Tuesday, September 14, 2004

Tale of the 9 Tailed fox "The Forbidden Love"


Synopsis
Forbidden Love (AKA Tale of the Nine-Tailed Fox) is an immensely popular and innovative Korean television drama! The cast of young rising stars starts with Jo Hyun Jae, who made his Japanese TV debut in 2004 in the joint Japanese-Korean production Star's Echo. Jo is joined by Kim Tae Hee of the blockbuster drama Stairway to Heaven and Jun Jin from the group Shinhwa. Based on an ancient myth of love and human betrayal, this unique production takes the original myth and transplants it to a modern day urban setting. Forbidden Love presents a world where Nine-Tailed Foxes (who appear to be human, but really aren't) and human beings cannot coexist! But when a fox woman warrior falls in love with a human police detective, how can their forbidden love last?

Shi Yeon (Kim Tae Hee) is a Nine-Tailed Fox living undercover in the human world. By day, Shi Yeon is an employee at a natural history museum. By night, she's a top-ranking woman warrior in the Nine-Tailed Fox clan, charged with preserving the delicate balance between man and fox. But her world is sent spinning when an atrocious serial murder, where the victims have had their internal organs gouged out is uncovered. Detective Min Woo (Jo Hyun Jae) believes the murders may relate to the organ trafficking trade, and goes undercover in a seedy organ smuggling ring. But Min Woo's cover is blown, and it's only through the intervention Nine-Tailed Fox warrior Mu Young (Jun Jin) and Shi Yeon that he's able to survive! But he's seen their true identities as Nine-Tailed Foxes...can he be allowed to live?


Watch this unique and exciting drama that will make you realized what true love can bring.

Sunday, March 14, 2004

Ginataang Sitaw at Kalabasa


Growing up in Bicol made me appreciate food with coconut milk since the region has ample supply of coconut it has become the main ingredient in every Bicolano's meal.

2 cups Coconut milk (pressed the first extract)
1/4 kl of sitaw or string beans
1 k of squash
salt and pepper to taste
onions
garlic
1/8 kl of ground pork or sliced pork
long green chili

Saute the garlic ang onions as the onion turns transparent add in the meat till golden brown.Pour with some good coconut cream (fresh thicker first pressing) that you boil down to a thicker consistency. Add some long green chillis a few of which have been slit open to extract spice and some chopped white onions. Add the peeled and cubed kalabasa (squash) and cook for a bit. Add the sitaw that have been cut into two inch lengths and add some water if necessary. Season with salt and continue to cook covered for just a few more minutes until vegetables are just cooked. Serve soon after. Some variations include adding some cubed pork or perhaps small prawns. The secret to making this one notch better than the rest? Start with good quality ingredients. Use the chilli pepper as it adds zing rather than having a sweet dish. DonĂ¢€™t overcook. And cook this at the last possible moment before eating.

Wednesday, February 18, 2004

My first Recipe...Spaghetti



Since grade school i have beentrying to cook stuffs...it's started with simpple frying and my faorite spaghetti. I love spaghetti with a lot of sauce so i wanted to cook a lot of sauce and once end up with spaghetti soup insted. After a few attempts...here is one i may say almost as good as my moms spaghetti.

• 1 kilo spaghetti noodles
• 1/2 kilo ground beef
• 750g Spaghetti sauce
• 1/2 cup water
• 1 cup minced onion
• 1 head of garlic finely minced
• 1/4 kilo hot dogs
• 4 tbsp cup sugar
• 1 bottle banana ketchup
• 1 box quick melt cheese
• salt and pepper to taste

Procedure

• Cook the noodles as per package direction.
• Slice the hot dogs preferably in wedges.
• Heat some oil. Saute garlic and onions. Then add in the meat. Cook till brown. Season with some salt and pepper.
• Pour in the spaghetti sauce, ketchup, sugar and water.
• Mix and let it simmer for about 10 minutes until it gets thick and red.
• Add the hotdogs.
• Mix and just let the hot dogs heat through. Sauce is done!
• Top the noodles with the warm sauce. Sprinkle with quick melt cheese and then, you can now enjoy the Filipino Style Spaghetti!