Food Tasting in Oceana
A yummy surprise greeted me in the office this afternoon =) I was requested by my boss to go to Oceana (our Christmas party venue) and attend food-tasting offered Oceana for the the Christmas party committee of our organization.
As of now, I’m only sharing the pictures of the food we’ve ordered and will give the verdict after our Christmas party because I know there are still room for improvements; after all, the reason for the food-tasting is to get our feedback on how they can improve the taste of the dishes.
Special thanks goes to Carlo for his Nikon D40 camera; and Barbie + Rhenz for the beautiful photos.
Roasted Pumpkin Soup with Cinnamon, Cream, and Bacon
Curried Potato Salad
Pepper Crusted Seared Tuna Nocoise
Pan Roasted Mahi-Mahi Fillets with Pesto Cream Sauce
Penne Pasta with Pancetta Cream, Wild Mushrooms, and Fresh Peas
Beef Pot Roast with Mushroom Bordelaise
Crepe Suzette
Fresh Mango Tarlets and Creme Brulee
Fresh Mango Tarlets
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Oceana is located at San Miguel by the Bay, SM Mall of Asia Complex. You can contact them at +632 7032515 or visit their site at www.cca-manila.com.
Pepper Crusted Salmon
This is another one of my favorite recipes because it is very easy to prepare. You just have to thaw a few slices of salmon, rub it with salt and freshly ground pepper, drizzle a little seasoning and then its off to the oven!
Ingredients:
- Salt
- Pepper
- Knorr seasoning
- Salmon
Procedure:
- Pre-heat oven for 10 minutes at 190 degrees celcius.
- Rub salt and pepper to salmon.
- Drizzle some Knorr seasoning.
- Put salmon over tray with baking paper and insert the tray to the oven.
- Wait for 20 minutes more and your pepper crusted salmon is ready.
Tawilis Tempura
My friend, Noemi, first introduced me to this yummy fish called Sardinella Tawilis when we ate at View Point Restaurant in Tagaytay.
Sardinella tawilis (sometimes obscurely referred to as the freshwater sardinella) is a freshwater sardine found exclusively in the Philippines. It is unique in that it is the only member of the family Clupeidae that is known to exist entirely in freshwater. Locally, they are known in Filipino as tawilis.
She once told me that tawilis can only be found in Lake Taal and I did not believe her till now… It’s sad to know that tawilis is facing extinction in the near future; sad to see that even tiny tawilis are being sold in the market, I know because I was a patron myself! errr sorry naman…
To all our fishermen, please please please, stop fishing for tiny tawilis and to all our vendors, please do not buy/sell tiny tawilis so that our fishermen would stop getting them.
Anyway, this recipe is called Tawilis Tempura and you’ll be needing the following ingredients:
- Flour
- Egg (seasoned with salt and pepper)
- Bread crumbs
- Tawilis (you can also season the fish with salt and pepper)
Procedure:
- Coat tawilis with flour.
- Dip the tawilis into a mixture of salt, pepper, and beaten egg.
- Coat tawilis with bread crumbs.
- Fry in oil until cooked.
I personally like it golden brown =)
