It's February. Love is in the air. Are you starting to feel it? Kung hindi pa, maski may date man o wala, let's celebrate love by sharing our love thoughts. What special dish/food makes you think of love and why?
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Till Next Holiday Season
The holiday is over, sad to say. But we’re glad to hear amazing food stories and photos from our readers and friends. Check out some of the photos shared by our friends in markcads.com’s event last Christmas.
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Pork Binagoongan
(Chicago) - This is one hell of a Filipino dish that makes me want to eat 5 cups of rice in one meal. “Binagoongan” is a shrimp paste dish with lots of meat and usually made super spicy. Some people like it with lesser meat but more ...
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King Crab Tavern
(Chicago) – I don’t know why I’m getting addicted to seafood recently. Perhaps, it’s because of the season. It’s summer time here. And maybe, I’m subconsciously...
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Easy, Lemony Chicken Inasal
Chicken Inasal is now big in the Philippines. This is a popular chicken grill that originated from Bacolod in Iloilo region. This dish left a good imprint in my food memory for the first time I tried it when I was a kid. I can ...
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Pancit Canton
There are only 3 Filipino noodles dishes that are being rotated every time there is a special occasion in my family back home in Manila; it’s either Filipino-style sweet spaghetti, pancit bihon or pancit...
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Bloody Good Dinuguan
Dinuguan is a popular stew dish in the Philippines made up of pork blood, pork meat, some offals (liver, intestines, etc) and vinegar.
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Tortang Talong
(Chicago) – This a simple and ever popular Filipino eggplant omelet. This dish could be simplified some more and just reduce the ingredients to eggplant, egg and oil. But I like my torta with some stuffing to make it heavier ...
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Lechon Tocinong Manok
(Chicago) – I was intending to make pork tocino but I didn’t realize that I used up the huge pork butt reserves for adobo the other week. But I’m still craving for that sweet, salty and garlicky flavor of tocino. All I have in my freezer is a whole...
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Veggie Galore: Chopsuey
(Chicago) – I eat vegetables but it's not usually my preference especially if there's a meat dish on the table. My doctor even reprimanded me for doing high protein diet ...
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Monggo = Mung Bean
Monggo is a very popular bean in the Philippines. It’s versatile – commonly used in savory dishes and some in desserts. There’s monggo guisado which I adore...
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Purple Wonder: Ube Ice Cream
(Chicago) – What food is more appropriate for summer than ice cream? It's just made for the season. Init ng panahon, lamig at sarap sa bibig - just complimenting...
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Red Wine Braised Pork Belly
(Chicago) - Braising does wonders on the food. Also called as pot roasting, it is simmering meat or vegetable over low heat for a long period of time. And the outcome ...
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Seafood Egg Drop Soup
(Chicago) - There are days that I feel so bloated and I don’t feel like eating full or heavy meal. To a Pinoy, that means a meal with “ulam” (dish) and rice, and most ...
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Spare Ribs Caldereta
(Chicago) - I have a full slab of pork ribs in my freezer for quite some time and I don’t know what to do with it. The previous slabs became 2 different barbecue
