That dish he's devouring below isn't our typical Filipino sauce. That would take most of the day to make. I keep a jar of marinara. It's quite simple, really, and it doesn't take more than maybe 20 minutes to put together and maybe 30 more minutes to simmer.

You can get 100% semolina pasta at Whole Foods for $0.79 a pound. Yah, less than a buck a bag, Whole Foods, inexpensive and way better than Barilla. Canned tomatoes? Sometimes Molinari sells them too cheap even for their standards, $3.00 for two 28-oz cans, and they're good, probably better than those four-dollar Italbrand San Marzanos. Lunardi's sell something similar, Strianese for about $2.50 a can.

Recipe at http://nokie.home.comcast.net if you're curious.

KiT would run to the kitchen, grab his trusty Ikea fork, and just dig in:


Nevermind that it's my late lunch and that he already ate. But man, can he twirl:

It took three or so days, but Kit finally did it! I was a bit worried this time becaused he hasn't done his #2 since yesterday, and with great reservations, we held back kept them pull-ups away.

I figure it'll take about a week until KiT's totally potty trained. Just in time for his delayed pre-school.

Misis & I had lunch yesterday afternoon, had humba (HOOM'-ba), lumpia (naturally), steamed rice, some other item, and Diet Coke. Their lumpia was good, same with humba, but our waiter forgot that other item, and I can't recall what it was. No big deal. We figured every new establishment is entitled to a couple of months of misses. Nevertheless, we were impressed considering how picky we are. The only other Filipino eats we would go to are Manila Bay Cuisine at the Serramonte Mall food court and Lechon Manila in Union City if we feel like lechon over rice with some homemade sauce. You can forget everyone else, and don't even bring up Goldilocks and their crappy turo-turo selection. Hopefully, Patio Filipino stays consistent and not incorporate some stupid idea that would ensure failure like a karaoke corner or Heaven forbid a cheesy live band. Off to the food court otherwise.

Not likely. Bits 'n' pieces from my old webpage, and why not?