Fundraising for Typhoon Haiyan victims in the Philippines

Barkadahanz is an organisation of Filipino families located in the Northern suburbs of Wellington, New Zealand. We are currently raising funds for the victims of Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines.

We are coordinating with various local agencies helping in Tacloban and nearby communities to find the best way of channeling our donations. Please watch this page for updates re this fundraising initiative.

If you want to donate through us please use the account details (for electronic banking) below:
ASB Account No. 12 3223 0160240 50
Reference: HAIYAN
Code: your surname

For further inquiries, please contact:
Cory Gawe (04 4774251 / 027 588 2276), or
Nick or Tina Ballesteros (04 477 4069)

We are also running a Garage Sale on the 23rd of November. Details below (click image to enlarge).



Salamat po for your assistance. Please help spread the word also.

A bigger, better Filipino store

A momentous happened last week: the Filipino Store has moved to a better location (and is still in Johnsonville)!

Beef Corned Silverside Caldereta

My wife decided to try using beef corned silverside for caldereta and it turned out really good.  When you bite on the meat, you get that texture and flavour of corned beef, but the tomato-based sauce, sweet raisins, and creamy cheese all combine for that yummy caldereta taste.  Perfect with hot, steaming rice!

Beef Corned Silverside

The first time we tasted Beef Corned Silverside, it was at a friend's house and to be honest, we did not like it (not that we were going to say it there!  but our friends also did mention they might have gotten the recipe wrong too).  And that's because it was too salty.  Beef Corned Silverside is naturally salty off the shelf so we assumed there's a trick to cooking it.  We did not attempt to buy and cook this meat since then because we also did not know how - until we saw this recipe at Countdown.

Daigaku Imo

Sachie shared a couple of Japanese snack recipes in an episode of Sachie's Kitchen.  One of these is Daigaku Imo, which she also affectionately calls University Sweet Potato because it is a well-known treat to cash-strapped students.