It's been raining the past few days and someone said this might be one of those "siyam-siyam" referring to the duration of the heavy rains. "Siyam-siyam" directly translates into "nine-nine", and I am not, however, going to dwell on the weather for this post. Rather, I will talk about what's good to eat during these times. Rainy days are also cooler days and what's really suitable for this weather is something that has soup in it. That would typically be nilaga, tinola or sinigang if you want some Filipino dish for your meals. We had some nilagang manok (literally boiled chicken, this is a clear broth usually with lettuce and potatoes) the previous day that we enjoyed for lunch and dinner. Some people would like some noodles and perhaps sotanghon or misua come to mind if you want something with soup. In our case, we love ramen so we crave for some during rainy days. While there's instant ramen (Nissin has some good ones), these are not as satisfying as the real deal. Fortunately, there's a middle ground...
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| DIY ramen from the ready made broth, noodles and chashu we usually buy from a Japanese grocery. I chanced upon a newly delivered salmon sashimi. Unfortunately, we didn't have other ingredients for the ramen except for nori (seaweed). |
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| DIY tonkotsu ramen with chashu and nori - good enough for the rainy days! |
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