I think it was 2 years ago when I first saw Travis Kraft’s video tutorial on Youtube on how to cook Adobong Manok. While I may have laughed at his attempts at speaking a heavily American-accented Tagalog, it has inspired me to write post about Filipino dishes that I love. For my first [...]

Nothing says Christmas like a delicious Christmas ham on the table at noche buena. While the ham-hamon as it is locally called- originated in the west, Filipinos have whole-heartedly embraced it; adjusting and cooking it to suit the Filipino palate–making it a part of Filipino Christmas tradition.

Nachos are always a favorite treat, whether as a snack while watching a movie or as an appetizer while waiting for the main course. The problem with having nachos from your favorite restaurant is there’s never enough toppings and it can get pretty expensive. So how do you get the perfect nachos? You make it [...]

I’ve had this craving for some pasta with creamy sauce, so it’s off to Google I go for some easy recipes to try. After reading up on different ways on cooking cream sauce, I went on to experiment and was able to get a pretty good formula after one (semi-failed) try. The seasoning of this [...]

Happy new year! Like most households, our refrigerator is still bursting with food prepared for the holidays. I was getting tired of eating humba, spring rolls, and macaroni salad, so for dinner, I whipped up some omelette. Of course, when I foraged for ingredients to put in my omelette, there was nothing else except holiday [...]

Do fish have fingers? No, they don’t! But for some reason, this is what my sister calls this dish. When I stayed with her in Melbourne, she listed off the dishes she wants me to cook — dishes she personally loves and dishes the kids would want to eat. She asked me to try to [...]

I first tried this salad in Thailand, when I took a Thai cooking class. Admittedly, it’s not something I’d probably order if I saw it in the menu. However, from the first bite, I was hooked! I have the recipe in the booklet they gave us, but I was too lazy to look for fennel [...]

Lumpiang ubod is one Filipino food I definitely love to eat. Be it sariwa or fried, this delicious food is readily available at most Filipino restaurants, eateries, canteens, and even from peddlers on the street.
Here’s a very simple recipe if you’d like to make some yourself.
Fried Lumpiang Ubod (Fried Palm Heart Spring Rolls)
Ingredients:
2 cups ubod [...]

My mother loves watching cooking shows, and one of her current favorites is Q TV’s Quickfire: 10-minute kitchen wonders with Chef Rosebud Benitez. That’s probably where she got the idea of this simple chicken dish.
When my mother first asked me to try this, I was skeptical because it didn’t really look good. Plus, it’s chicken [...]

The other thing I cooked for my birthday was pork adobo. I know it’s a simple ordinary Filipino dish, but just weeks ago, I was able cook great adobo in Batanes, and I wanted to replicate it for my family. Besides, it’s not everyday we eat adobo in the house.

My sister taught me this recipe [...]