Jacko's Kan-Anan Offers Eat-All-You-Can for Valentine's Day

Celebrate Valentine's Day with a sumptuous dinner at Jacko's Kan-Anan. See you!

Tip of the Day

Always tear greens with your fingers into bite-size pieces, do not cut them because it makes greens to go limp and edges to turn dark. You can use a knife if you are going to eat the salad right away without leftovers. If you are going to use a knife, then you may want to get a plastic serrated salad knife.

Cooking Tip of the Day

If you feel like you’ve added too much liquid after adding the noodles for your pancit canton, raise the heat to high. That way, the stock/liquid will evaporate faster and your noodles will not get soggy. Otherwise, add more stock or water as necessary. Also, always check the seasoning before and after adding the noodles.

How to Steam Fish

Steamed Fish with Mayonnaise

1. Season the fish with salt and pepper.
2. Wrap the fish with aluminum foil.
3. Add about 2 inches (5 cm) of boiling water to the pan.
4. Fit the steamer over, making sure it doesn't come into contact with the water, and cover with a tight-fitting lid. 
5. Check the level every 15 to 20 minutes and add water or stock as required. Make sure not to let the water boil dry.
6. Coat the fish with mayonnaise.
7. Garnish with grated carrots and hard-boiled egg.

Some Useful Cooking Tips

Sharing some useful tips for the kitchen. :)

Cooking Tips:

• Try using carrots instead of sugar to sweeten your sauces.
• When sauteing with garlic or ginger, always brown them in oil after salt has been added but before any other ingredients. This will bring out the full flavor of ingredients.
• If a dish is too salty, slices of raw pared potato added to it while cooking will absorb excess saltiness. When cooking adobo and it turns out too sour, add sugar.
• To save burned food, immediately set burned pot containing the food in a larger container with cold water. Do not stir the food. Leave uncovered until cooled. Then pour contents into another pan. Do not scrape the bottom. Scorched food will adhere to the bottom and can be discarded thus eliminating the burnt taste from the rest of the food.

The Boss's Birthday Bash

Good food enjoyed with good company is indeed the best(est) way to celebrate birthdays! Sharing with you what we had for our boss's birthday bash yesterday...

Starting off with Pata Tim. It's a dish which is apparently Chinese in origin. It is actually pork leg (or hock or knuckle) braised in yummy sauce. 

pata tim (braised pork leg)

Happy Birthday, Boss! ;)

Wishing a very happy birthday to the person who determines our salary increases. Bless you more and more and more and more and more :)

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