If I have enough time and enough money, I would buy myself a Class A motorhome and travel around the Philippines. I’ve done some land travel by public transpo and it is not really comfortable. Wouldn’t it be great to go from one place to the next, stop when you want, go to the market and cook it in your kitchen, find a place to picnic? If I were to do, here are some of the dishes I’d like to cook:
- Buy vegetables from the Trading Post in La Trinidad, Benguet and cook chopsuey
- Make kinilaw/tuna ceviche in General Santos, Zamboanga or Siargao Island
- Make seafood paella anywhere near a seafood place
- Cook Bicol Express in Bicol (where else?) and pinangat in Albay
- Cook different rice cakes from different areas in the Philippines such as puto maya in Iligan City, Tupig in Pangasinan, Moron in Leyte…
- Indulge in bangus belly in Dagupan, dried fish in Bantayan Island or pyannggang manuk in Zamboanga or Jolo?
My list would go on. How about you? If you were to go places, what would you like to cook?


Sawadee kha! My name is Gay a.k.a. A Scientist in the Kitchen. Science and cooking are two of my passions. I'm a corn breeder who also loves to eat and cook. My kitchen is in Phitsanulok, Thailand where I am based together with Pasta (yes, I love Italian food!) my black labrador retriever.