Conducting a cooking demo of Lẽngua (ox tongue) estofaðo at the Maroon Lodge kitchen, in the Southwestern University PHINMA (SWU), Cebú City.
It has been many years since I had cooked a large meal, as I have a very small makeshift kitchen in my apartment here in Cebú. Plus I am used to cooking in portions for my family, so I find it difficult just cooking for one person only.
So after a chat with one of my co-workers at the SWU, we decided that I would have a cooking demonstration with the HRM students (Hotel and Restaurant Management) and then serve the school administration come over to taste my dishes over lunch.
So I was happy to work in the professional kitchen here in our university, as I chatted to the students about my cooking adventures during my travels around the country.
So for starters, I cooked the Italian minestróne vegetable soup.
Then for the main course, I slowed cooked a Spanish inspired lẽngua (ox tongue) estofaðo in mushroom sauce, with creamed mashed potatoes with mashed carrots for the carbohydrates.
Finally I ended the whole meal with a desert of my invention, which was an apple crumble with dark chocolate chips in a coffee-coconut milk syrup.
Lẽngua Estofaðo is one of my favorite dishes to cook, so I had a blast preparing the meal.
For more on my culinary misadventures, I have written the following memoires:
“Not-so Random Thoughts on Random Memories: Kitchen Stories” (https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10159514806346404&set=a.10159242840496404)
“Random Memories: Gag Me with a Spoon” (https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10159518932046404&set=a.10159242840496404)
“Random Memories: Food for Thought, or Thoughts on Food” (https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10159749614801404&set=a.10159242840496404)
“Random Memories: Soup Dreams” (https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10160011039256404&set=a.10159242840496404)
This picture was taken circa 2024