Mouth Watering dishes….

 

Philippines-Surigao City celebrates the KINILAW FESTIVAL a festival showcasing different styles in preparing a “Kinilaw” (raw fish delicacy). It also features the variety of fish, seafoods and other marine products in the locality.

Kinilaw is a dish of fish, seafood, meat or vegetables dressed with vinegar or lime juice, but not cooked over fire.

Every year the people in the town of surigao city celebrates this festival not only to promote their beautiful beaches also known as the surfing capital of the Philippines, but also to known for their mouth watering dishes the KINILAW or KILAWIN in other language. this is one of the favorite “Pulutan” in the philippines not only in this region, it is healthier and light, Kinilaw could be considered one of the country’s national dishes – there are as many variations as there are Philippine regions, perhaps even as many variations as there are Filipino cooks.

 

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latte or not latte that is the question?

Do you have a good sleep? if your morning is not good why don’t you try some latte to boost up your energy and make your day great and happy, give your self this one cup of latte, this makes you feel better. when you see this you will love to have a cup of this everyday. hhhhmmmmm del.icio.us….. so what is latte or Italian origin ‘Caffè e latte’/’Caffellatte’?

Outside Italy, where it is mainly made at home with a stove top “moka” and heated milk, a latte is prepared, since the early 1980s, with approximately one third espresso and two-thirds steamed milk, with a layer of foamed milk approximately one quarter inch thick on the top. The drink is very similar to a cappuccino; the difference being that a spoon is used to separate the layers of foam and steamed milk in a latte, while the milk in a cappuccino is free-poured (lattes also typically have a far lower amount of foam).

The evolution of this term (and this particular form of the beverage) is relatively recent and probably dates from the spread of the 1980s Seattle coffee craze to the rest of the United States (and beyond) via the growth of Seattle-based Starbucks. Some cafés create designs in frothed milk atop a latte.

A latte can be differentiated from a cappuccino and a flat white by the proportion of milk to froth. A latte is recognised as having about one-third espresso, with steamed milk added, and holding about one centimetre of froth exhibiting latte art. A cappuccino is one third espresso, with one-third steamed milk added, and holding about one-third froth. A flat white is a serving fill of about one-third espresso, with steamed milk then added, and holding no froth.