• Skip to main content
  • Skip to header right navigation
  • Skip to site footer
Umami Days

Umami Days

Meaty with a dash of veggies

  • Pick a meal
    • One Bowl Meals
    • Breakfast
    • Lunch / Dinner
      • Appetizers
      • Salads
      • Soups
      • Main Courses
      • Side Dishes
      • Sweets
    • Snacks
    • Drinks
      • Summer drinks
      • Cold weather drinks
      • Cocktail hour
  • Pick your protein
    • Chicken, duck & turkey
    • Meat
    • Seafood
    • Eggs
    • Mushrooms
    • Tofu
    • Vegetables
  • Pick your carb
    • Rice & grains
    • Noodles
    • Bread
  • Newsletter
  • Sidebar
    • Kitchen
    • Dining
    • Edible Garden
    • Food Tales
  • Newsletter sign-up!
  • Recipe index
    • By Meal
      • One Bowl Meals
      • Breakfast
      • Lunch / Dinner
        • Appetizers
        • Salads
        • Soups
        • Main Courses
        • Side Dishes
        • Sweets
      • Snacks
      • Drinks
        • Refreshing summer drinks
        • Cold weather drinks
        • Cocktail hour
    • By Main Protein
      • Chicken, duck & turkey
      • Meat
      • Seafood
      • Eggs
      • Mushrooms
      • Tofu
      • Vegetables
    • By Carb
      • Rice & grains
      • Noodles
      • Bread
  • Sidebar
    • Kitchen
    • Dining
    • Edible Garden
    • Food Tales
  • About
  • Privacy
  • Copyright
  • Contact
You are here: Home / Archives for Philippines

Philippines

Repacked food items in a typical market stall in the Philippines

Filipino shopping habits, the “tingi” culture and plastic pollution

When I first wrote a blog post about the “tingi” shopping habits of Filipinos in 2013, I was only focused on the bad …

Read more →Filipino shopping habits, the “tingi” culture and plastic pollution
Alfonso Ossorio's Angry Christ Mural

Solving the puzzle of Alfonso Ossorio and The Angry Christ mural

Except for the architecture, I’m really not into churches. But, during last month’s visit to Negros Occidental, …

Read more →Solving the puzzle of Alfonso Ossorio and The Angry Christ mural
The Ruins, Talisay City

It is a grievous mistake to call The Ruins the Taj Mahal of Negros

The Filipinos’ penchant for drawing parallelisms between a foreign phenomenon and a perceived local version is mind-boggling. …

Read more →It is a grievous mistake to call The Ruins the Taj Mahal of Negros
Gaston mansion where the party scene in Peque Gallaga's Oro, Plata, Mata was partly filmed

Oro, plata, mata: the house, the stairs, the superstition

In 1982, Peque Gallaga directedOro, Plata, Mata(Gold, Silver, Death), a multi-awarded film about the lives of two families, …

Read more →Oro, plata, mata: the house, the stairs, the superstition
The perfect cone of Mayon Volcano

The legend of Mount Mayon

The first thing that struck me when I first saw Mayon Volcano was how awesome it was. Awesome in its immensity, awesome in …

Read more →The legend of Mount Mayon
Haunted house San Ildefonso

The haunted house in San Ildefonso

The last time my father brought me to San Miguel, Bulacan for pastillas shopping, he pointed out a house that was some kind …

Read more →The haunted house in San Ildefonso
Alex, Speedy and our favorite kapok tree in U. P. Los Baños. Left photo was taken in 2006; right photo was shot in 2010.

Fresh milk and a kapok tree: memories of U.P. Los Baños

It’s funny how life seems to repeat itself. When I was much younger, I went on many summer trips to Los Baños with my family, …

Read more →Fresh milk and a kapok tree: memories of U.P. Los Baños
  • About
  • Recipes
  • Privacy
  • Copyright
  • Contact

Umami Days is powered by Apple, Canon, coffee & one bowl meals · Copyright © 2023 Connie Veneracion · All Rights Reserved