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ERIK CABLE

(11 posts)
  • Started 3 weeks ago by imagine
  • Latest reply from jamesmusslewhite

  1. imagine
    Member

    What happened to Erik? Anyone have that information?......i2f

    Posted 3 weeks ago #

  2. erik cable
    Member

    Hello Imagine,

    Thanks for asking...I am here in Cebu now...just been busy lately having the time of my new life again.
    I moved out of Carcar in early September...and found a up and down rental in Mingalnilla to rent for 6,000 peso...but this was after I bought a ticket home to California?
    I cancelled the flight and found a lady friend instead....I left Carcar at the moments notice,as in when my western union money came in,I paid a month rent for Margie and left her all the McChicks store complete...She tried to stop me from leaving her,she had her uncle come over when I was packing my suitcase,he had his 45 pistol with him?
    I just could not stay with her any longer.So I said nothing and just got in the car and drove away.
    My boat is still in Carcar,and I will move it to Talisay soon...it will be moored just next to the Mcarthur guys...cool little beach!
    I travel on a scooter now...bought one for Gigi(my new lady)too.
    Internet wise I am mostly spending time on living in Cebu(fanboat is my name)
    I hope to see you and your family when you arrive

    thanks Erik Cable

    Posted 3 weeks ago #

  3. imagine
    Member

    Erik,

    I have been wondering for a while now. Good to hear you are okay, and still in the Phils. We will either be in the Phils within 6 mon ths, or 18. We are leaving Florida this winter, but have to stop for some old business. This will delay us so we can sail without worry of typhoons.......i2f

    Posted 3 weeks ago #

  4. bangkaboat
    Member

    Wow, Eric, hell hath no fury...

    Posted 3 weeks ago #

  5. erik cable
    Member

    New york style Pizza in the Phils?
    Yes,this is going to be my next adventure!
    I have been doing some research on the topic and I think I may be able to make this pizza?
    I need to build an 800 degree pizza oven first and locate some cheese at a reasonable cost?
    I will fire the oven with wood...I wonder how hot the kitchen will be?
    does anyone like new style pizza?

    Posted 3 weeks ago #

  6. imagine
    Member

    I love the fire cooked pizzas. BEST WISHES in make a success of it. You can count on me to stop in when we arrive. We will eventually make our way to Cebu for a home base, and be in Cebu City, or very very close by.........i2f

    Posted 2 weeks ago #

  7. imagine
    Member

    I love the fire cooked pizzas. BEST WISHES in make a success of it. You can count on me to stop in when we arrive. We will eventually make our way to Cebu for a home base, and be in Cebu City, or very very close by.........i2f

    Posted 2 weeks ago #

  8. bangkaboat
    Member

    I consider myself a connoisseur of pizza, Eric, which is another way of saying I'm very picky and appreciate no other form of food more! The Philippines, like many Asian countries, is screaming for great pizza. I have often told my wife that once we are settled in RP, I am flying over to Kaohsiung, Taiwan, to get the Brass-rail Pub's recipe, as it is the best I have had, by far, in Asia and is tied for first on my list of best pizzas of the world. Am I suggesting you fly over & try it? Yes. In fact, if you would consider a partner in a pizza franchise, I would back one of my brother-in-laws in such an endeavour, if only to bring first class pizza to Davao. As well, I have been planning to get the recipe for one of Deep Cove Pizza's pies, which are #1 in Vancouver.

    Will such a business fly? If prices are comparable to Shakey's, yes, I don't see why not.
    Best of luck with the venture!
    Mike

    Posted 2 weeks ago #

  9. jamesmusslewhite
    Member

    Fanboat

    Happy to see you are still doing good. Hope the new life is a happy one.

    James

    Posted 3 days ago #

  10. jamesmusslewhite
    Member

    Bankaboat,

    The clay coal oven is easy to build, oregano, garlic, mushrooms,tomatoes, onions, and bell peppers grow well here. If you make a good marinara, primavera, and alfredo sauce; with the seafoods and excellent egg plants that grow here, you should make outstanding authentic Italian dishes. Making your own noodles is easy enough. Asian water buffalo milk makes some of the finest mozzarella in the world. Parmesan cheese will have to be purchased, it is a easy cheese to make but takes 5 months to form but most is aged for two years. You can make fresh Italian sausage, and smoke your own ham. You only need to make a good quality pizza dough, and you can produce a world class pizzeria-Italian restraint at a very reasonable cost overhead.

    The rest is "Location, Location, Location"

    Posted 3 days ago #

  11. bangkaboat
    Member

    James,
    Well that's just great! How about a warning before listing off those ingredients, I just drooled on my laptop while reading your post - must be past dinner time - and my wife is looking at me with disgust! lol

    I'm too lazy to be making pizza myself, but will climb mountains for the right one. I wouldn't mind being a silent partner in such an endeavour, but I have had enough businesses in the Philippines to know that I don't want the headaches. I plan to brew my own beer(150-200yr. old family recipe) when I get there, but, in a similar vein, have told my wife that any thoughts on going commercial with that will have to be her baby. My personal plan, when I arrive, is to do what I wish to do each day & avoid being in a position of having to do things. But, like I said, I'd pay to have great pizza in Davao. Hey, maybe that element of Davao has changed, as well. When I was last there, there were two places and the pizza in each was pretty lame. I once had my Mother send me cheddar cheese from Canada. What a mess! The post office personnel were so offended by the smell of the package they'd held for a week that they delivered it to our home, unusual in those days. I'll have to see if Stein - owns Dayang Beach on Talikud - is posted to the Norwegian Embassy in Manila, as he was a better source of hard-to-find food items than my own embassy, even when he was posted in Baghdad.

    Yup, gonna gain 50 lbs in my first year there.

    Eric, whatever you get going, keep us informed & I'll swing by on my way down.

    Mike

    Posted 3 days ago #

  12. jamesmusslewhite
    Member

    bangkaboat,

    I plan to open a small place here in the next couple of years, we have a 6-1/2 hector farm and I want to grow the meats, herbs. fruits, and vegetables. Then We will open. I want to control my supply line, that way I can control cost and availability.

    We have devoted a lot of planning and preparation to open this type of business. We live in Surigao City which has an ideal environment for new businesses, and the locals support a good restaurants industry here. It is only a 120,000 population but most area small communities travel here regularly, because it is a hub city for those locals to purchase products and supplies.

    The problem here is most have no idea what a real Pizza is outside of Pizza Hut, and no clue of authentic Italian pasta dishes. I have been married for 24 years, and my wife a duel citizen has lived with me in Houston for over 24 years. Houston has a large Italian population and she understands what Italian cuisine truly is. and taste like. We also will grill meats and make several Hoagie sandwiches. An will have some authentic New Orleans Cajun dishes. Italian-Grill-Hoagies-Cajun should be a winning combination..

    Once a few years back I stopped with my wife North of Manila and before Bagio. We ordered a pizza which came to the table as a large thick square cracker dough with banana-catchup, shredded raw cabbage, sliced raw cucumber, and mystery meat. I politely ask the lady what it was, With a confused look and a prideful smile exclaimed, "It is Real Pizza." In that story lies the problem, you can not understand something unless you experience it first hand.

    Posted 2 days ago #

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