ASIAN BARBECUES

FOR MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND

In Southeast Asian countries like the Philippines, Vietnam, Thailand, Laos and Indonesia, grilled meats, poultry and fish are everyday fare. Most of these dishes are celebrated as "street food."

This summer, Cendrillon Chef Romy Dorotan

will replicate these grilled delicacies using the

Southeast Asian flavors of nuoc cham (fish sauce

spiked with lime, ginger, garlic and chilies),

sambals (Indonesian curry pastes), Thai curries,

and the traditional Philippine marinade of

kalamansi, garlic and soy sauce.

Starting the weekend leading up to Memorial Day, Cendrillon will feature these different

Asian barbecues with condiments, salads, noodles and rice dishes.

Happy Memorial Day to everyone!

Memories of Philippine Kitchens (Stewart, Tabori & Chang) by Cendrillon owners, Amy Besa and Romy Dorotan is now available at Cendrillon and your favorite bookstores and booksellers online.

Memories of Phillipine Kitchens was named one of the best cookbooks of 2007 by the Sunday Times of London. Click here to read the article.

Go here to read an article on Phillipine Christmas by Bee Wilson.

UPDATE:
Memories of Philippine Kitchens was awarded the 2007 IACP Jane Grigson Award for Distinguished Scholarship in the Quality of Research and Presentation.
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Chef Romy Dorotan met Jane Grigson in 1982 when he was lunch chef at Hubert's in Manhattan. Jane never forgot the lunch he cooked for her and wrote about him in one of her books about a Filipino chef cooking and experimenting with exotic Asian ingredients in New York City. Romy had her sign his copy of her famous and iconic book, The Mushroom Feast.
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Friday, June 29, 2007 in Philadelphia
at the TBar-Everything Tea
117 South 12th Street, Philadelphia, PA 19107 Contact: Dr. Joan May T. Cordova,
sponsored by Filipino American National Historical Society (FANHS) Trustees

Tour Pictures:
Iskwelahang Pilipino Memories of Philippine Kitchens book launch, Bedford, MA
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Click here to read about Amy and Romy in the Boston Globe

Letters From Your Tita

Pictures from San Francisco
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Pictures from Los Angeles
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Pictures from the Rustans Memories launch in the Philippines.
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Memories was launched in Hong Kong Feb 07 by our dear friends Eli & Marie Remolona co-hosted by the local UP Alumni Association.
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Regina O's Photos. Click here to view

Philippine Kitchens From Far and Near featuring Memories of Philippine Kitchens in the Philippine Inquirer; article by Reggie Aspiras. (Click for PDF)