I come from a family of consumate bread eaters. We love our pan de sal and 'sinudlay.' I have also discovered that I have this increasing love affair with wheat bread. So it is no surprise that most often than not you will find pan de sal left overs in our house, one or two fist-sized mounds of baked flour from yesterday or the day before. Since eating pan de sal on its own sans spread or guava jelly and peanut butter can be boring, I looked for other ways to eat it. Luckily we had lettuce, tomatoes, cheese, and two cucumbers on the fridge, so I set about 'dressing up' the pan de sal so I could at least have some fun eating.
It's quite easy and simple, actually. You will need:
left over pan de sal
cucumbers
tomatoes
lettuce
tuna spread, leftover chicken, any kind of cooked meat you have lying around
cheddar or mozarella cheese
Slice the pan de sal in half and grill on the microwave for 5 minutes. They will come out with crispy crusts on top. Next, cover the top with your lettuce leaves. The leaves will prevent the moisture from the spread and the meat from soaking down and turning your bread into a soggy lump. Add the tuna spread on top, or you can choose your own variation of a spread. When we have leftover chicken I shred the chicken, mix it with mayo and use that as a substitute. Add the slices of cucumber and tomato, before adding slices of mozarella on top. Pop the 'dressed up' pan de sal for one final round in the oven for one or two minutes, just to melt the cheese. Voila! Pretty sophisticated-looking pan de sal ,ey?
I love sandwiches. I am a pretty lazy eater, especially when I have other things to do. Since it's midterm week I try to spend as little time on food preparation as I can, and this is where delicious sandwiches come in. My mom bought this loaf of whole wheat bread from the local mall which I like since since you get so full after two or three slices, and the wheat and all that fiber just makes you think that you're doing something good for your body.
I like to put anything in my sandwiches but lately it's been tuna, instead of the usual ham or salami ( although salami is pretty good too!). This is also the first time that I got to try this mozarella which according to my brother, is probably made by local farmers from Bacong from goat cheese (cool, eh?) At P50 per pack I you can make a dozen sandwiches with the cheese, methinks. Lettuce, slices of cucumbers, tomatoes, topped with cheese make up this snack. Paired with a cup of hot coffee, perfect lunch! Works for dinner, too! :D
Heavy reading is not possible if you have an empty stomach, so I try to have food handy when the need to study arises. With midterms just around the corner, I found myself looking for delivery services so that I won't have to spend an hour dressing up and heading downtown to buy food myself. There are a lot of food places in Duma that now make deliveries ( Hayahay, Neva's, Alberto's). Jollibee also makes deliveries, and I think they were the first to do so in the city when they first opened.
The minimum is P200, so I make sure to order, aside from my usual cheeseburger, large fries, and pineapple juice, other edibles such as their pies or another serving of fries. It's such a shame that they discontinued their cheesy fries (I had the worst cravings for those fries back when JB was still serving them, cravings that would last for a week!). They have flavored fries now, but it's not the same.) They usually take 45 minutes to get the order ready for delivery ( a little bit long IMO) but the good thing is that Jollibee is located along the national highway, which means they can deliver to my house in about 7 minutes.
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I find it really convenient that two pizza chains are just a ride away from my house. Alberto's and Biano's put up shop along the National Highway near Claytown, and they've been doing brisk business ever since. Dumaguete is a great place for pizza, especially cheap pizza ( just ask Neva's). Alberto's and Biano's serve pizzas that are eerily similar in taste, although I've been calling Alberto's more often lately because they deliver at ALL HOURS of the day (I even had a pizza delivered at 1 in the morning) and they don't charge anything for the delivery.
Alberto's serves two kinds of pizza, one with Quickmelt and other with mozzarella. I prefer the latter, since it's not as salty as quickmelt and you get that rubbery texture that always makes pulling out another slice so pleasurable. Hawaiian with mozzarella and Hungarian taste really good. My most recent delivery was ham and egg, which turned out to be not as tasty as the other's I've tried. The egg was runny, which gave the pizza top a really wet, soggy look. It tasted ok, but this time the crust tasted sweeter than I had previously remembered. Lesson learned, I think I'll stick to the Hawaiian and Hungarian next time.
The great thing is that they also deliver ice cream (Sorbetes, P100 per half-gallon) and yogurt shakes. I 'm the only one in my family who loves Sorbetes ice cream so I could be the only person here who's happy that they are delivering ice cream for free. You can't beat having ice cream, pizza, and yogurt shakes delivered to your door. It saves me a lot of money on pedicab fare alone, and I don't have to get dressed just so I can go out and get my pizza. With their 11" pizzas costing just a little over P100, it's so hard to go wrong with Alberto's.
Call 422-6392 for deliveries. :)