Thursday, 1 December 2011
Taro OTAP, Filipino crunchy puff pastry
The otap is an elongated puff pastry that is about four to six inches long and about two inches wide.
It has a flaky, brittle and crumpled surface that is sprinkled with sugar.
Eating this pastry would entail a lot of cautiousness, as fragments and bits of sugar may fall on the floor as you take a scrumptious bite.
The native delicacy is especially common in the province of Cebu where it originated.
However, the otap is also a popular snack in other provinces in the Visayas region, like Negros Oriental and Negros Occidental.
The native delicacy is usually composed of flour, shortening, coconut, and sugar.
In order to achieve the distinctive texture of the otap, it usually undergoes a two-stage baking process.
The first stage is to partially cook the dough and then sprinkle the top with sugar.
The second stage involves baking again the dough, but a little bit over the usual baking time in order to create an oval-shaped, flaky pastry that will become the otap.
The Otap was wrapped in fun crisp tracing paper instead of the usual plastic.
It was rolled to that shape and there are so many layers of pastry!
It has a flaky, brittle and crumpled surface that is sprinkled with sugar.
Eating this pastry would entail a lot of cautiousness, as fragments and bits of sugar may fall on the floor as you take a scrumptious bite.
The native delicacy is especially common in the province of Cebu where it originated.
However, the otap is also a popular snack in other provinces in the Visayas region, like Negros Oriental and Negros Occidental.
The native delicacy is usually composed of flour, shortening, coconut, and sugar.
In order to achieve the distinctive texture of the otap, it usually undergoes a two-stage baking process.
The first stage is to partially cook the dough and then sprinkle the top with sugar.
The second stage involves baking again the dough, but a little bit over the usual baking time in order to create an oval-shaped, flaky pastry that will become the otap.
The Otap was wrapped in fun crisp tracing paper instead of the usual plastic.
It was rolled to that shape and there are so many layers of pastry!
POM wonderful pomegranite juice
Got this drink because of the attractive bottle and also because I like Pomegranite juice.
I liked it because other brands of pomegranite juice contains other fruits to make up the drink and this one does not.
The colour of this drink was dark beetroot and when it was held up to the light you couldnt see through it.
The juice was very concentrated but needed no dilution.
I have had pure pomegranite juice before, and this one just tastes like a concentrate and its also very sour as well.
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Apart from juices, POM wonderful has other products too that "CLAIM" to be healthy.
This is not a product I would buy, but I like the packaging.
http://www.pomwonderful.com/wp-content/themes/pom_v2/products/images/pom_single_original_hero_pills.jpg
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Freshly squeezed pomegranite juice I got from a fruit store, you could also taste the pomegranite membranes too!~
FishKat!
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/chocoholic-giant-fish-gorged-kit-kats-152041728.html
Chocoholic Giant Fish Gorged On Kit Kats
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