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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Side Dishes
Most of my food posts here in Ilonggo Living are main dishes embellished with all the “bells and whistles” to make it more appealing. How about side dishes? True enough, that is why they are called side dishes because they, as the name suggests, have minor role to play with. But for me, I look at side dishes as complimentary with the main course. In the realm of culinary, some side dishes can stand alone as a main dish, at times. And vice versa. It will all depend on “who-what” they are around with, so to speak! Let us check out some of the side dishes.
A perfect example is the Gulai Paku. This can be a main dish or as side dish with rice and fish. The last time we have this, it was treated as main dish.
Another example is liempo or pork belly crunchy or lechon kawali. It can have a dual role of being a main dish or a side dish. As you like it!
Adobong takway and bittermelon salad. More of being side dishes than main one.
baw kanamit! wala pa ko na bala makatilaw sang PAKU.. i also saw it sa adobo nation they featured PAKU. ano iya sabor na man? dugay naman wala ako makatilaw liempo. i miss it na pero bawal gid anay… in a month guro liwat
Cecil, ang paku is ugbos sang isaka-klase sang fern. If you like asparagus, you will probably like paku..almost the same flavor. EZ langsa liempo!