World Class Chefs
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Ramilo (Ram) Villaluna
Ram is a budding chef from Iloilo City (Molo). He gained his training in Culinary Arts at the Center for Asian Culinary Studies under food guru Gene Gonzalez, Institute of Culinary Education (formerly Peter Kumpps) in New York. He took up bread making, and he studied food styling under Delores Custer of the Culinary Institute of America. It all started in Antique where his father owned a restaurant many Antiquenos learned to love. He continued the culinary legacy of his father and now, Ram owns a catering business, Cindy\'s Catering. Food is Ram\'s life, seriously speaking. I am short in saying that he is married to the food industry that, he spends most of his time teaching and mentoring at the Department of Culinary Arts at the University of San Agustin in Iloilo. If one cannot find him in the classroom, Ram will be on the road crisscrossing Iloilo and Antique having first hand in the management of his thriving businesses from both provinces. He also has a once-a-week TV show in GMA 7 \"Food Trip\". I met with Ram once before and he exudes perfectionism, the character that will beam him up to the limelight of culinary arts. At present time, Ram is extremely busy in Manila. I believe he is one of the finalists in The National Food Showdown 2010 sponsored by ABS-CBN. We wish you all the luck, Ram! Maybe, after this showdown, Ram will have the opportunity share favorite recipe here at ILONGGO LIVING.
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Grilled Salmon with an Oriental Twist
July 13, 2010
It seem unthinkable to have fresh salmon fillet or salmon steak for that matter, available in the Philippines. To my surprise my nephew’s wifes’ relative cooked up salmon steak with an Oriental twist. His version of grilled salmon steak is something out of the ordinary compared to the way we dress up salmon here. It really did caught my attention and I was not able to resist getting some few shots of it. After devouring the salmon fillet, I have an hour or two to relax before my scheduled flight back to Canada 12 days ago. Thanks to my nephew Popot and wife Judith, and family of Paranaque for bonding time with his family, albeit it was short. The dinner was sumptuous and a healthy one.
One quick glance, it looks like a regular salmon fillet with mixed vegetables garnishing. But, if one pay close attention to it, there are some unusual garnishing surrounding the fish.
Who would have guessed that the cook adorned the salmon with slices of century eggs!
Those black round thingy are slices of century eggs, which I had blogged about just last year.
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