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Mom Violy and Carmina’s dining experience at Dean & DeLuca

  Mom Violy told me she wanted to order the Paella Negra from Dean & Deluca. Carmina suggested we dine in since we’d never really tried their main courses, always just getting takeout with the cream puffs . Mom Violy agreed, and we arrived about thirty minutes before the lunch rush began. The service was very slow, even though we had ordered ahead of time. They mistakenly brought out the Paella Valenciana , despite Mom Violy repeating the order three times to the person who took it. It turned out the cook on duty made the error, even though it was written down clearly. We know Paella Negra takes a long time to prepare, which is why Mom Violy had requested it to be cooked beforehand. She wanted it as her main meal, but because of the mix-up and feeling hungry, she took a piece of Carmina’s Turkey Club Sandwich and asked for the bacon on the side. I didn’t expect the turkey to be just one piece, and the bread was toasted so hard that it removed one layer of the sandwich. Since ...

Bisugo Soup Recipe

This dish can be misleading it look like a tinola but actually it is not but cooked almost the same way only difference it is a fish cooked with ginger and dahon na sili.

Bisugo is jobfish or goatfish in English.

Manang V cooks this in rice water and I will show you how it is being cooked.

Bisugo Recipe

Ingredients:

  • 1/2 Kilo - Bisugo (clean)
  • 1/2 - Ginger (peel and sliced thinly)
  • 1/4 Cup - Dahon (leaves) of sili (chili)
  • 4 Cups - Rice water
  • Patis to taste
  • Black pepper to taste
Preparing Rice Water:
  1. As you are cleaning the rice from preparing it for the rice cooker you will pour 4 cups of water to the rice and wash it twice and the second wash you will use that as your rice water for the bisugo soup recipe.
Cooking Instructions:
  • In a medium pot you will pour small amount of cooking oil add ginger and patis saute add the bisugo with rice water.
  • Add dahon of sili season with black pepper cook for 20 minutes
  • Ready to serve in a serving bowl.

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