Comments on: Making Tapa with Dad

By: Food Blogger Spotlight: Arnold Gatilao � Wasabimon!

Food Blogger Spotlight: Arnold Gatilao � Wasabimon! — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 22:25:23 +0000

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By: Arnold

Arnold — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 08:38:05 +0000

Mel, never heard of frozen veggies, but I imagine that fried eggs on top of Filipino spaghetti would be incredible.

By: Mel @ bouchonfor2.com

Mel @ bouchonfor2.com — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 08:09:02 +0000

Really heart-felt and yummy post. So glad I discovered your blog. A fan already.

Re spaghetti post: Grew up with a Filipino nanny and ate a lot of Filipino spaghetti too… except she did not use ground beef and added frozen mixed vegetables. If I was good, I’d get a fried egg on top too with some soy sauce. DROOL.

By: The Duo Dishes

The Duo Dishes — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 17:30:27 +0000

Good food and good memories. Very awesome.

By: Marc @ NoRecipes

Marc @ NoRecipes — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 22:12:06 +0000

MMmmm yum. Tapa and Tocino were my two favorite breakfast foods when I was in Manila.

By: Paul

Paul — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 18:58:54 +0000

Hey Arnold, what’s on tap for this 4th of July? I was expecting to see a triple-layered bacon, chili cheese, jalapeno hot dog. C’mon, fire up the grill and let’s make some Arnold Artery Attackers!

By: Sean

Sean — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 03:30:35 +0000

Looks so delicious! I am so going to try this myself. Thanks for the inspiration!

By: Marvin

Marvin — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 19:41:29 +0000

Awesome looking tapa! The downside to the fan method is you get long narrow strips, rather than the more traditional flat slices that you and your dad did. But otherwise, the box method works well.

By: Arnold

Arnold — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 18:57:46 +0000

Lando, the combo of wok+hot oil+garlic is one of my enduring childhood memories.

Sheila, which Thai restaurant are you talking about? Is it in LA?

Paul, I’m hardly an expert, but I think most of the stuff I post is pretty easy :)

beancounter, I made SPAM/tapa fried rice this morning. A little salty, but good! :)

alice, if you don’t have a dehydrator, click on the Burnt Lumpia link above to see how to assemble one with a box fan and some air filters. :)

By: alice

alice — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 18:19:31 +0000

This looks so good. I have never even heard of tapa. I think I may even have a dehydrator somewhere so I can make these.

By: beancounter

beancounter — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 04:48:21 +0000

Yum! Looks good (and dry enough) to shred and directly mix with my garlic rice!

By: Paul

Paul — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 14:17:20 +0000

I really enjoy learning about all the different Filipino cuisines and how it is cooked. I’m glad your Dad was able to share his method with you. Thanks for sharing!

By: Sheila

Sheila — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 17:14:04 +0000

Tapsilog is very much comfort food for me and reading this so early is making me crave it for breakfast! It sounds so good.

I’ve only recently discovered that there is also Thai beef jerky which tastes very similar and it’s served with a spicy sauce as an appetizer (or at least that’s how the Thai restaurant I go to serves it).

By: Lando

Lando — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 17:03:12 +0000

This just brought back memories. My Aunty used to make me sinangag and eggs for breakfast when I was growing up. The smell of the garlic fried rice is enough to wake you up.