"Filipino Merrienda" Blogs & Blog Posts

Mammy cooked ginataang bayabas for merrienda and it brought back fun memories of our Lola Paring (Mammy's mother). When we are kids, we have a few guava trees around our yard and during summer time when they are in season, our Lola Paring will make g...

I am often asked by relatives, friends, and people we know, how many kids we already have, and most of the time answer them with "none yet"  with a smile.  But when they ask me "why?" followed by "what are you still doing (you're old!)"?&...

This is it.  This is the very kakanin that I have been craving and looking for for so long - the square or rectangular sticky cake that comes with a sweet syrup with latik in it.  This is the same kakanin that our Lola Paring used to cook e...

 One of my favorite street food when I was still studying in UP Diliman (University of the Philippines) is karioka.  Well, I also love the fish balls specially its sauce and the lumpia, and the banana and kamote cues, and other street foods...

I only have a few days left in the Philippines and I am not finished packing my things yet.  I still have to buy a few things.  I also miss the little rascals (sniff sniff)  I'm leaving in a few days that's why I've been cooking, gathe...

I have this preconceived notion about palitaw - that soft and white glutinous rice oval cake that is rolled in shredded coconut and sugar.  That's what came to my mind when Sankong Elmer and his wife announced that they were going to make palita...

More than two weeks ago, I have accidentally pressed the "published" button when I was drafting the recipe for my ginataang munggo.   I just found about it last week so I reverted it to draft since I haven't polished the entry yet.Anyway, I...