Mira Angeles Dips and Dressings

I started my interest in cooking when I was 8 years old. While the
other kids would watch Saturday Fun Machine, I would be caught glued to
Cooking it up with Nora Daza with my Mom. From then on, I started
cooking based on recipes that were demonstrated on TV or by using my
mom’s cookbooks.

I’ve always wanted to be a Chef but, during that time, “di pa talaga
uso” ang chef and most chefs were male. So I then pursued another love
and went to UP for Fine Arts but majoring in Visual Communication. I
stopped cooking for awhile until I became a Producer in ABS-CBN
Interactive’s – Pinoy Central for the Dining, Nightlife and Events
sections. This is where I met my mentors Micky Fenix and Myrna
Segismundo. The two women would open me to the world of food. So I
started cooking again for small groups (mostly my sister’s friends)
until they told me I should sell or do something with food. So by 2000,
I concocted Herbed Butter and my mom’s Cheese Pimiento. Then other
flavors started to come in. My clients were mostly family and friends, and the orders just came during Christmas. By 2005, after a trip to
Australia, I went to a culinary short course class in ISCAHM. It was a
3-month Fundamentals of Cooking course. Before it ended, I was ready to
tender my resignation in ABS. From then on, it was a decision to make it
in the food scene. In 2006, my brother, a couple of friends and I
opened Cow King Steak Sizzles in Sct. Ybardolaza, a small steak place
in QC.

Last year, people started to notice the dips. I had a small taste-testing in Cow King after being written about in ClicktheCity. From the
usual 50 or 100 orders (again, mostly my sister’s orders), I finally got
orders from outsiders. This was when I came out with the Herbed Cream
Cheese with Sundried tomatoes. Originally, I called this dip Boursin but since Boursin is registered as a trademark, I had to change it. I
guess the story does not end here. 🙂 My brother decided to add the dips
to the menu in Cow King. Soon we’ll be adding Steakwiches to the menu, one of which has the Herbed Cream Cheese with Sundried tomatoes, while
another sandwich would have Honey Mustard.

Website: http://clickmomukhamo.com/mirsbin/

 

P.S. We are looking for Food Suppliers who are unknown and just waiting to be discovered in the next Ultimate Taste Test Event! Please email rache@diaz.ph.

We will be launching community taste test events to qualify suppliers for the Grand Ultimate Taste Test Event in November. Watch out for that! 🙂