Mida Food Turns 20 + Dishes I Made with Pacific Bay Seafood

Last June, Mida Food Distributors celebrated its 20th year anniversary with a Feast of the Pacific at The Tent at Enderun. Mida Food Distributors is the leader in the Philippine seafood industry. Together with its sister company, Mida Trade Ventures, they offer the largest seafood selection in the Philippines! They also offer retail seafood specialty items under the brand, Pacific Bay Seafood, which I will tell you more about later and what I cooked.

Mida Food Distributors treated its guests with dishes specially made by our country's top chefs: Chef Miguel Vecin, Chef Roland Laudico, Chef Jonas Ng and Chef Margarita Fores.

 One of appetizers served was this baked oyster. I love oysters and this was good!

This was what Chef Margarita Fores prepared: Barramudi, Orange-fennel Confit, Black Olive Soil and Carabao Butter.

Chef Miguel Vecin made Pulpo A La Gallega which is composed of Pulpo with Potato Foam, 

Jamon Serrano Crumbs, Pimenton Powder.

This was my favorite. Chef Roland Laudico's Hamachi Kinilaw which has Hamachi, Coca-cola Espuma, Candied Ginger, Spicy Capsicum Puree

 Another favorite was Chef Jonas Ng's Prawn Pomelo And Crab Salad which has Prawn Crab, Pomelo, Peanut, Toasted Rice, Coconut Milk Cilantro Salad.

Love how everything was so fresh and hearing stories from the chefs prove that Mida Food Distributors is a trusted company by professionals! Congrats again on your 20th, Mida Food!

Pacific Bay Seafood sent over a bunch of frozen seafood to my house a day after the event. Pacific Bay offers freshly-packed seafood items like peeled & deveined shrimp, tuna belly, tuna steaks, scallop meat, salmon steaks, whole clams, crabstick, and cream dory fillet, as well as Atlantic cod portions, bacalao loins, Chilean seabass, softshell crab, Gindara steaks and halibut fillet and steaks.

I don't really cook with seafood (other than fish that I am familiar with, shrimps and tahong) that often because I'm afraid I'll ruin a dish or make palpak but I was up for the challenge! They sent shrimps, mussels, bacalao, scallops and soft shell crabs and here's what I whipped up. I did not cook this all in one night ha.

Baked Bacalao

This was my first time to cook with bacalao. It's a lightly salted fish. I've never baked a fish as well so I looked for a recipe on the internet and this was what I came up with it the available ingredients I have. I mixed lemon, olive oil, pepper, cayenne pepper and paprika then put it over the fish then popped it to the oven. I think I overcooked it but otherwise, it wasn't bad. Haha! Ate it with rice and stir-fried upo.

Gambas

This was my second time to cook gambas. The first time was maybe 9 years ago. Haha! Gambas is easy to cook. You just need lots and lots of garlic, paprika and lemon. I am really impressed at how plump the shrimps were considering they were frozen. It's peeled and deveined as well so it made my life so much easier!

 Green Mussels or Tahong

I cooked the mussels two way. Half of it I made it into soup and the other half I baked it. The soup came out just okay. I think the frozen is not meant for making it into soup.

While the Baked Cheesy Tahong was a winner! It was also my first time to bake mussels. I mostly make soup but I will definitely make this again. It was really good!

 Soft Shell Crab

Another first too! I just dredged it in egg and flour and deep fried it.

 Scallops

For the scallops, I bought steak to go with it. I just sauteed the scallops with lots of butter. It came out yummy and so perfect with the steak.

I probably winged 3 out of 6 dishes and I was so happy and impressed with what I made. A challenge to my cooking skills! I was always scared to buy frozen seafood because I'm not sure how it would taste vs fresh seafood but after cooking all the dishes above, now I know what brand to buy! Pacific Bay is available at any leading supermarket nationwide.

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#BetterMe Lee Kum Kee Recipe Swap + A&D's Kid Approved Fish Recipe!

I have to admit there are days when I am too lazy to cook and for lazy days, a quick recipe with a pantry-available ingredient would always come in handy. Lee Kum Kee has always been on of my pantry staples for quick, easy and yummy meals! I'm sure Lee Kum Kee is always a part of your grocery list as well as your pantry too!

 Just a few of Lee Kum Kee's best-selling products. Hoisin sauce is my favorite dimsum partner. Kaye have me a bottle of Lee Kum Kee's Premium Soy Sauce and I used it on my adobo and it made it so much yummier and it's because Lee Kum Kee only uses the finest beans for its premium soy sauce.

Lee Kum Kee has been around since 1888, they are known as the world's first oyster sauce brand. Lee Kum Kee is a Hong Kong-based food company that specializes in manufacturing oyster-flavored sauce and a whole range of Asian and Chinese sauces. Today, Lee Kum Kee has over 200 sauces and condiments available worldwide. Its sauces are used in the best gourmet restaurants to modest family kitchens.

Lee Kum Kee held a recipe swap and cooking demo with four awesome moms sharing their tried and tested recipes at home. With Lee Kum Kee Panda Oyster Sauce as one of their main ingredient, no doubt it's deliciuous and effortlessly brought out the best in their dishes, enhancing the flavors and highlighting the premium goodness of the ingredients!

The mommas and Shiao Chew Chan (in the middle), Southeast Asia Regional Category Manager for Soy. I never knew that recipe swaps could be this so much fun! Now I have more dishes to serve my family!

Suzi Entrata-Abrera, TV personality and mother of three, shared her very own Thai Omelette recipe.

Michelle Aventajado, aspiring yogini and mother of four, shared her Grilled Salmon recipe.

Michelle Lim, newbie homeschooler and mother of two, shared her Tofu Saute recipe.

Eliza Santiago, make-up artist and mom of one, shared her Zenmeyang Shucai (Sauteed Asparagus) recipe.

And here's my own recipe which was a happy accident because I was experimenting on a new fish recipe. It's a happy accident because my kids loved it and I have made three times since the first time I made it.

A&D's Kid-Approved Fish Recipe

Ingredients:

2 pcs Cream Dory Fillets (or any white fish)

2 tbsp Lee Kum Kee Panda Oyster Sauce

4 tbsp Lee Kum Kee Hoisin Sauce

1 tbsp Lee Kum Kee Pure Sesame Oil

Procedure:

1. Mix all Lee Kum Kee sauces in one bowl. You can add water or add more sauces to adjust to your taste.

2. I've cooked this two ways. Steamed and cooked it in the oven toaster. Lay the fish fillets on a plate (for steaming) or aluminum foil (for oven toaster) and glaze the fish with the Lee Kum Kee mixed sauce.

3. Steam or cook it in the oven toaster for 15 minutes.

4. Serve with rice

This is one quick and easy recipe and the one of the easiest to teach your cook or helpers at home! Plus the kids love it! It's a win-win for me! The first time I cooked it, I didn't put any Lee Kum Kee Pure Sesame Oil but I did the second time and it made a lot of difference. If you love the smell of sesame oil, then you know what I mean. And Lee Kum Kee has the best quality of sesame oil until the last drop! 

Karen Mejia, owner of Terrace 45 restaurant also shared her expertise with some tips and tricks to make meal preparation even more fun and hassle-free.

Lee Kum Kee is committed to only delivering quality products and with its variety of products, we are sure of its authenticity as well. A special team monitors every step in the production process. Oysters are carefully selected and harvested from their own oyster farm and processed on the day of harvest  to retain its freshness and purest taste.

Only the best oyster sauce in my kitchen, Lee Kum Kee Panda Oyster Sauce!

Do you have an original recipe using Lee Kum Kee products? Lee Kum Kee hopes to inspire Filipino moms to whip up more dishes to be enjoyed by the entire family. And to encourage moms to experiment in the kitchen more often, Lee Kum Kee is running a Facebook promo for the most creative photo of their very own dish prepared with Lee Kum Kee. P25,000 worth of kitchenware vouchers await the winners. Promo runs from May 27 to June 26, 2015.

1st prize Php7,000

2nd prize Php5,000

3rd prize Php3,000

10 Bonus Prizes Php1,000

How to join: 

1. Cook a dish using ANY Lee Kum Kee product. 

2. Take a picture of the dish and the Lee Kum Kee product used. Name the recipe then upload. 

3. Use the hashtags #LKKRecipesByMe #(LKKProduct) (Example: #PandaOysterSauce)

*Winners will not be determined by the number of likes.

*Winners will be picked at the end of the promo period. 

Terms and conditions apply. http://on.fb.me/1J4QP8h

Lee Kum Kee products are available at major supermarkets nationwide. To know more about Lee Kum Kee, log on to www.lkk.com or check out Lee Kum Kee Philippines Facebook Page

Afternoon Bites With Severin and Braun

You know you're a mom when kitchen and home appliances make you excited! I've been looking forward to this event ever since Mish sent out our invites!

An afternoon of kitchen appliance and cooking demo is something I can't say no to. When I got married, I had to learn how to cook or else we'll go hungry. The only kitchen appliance I know to operate back then were juicer, blender, oven toaster and microwave only! Now I have a coffee maker, coffee grinder, slow cooker, food processor, air fryer and I want more more more for my kitchen!

Loved the centerpiece and place setting!

A display of Severin: slow juicer, raclette grill and mixer

Our snacks were all prepared using Braun and Severin! How cool is that!

These Sweet and Sour Tamarind Fish in a Cup was a winner! One of my favorite dishes that afternoon. Must replicate it at home!

Severin Crepe Maker! We were all like "oooohh" "ahhhhh" when we saw this machine! Machine talaga? Hihi

That Lemon and Basil Refresher on the right is so good! So refreshing, perfect for hot sunny days!

Colombo Merchants, the exclusive distributor of Severin and Braun in the Philippines. Colombo Merchants started out in 1995 as a commission agent for Duty Free Philippines. They mainly concentrated on distributing confectionary like Toblerone and Cadbury products to Duty Free Philippines. Then in 2001, they won the bid to operate Duty Free Philippines' Liquor Concession. In 2007, they started distributing Braun's personal care and small kitchen appliances then in 2011, it was Severin, Minox and Beurer.

Mish welcoming the guests for the afternoon

Bev Campos, managing partner for Colombo Merchants, welcoming us!

All of the food that afternoon was prepared by Chef Redj Baron and he demonstrated how to prepare some of the dishes too using only Severin and Braun kitchen appliances.

I wish I can have all these appliances in my kitchen for convenience but my small kitchen can only accommodate a few appliances.

Didi got to try the Severin Crepe Maker and we ate what she made. Hihi!

You can even make your own waffle cone at home with Severin's Mixer and Waffle Cone Maker. Aylavet! You can now host a crepe making and ice cream party at home and I'm sure you'll be the star mommy of your kids's friends.

At the end of the event, we all picked a number from a bowl. This was the best part of the event! We got to pick which Severin or Braun appliance we want to take home! And this was what I picked.

I got the 3-in-1 Multi-use Sandwich Toaster! I can make waffles, wraps, paninis and more!

Thank you Colombo Merchant for having us! Happy mommas with our new toys! Woohoo! Thank you so much Colombo Merchant!

I was so excited to show this new toy I got to the kids! I made waffles the next day using Maya pancake mix.

Tip: Don't fill it to the brim just like what I did! Umapaw and it was kind of hard of clean it. Haha! Excited kasi masyado!

Tadaahhh! I love my new toy! I've made paninis and wraps with it. Y would always ask me to make her cheese and pandesal panini. She loves her bread crunchy!

Braun and Severin both has a wide range of appliances. Both offer great German quality and at reasonable price! Here's just some of their products for your eye candy!

Braun Products

 

 

Severin Products

Severin and Braun is available in most appliance stores and department stores. For more information on these brands and other brands that Colombo Merchant distributes, you make check their website http://colombophils.com.ph/ and follow their social media accounts for updates:

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