Fish Friday

My family and I watched last week's Top Chef All Stars episode with great gusto. The chefs were in the Bahamas, fishing for their own protein and cooking on the beach with very limited resources. It was all very much like Survivor instead of Top Chef; I expected Jeff Probst to come out of the beach instead of Padma! The winner of this elimination challenge was Mike Isabella. Although I wasn't a great fan of his throughout the season, his method of steaming grouper in banana leaves caught my attention. This is a very common way of cooking fish in the Philippines. 


But I have a side story to tell. Even though I wasn't very fond of Mike Isabella, I follow him on twitter (@MikeIsabellaDC). I decided to tweet him that day after watching the episode. I posed a silly question just to test if he would reply back...

Much to my surprise, he did tweet back! Suddenly, my impression of him changed. Maybe this guy is just being portrayed on TV an arrogant villain. Maybe he is just fulfilling that role for the camera (remember how much we love our reality TV villains like Santino from Project Runway?). Anyway, it was a huge surprise to read that Mike Isabella replied to my tweet. 

Thanks to the inspiration from Top Chef and Mike Isabella's ingenious cooking under pressure, I present you with a new slideshow on How to Steam Fish in Banana Leaves. I had so much fun doing my first slideshow (Royal Bibingka) that I decided to do another one. ENJOY!