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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 ...
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Homemade Biko Recipe

 


Today Manang V asked me if I eat biko I said yes she had informed me that Gina will be making it today the employees had chipped in order to cook it at the house for their merienda.

I had informed Gina too bad I cannot go to the kitchen and take a video of you cooking it since we are in covid right now being social distance from each other.

I had informed Gina I will just get her recipe and her pictures of what she had made in order to share it with my audience.

Biko Recipe

Ingredients:

  • 2 Kilo - Sweet Rice
  • 1 Kilo - Dark Red Sugar
  • 4 Pieces Fresh Coconut
  • 12 Cups - Water
Step 1:
  • Cook sweet rice just like regular rice use 12 cups of water for the 2 kilo sweet rice.
Step 2:
  • Grate fresh coconut and squeeze out with your hands to separate the gata that you will use later to set aside.
Cooking Instructions:
  1. Boil gata and coconut in a pot and add sugar once it has thicken like this picture shown:

2. Add cooked sweet rice and stir for 30 minutes until it is cooked spread on a tray like this picture:


3. Slice it and it is ready to eat our employee match it with hot coffee with their biko for merienda.

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