Mackerel in Tomato Sauce with Egg (Fish Sarciado)

Fish Sarciado

This is a typical Filipino specialty and is very easy to cook.  For this dish you will need:

Fish, filleted and deboned (I used half of a medium sized mackerel for this recipe)
Two medium sized tomatoes cut into quarters
one egg beaten
one onion diced
three cloves of garlic
two cups of cooking oil for frying enough to reach half of the fish's thickness
some flour for dusting the fish
fish sauce (or salt if you don't prefer handling fish sauce)
one cup of water
salt
ground white pepper to taste


Dust the fish with flour and salt on both sides
Heat your oil in medium heat in a frying pan or sauce pan for about five minutes
Fry the fish on both sides for about 7 minutes on the skin side and 5 minutes on the flesh side
Once done set aside the fish
From the same oil used to fry the fish discard some oil leaving about two tablespoons
Saute the onions then the garlic until the onions are transparent
Return the fish to the pan and saute the fish
Add the tomatoes and let it be heated for about 3 minutes
Add one cup of water and let the mixture simmer
Crush the tomatoes so make a sauce
Add the egg and mix it this allows more thickness into the sauce
Finally, add some fish sauce/salt and pepper to taste

Serve on top of hot steamed rice!  I actually wrote this entry while finishing my lunch.

Found a new cafe in Mongolia

Here in Mongolia there are no Starbucks unlike in Manila where there's one every corner (OK that's already exaggerated but in Makati City it's close to that.)  There is a Caffe Ti-amo though and there's about four of them here in Ulaanbaatar.  I've tried the one in Sky Department Store during my first month here.

I've blogged about Caffe Ti-amo about two years ago where I fell in love with their Gelatos and Affogatos (you can find my blog entry here Favorites: Gelato)  So when I saw the Caffe Ti-Amo here I tried their affogato and I was immediately brought back home even for just a few minutes.  Incidentally, I also met some Filipinos working here in Mongolia during that time too so the sound of people talking in my native tongue completed the experience. You can check out Caffe Ti-Amo Mongolia's  FB page here: https://www.facebook.com/caffetiamo.

However, today it was a welcome surprise to find this new cafe at the ground floor of Home Plaza Shopping Center near where I live aptly named "Cafe".  And as always, the first thing I tried is my all time favorite the Caramel Macchiato.

I would say the coffee and cake was not bad at all.  The mocha roll does have sesame seeds which was not quite a good combination with mocha but I would have to try the other cakes and their sandwiches next time to make a better assessment.  The price and ambiance was also OK and gives a home style atmosphere.  I also noticed that their tea and coffee are also offered as either hot or as a cold beverage which gives more variety   Next time I will try my favorite tea concoction which is the Chai Latte.

Ahh... suddenly life seems to be "close to normal" again.