Hot and Spicy Beef Tripe Congee Espesyal

 The term congee or conjee comes from Tamil word (kanji), a prominent food of ancient Tamil people. Congee is a type of rice porridge or gruel which is well-known in many Asian countries particularly in China which they called it "jook", "Hsan Byok" in Myanmar,  "Bubur" for Indonesia, "Okayu" in Japan, and "Lugaw" in Philippines. In some culture, congee is eaten for breakfast food or late supper. This is a great substitute for rice at other meals. It is most often served with side dishes. With additional ingredients such as meat, fish and other flavorings it is often served as a meal on its own especially if someone gets mild sick/ill since it is easily digestible food. Embraced by the Filipino cuisine, today congee has many variation around the country depending on the type of meat that will be included. For arroz caldo recipe we usually used chicken as the main meat. Despite its many variation of style in preparation, it is definitionally a thick rice porridge largely disintegrated after prolonged cooking in water. 

DIY: Special Pickled Green Papaya

 Atchara (related to 'acar" from neighbouring Malaysia and Indonesia) is a pickling made from unripe papaya which is very abundant in a tropical country like the Philippines.  The Filipino style pickled green papaya was and always will be the perfect pairing for anything fried, roasted meat, and grilled viand. Even if it is not a Filipino food you are serving. What makes pickled papaya so very special is that it is made of very firm, crunchy and extremely green papayas as well as carrots, onions, ginger, red bell pepper, garlic, raisins and vinegar. The pickled papaya (atchara) is not just a pickle relish but it is a great side dish. In just a a few tablespoon surely it will add the combined flavors of tart, sweet, sour, salty and spicy. With atchara, everyone will enjoy the meal.

A Post of Huge Smile :)

Wow! I just can't believe that I have a blog that I can finally call mine. Yes this is my blog and I'd like to welcome you from now on.
For the past 1 year and a half of spending my time going outside, at the malls, chatting on facebook, playing games with some of my friends, reading art books and articles/blog post, now is my first shot to introduce my other side hobby - which is to cook food :)

Since this is one of my greatest dreams, apart from having a mansion house (kidding aside) I'd like to create something different from other famous food blog sites. I wanna make sure people can relate to what I'm writing especially the food ingredients. Simple, affordable and nutritiously healthy. Not to mention certified "halal" foods.

You might ask me why I named my blog as Sam Chews It with it's subtitle "I choose what I chew". Basically, I had a lots of blog names in mind before I jumped into a final conclusion for the appropriate title. "I choose what I chew" is a representation of my food choices - that is to eat what is right in accordance to our Islamic beliefs which is to drink, eat and digest food that is permissible to Islamic Law. The word "chews" having sounded like the word "choose" I therefore ended with this catchy title 'Sam Chews It'.


The totality of the concept of putting up a food blog like this is to share and remind people the vital part of eating healthy foods in their body and refraining from eating that can add more to our health condition. People eat to live and people live to eat good food. But then again, we cannot just get these food benefits without regular exercise and appointments with the doctor.

So have a huge smile as we go along searching for the best and healthiest food in town, accompany me on my delectable foodtrips. I hope you have fun reading and turn my food blog post as part of your everyday life. Till next time :)