! (sound of golf balls being hit and set flying)

March 7, 2018, The Cliffs - the golf area of Thunderbird Resorts and Casino, goes into drive as people come in to be part of this year’s golf tournament.  Golf lovers, near and far, came in to Poro Point – San Fernando, La Union, to participate in the said tournament and enjoy the rest of the events set for the day as part of the annual light festival or more known as Sillag Festival.

The golf tournament is set into place by the Poro Point Management Council (PPMC) with The Big Difference Communications as media partner.  Along with it is the support of the Tourism Promotions Board under the helm of Director and Chief Operating Officer, Mr. Cesar D. Montano and that of the Department of Tourism.   Sponsors of the event are as follow:  Mc Donald’s, Skin White Lotion, Chocovron, 8 Layers Technologies, Inc., Paul and Harris Cafe, Mc Ilhenny Co Brand Products – makers of Tabasco, Folgers, Cara Ole and Mega Creations.  Premium golf items are also up for grabs every raffle moment as the tournament progresses.

Set during the 2^nd day of the 3-days festivities, the golf tournament is something of a tone-down but still energized event when compared to all the lights and fun fare activities for the day.  What set this apart is the subtle dynamic energy that you feel as the game develops.  As each player goes for a swing, you feel the excitement of hoping for a hole-in-one scenario or an impossible shot made possible at that time.  Fun and friendly competition is simply the theme for the day.   

Sillag’s golf tournament is one of the looked out for event in the festival.  This year the expected number of players has increased.  Joining this year’s golf tournament are Vince and Patricia Hizon, Anthony Suntay, Garry Lim, Epi Quizon and Rocco Nacino just to name a few.  Same as the previous years, the golf tournament is expected to draw in watchers of the sport just to have a glimpse of known players and game development.

With the tee off set and putters, drivers and clubs all ready to be swung at a minute’s notice, we expect balls to fly true and far as the tournament progresses and a winner is declared.