Ube Pandesal
What's for breakfast? Warm ube (purple yam) pandesal with peanut butter.
Bread/Pastry
Baking time: Madeira Cake
(Chicago) – This traditional English sponge cake reminds me so much of mamon that I used to bring to school for my afternoon snack, although, this is much denser...
Brazo de Mercedes
(Chicago) - Pinoys have sweet tooth. Brazo de Mercedes is one of the most beloved Filipino desserts, popularized by huge and ubiquitous bakeshops in the Philippines such as Goldilocks and Red Ribbon.
Empanaditas
(Chicago) – Where there is something Spanish in a country, for sure they have a version of empanada. Columbia, Argentina and Mexico, to name a few, have their own distinct variant of this pastry dish. Philippines is no exception. Empanada […]
Teeny Weeny Mighty Pan de sal
(Chicago) – This is probably the most popular bread in the Philippines. I can’t recall a day in my 20 years of stay in Manila that we never had pan de sal on the table for breakfast. It is inexpensive, […]