---My Asian tongue.

When it comes to food, my taste is a little bit conservative. I grew up eating very simple Asian dishes mostly cooked using coconut milk, soy sauce, fish sauce and very basic herbs. At the rural areas, my parents barely knew how it is to use basil, or thyme or even the common oregano leaves dominantly found in our backyard. My original orientation of it was to aid our minor headaches and even cough. I remember how bitter it tasted when my mother would medicate my cough when I was younger. I didn’t even realized that it can spice up pastas and meat dishes surprisingly. So, to the many spices all around us and to me --just didn’t get quite acquainted properly, up until I got married. I learned how to use them, where to put it, and of course, Google is my main reference.It's certainly far from the level of a connoisseurs, my husband's judgement matters. Whenever I get a chance, I always make it a point that I prepare something for my husband. It could be a mouth-watering dish I saw while browsing in one of the recipe sites or one I meet at a restaurant.
Yet, even if I have gone wider familiarity of its individual taste, I still kept my regular conservative taste. When it comes to pasta, I don't like it sweet or either sour. The absence of salt makes it unappealing to me. Either, my pasta would be cheesy when there's tomato sauce in it or creamy with lots of parmesan cheese.. Just recently, we ran out choices of where to eat. In my attempt to lose a little weight, I try not to go to restaurants or food chains where I couldn't say no to any food served. Then, we bumped into "World Chicken". We got curious because of the long queue of customers compared to the other counters at the food court. For Php 158, you get a quarter of deboned chicken inasal, sauces in 5 varieties, a choice of pasta or any rice mix, and a side dish. This was what we got.

Myk: chicken with barbecue + bacon rice + carbonara + Large Soda
Me: Chicken with farmer’s cheese + mashed potato + pasta in pomodoro






We were surprised that the taste was really good. The chicken was roasted perfectly, the serving was more than enough and the pasta was good. I forgot to mention that my fetish on pasta (noodles) : I want it a half way to overcook. If the cooking direction would say 8 minutes, I prolly would do it 15 minutes cooking time. I hate pastas when it's al dente. I feel like I'm eating it raw. We spent a little over what we plan to but it was all worth it. One thing I just would like them to improve is the presentation. They had them placed in a big oval plate, where sauces of this and that mix with the other. I hope they can think of a better plate. Is it because they don’t' want to spend additional expenses over purchasing dozens of nice plates?-I'm not sure...but one thing I know, I'll keep coming back here, occasionally. :P

{. it's my conscience telling me to watch out for my diet.}