Lunch from Kulinarya Filipino Eatery

Happy Thursday! I ordered from Kulinarya Filipino Eatery nine days ago, and I love their food so much I ordered again today. However, since it's already Thursday, I only ordered three items to enjoy hopefully until early next week, and I'm most likely order from them (or another Filipino restaurant in DoorDash) by Monday or Tuesday.

As mentioned in my previous Kulinarya post, there are no nearby (within 1-2 km radius) Filipino restaurants to our current place. As such, I need to use DoorDash or other delivery apps to enjoy Filipino favourite dishes.

Backstory: I live in a 2-person household - it's just hubby and me. I used to (still sometimes do) cook one Filipino dish (ulam) a week to reheat and eat with rice for the whole week for breakfast and lunch. For dinner, we usually eat pasta, bread (sandwich), or toasted bagel. I always thought that going to the groceries, lovingly preparing a meal is saving us money. And I think that's still true. But since I'm not feeding more people, I am trying to balance cooking (when I feel like it) and ordering family-style dishes that we can enjoy for a few days and have more variety. 

I am testing it for a few weeks, then see if I'll go over budget with the ordering in strategy or if it would be the same. 

For context, I grew up in a household of six people where weekly trips to the grocery and cooking a family-style meal almost daily are the practice growing up. It makes sense because we're a big household. But, the same strategy won't work for a household with just two people. I tried it, and eating the same dish for more than four days, even with variety (changing side dishes), is not fun. I could try changing the recipe for two people, but that means cooking more frequently, and I don't wanna do that.

Kulinarya Filipino Eatery

Hence, we're here. I ordered two dishes for today: Pork Sinigang (pork tamarind soup) and Filipino-style pork BBQ in skewers. I already cooked brown rice this morning, so we have the perfect partner for the delivered deliciousness.

Pork Sinigang
Pork with vegetables in tamarind soup

The serving of Pork Sinigang is big! I can't believe it. They didn't skimp on the pork and vegetables. I am so happy. I reckon we'll have it for three days (including today). 

Hubby loves Sinigang (I don't), and I attempted to cook it just once because I want him to have it. But finding ingredients is a challenge, and it takes a lot of effort (to me at least) to make it right. So now, I have a source of sinigang for future winter days.

Pork BBQ (4 Skewers)
Grilled pork skewers

The pork BBQ is delicious as well. One order comes with four skewers, so we had one stick each for lunch today, and the other two will be breakfast tomorrow.

Thank God the Dashers delivering our food is handled things with care and all dishes so far arrived in one piece.

Halo-Halo

On top of the two dishes, I also ordered Halo-Halo. It's so delicious, I wanted to cry. I am so happy. I can't believe I haven't had halo-halo for who knows how long and didn't realize how much I missed it.

Halo-Halo
Shaved Ice Dessert

For those who don't know, halo-halo is essentially a Filipino version of shaved ice dessert, but instead of just one type of fruit (like you'll see in Korean and Japanese shaved ice desserts), our version is a mix of different ingredients. Thus, the literal English translation of halo-halo is mix-mix.

I guess you should expect another Kulinarya post by next week. 😋