Posts Tagged With: Beef

Bulalo/Pochero Cooking for Dummies

One fine day weeks ago, I suddenly woke up and had this sudden craving for pochero/bulalo. Yes, I want to eat something very unhealthy and ultimately rich in cholesterol. I want to indulge my long suffering taste buds for a change.

So I got up early, studied the contents of my fridge for the first time and was dismayed. I technically don’t have anything except a couple of rather wrinkly tomatoes, onions, garlic and some weird mishmash leftovers from meals past. I am rather a mediocre cook, well, let me put it like this, I can cook but I just DON’T like to cook. I am feeding myself only, why would I bother to chop and mince so many items and cook just for one? Anyway, so I booked a cab, inwardly cringing at this luxury, but I am hungry and I want tasty food. I am stressed all week and I deserve to have something very tasty. I went to the ever friendly but expensive Nakumatt Mega to purchase a chunk of beef and I gleefully pointed at the big chunk with marrow on it. Man, this will be very greasy. Bought potatoes, Japanese corn and some salt leafy stuff I could not identify.

For mediocre cooks out there, this is probably the easiest way to cook pochero/bulalo. Read more »

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Ekit Foodhouse: Home of the Pajero (Pochero)

Despite having enough cholesterol to make my arteries screech, I have always loved a good bowl of Pochero (the Filipino version of beef stew). Highly sinful for its very fatty content and very rich in cholesterol, this very enticing dish has become a comfort food to most Filipinos.

Tucked behind Sarrosa Hotel in Mabolo, Ekit Foodhouse seemingly looks like any ordinary sleepy eatery. The signage does not exactly scream ‘Pochero!’, but the Cebuano word of mouth never fails when it comes to good food.

Ekit Foodhouse

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