Fusion

Milkfish (bangus) belly and moringa (malunggay) miso soup

Fatty milkfish belly is cut into small cubes and combined with freshly stripped moringa leaves in this Filipinized miso soup. Chunky enough to be served with rice as a main course.

Cook time: 10

Servings: 4 people

Spaghetti aglio e olio with bacon and Hungarian sausage

When we cook pasta aglio e olio at home, we serve it either as a side dish or a main dish. If it’s meatless, it’s a side dish. But for a filling main dish, we like to add meat.

Cook time: 12

Servings: 2 people

Fettuccine aglio e olio with fresh mussels

It’s still the very basic and very easy pasta aglio e olio. Two additions, though. I added mussels. And to give the dish a deeper flavor, I cooked the fettuccine in mussel broth.

Cook time: 20

Servings: 3 people

Pineapple orange duck in white wine sauce

Think duck à l’orange but with the flavors of tropical Asia. And because we’re cooking duck breast fillets here instead of a whole duck, the cooking time is shorter.

Cook time: 25

Servings: 2 people

Katsu-style cheese-stuffed pimientos

For people with high tolerance for spicy hot food, there’s the Mexican chili relleno. For the rest of us, there’s cheese-stuffed pimientoes cooked Japanese katsu style.

Cook time: 20

Servings: 2 people