Mom in Madrid

I've tried several pancit bihon recipes in the internet, but a lot of them are always lacking in taste or that umami flavor. Usually, these pancit bihon recipes would cook the noodles in a mixture of soy sauce, oyster sauce, chicken cube, and sugar. Even then, I still find the noodles in the pancit bihon lacking in flavor. So, I tried my tried and tested shrimp broth recipe in cooking the pancit bihon noodles, and it took my pancit bihon to the next level. Yummy! Shrimp broth is the key.

Un juguete Montessori con el que mis hijos se divierten y entretienen es el Busyboard Toddler Book. No es electrónico y ayuda a mis hijos a realizar actividades cotidianas.

One Montessori toy my children enjoy playing is the Busyboard Toddler Book. It's a great toy because it's non-electronic and it helps my kids with real-life physical activities.

o months ago, my friends and I visited another Bib Gourmand restaurant in Madrid called La Monteria. Everytime we meet up, we try a new Michelin Bib Gourmand restaurant just to compare and see which ones we would return to. Here in La Monteria, we ordered the Classic Menu which was 42 euros each. With drinks, we paid around 45 euros each.

Tepic is a Mexican restaurant with really nice interiors. Most Michelin Bib Gourmand restaurants in Madrid that I've seen are actually on the smaller side in terms of how big the restaurant is, and Tepic was no exception. The flavor of the food makes up for the smallness of the area. Tepic also has an outdoor terraza located in the corner of a street (but not exactly in front of the restaurant). We chose to sit inside the restaurant - good thing too because it rained in the middle of our meal.

La Maruca Velasquez has a really nice location, right smack in the middle of Barrio Salamanca, though their restaurant was a little bit downstairs. It had really nice interiors, but you were given a 1.5-hour window to order and finish everything. In fairness to them, we stayed more than 1.5 hours but they didn’t even ask us to leave.

A few months ago, my friends and I ate in a Michelin One Star Restaurant in Madrid called La Tasqueria. Since this happened around six months ago, I don't really remember what we ate, but I have pictures of it. All I remember is that the food was good and it was worth it.

Most of our time in the Philippines was spent in a beautiful resort in Candelaria, Zambales called Potipot Gateway. Our room was by the river, but the main beach resort was between the river and the ocean. It was so peaceful and gorgeous over there.

We are here to review Taberna Recreo Espartinas, a 2021 Michelin Madrid Bib Gourmand Restaurant. To know more about their restaurant, here's a link to their website with their menu: Taberna Recreo Espartinas Website.

If you have a small kitchen and are building your kitchen inventory, I recommend to start with these kitchen items. You'll find that you can make almost everything with my top 10 kitchen items.