Welcome dinner for Pat

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Last Sunday Deb hosted a welcome home dinner for our friend Pat who finally came home from Florida after more than 10 years of living in the USA. Yes folks she’s back for good. The theme for dinner was Filipino food. Deb took out her magic address book and ordered a wonderful gut busting meal. Guys have little black books. Deb has a little food book.


ben and pat

This is the best pancit malabon I’ve ever eaten. You don’t need to put calamansi (bec. there was none) or patis (fish sauce – none either). It was very tasty because of all the chicharon (pork rind) mixed in the noodles.


pancit malabon

This crispy fried shrimp was home cooked. It’s so good that you don’t even have to remove the shell and the head. Just pop the whole thing in your mouth, chew and say “yummmm!”


fried shrimp

The next 3 all time favorite Filipino dishes were ordered from Barrio Fiesta.


Kare Kare
(Ox tail stew in a peanut based sauce)

Pinakbet
(mixed veggie dish with shrimp paste)


Crispy Pata (fried pork leg)


Ineng’s pork barbeque

This bibingkang malagkit came from La Tasca. It’s an institution and very well known for this. It was my first time to try their version of it. It’s very rich but not sweet. This native dessert is made from glutinous rice cooked in coconut cream and topped with more coconut cream which has been cooked til it becomes dark brown.

bibingkang malagkit

Vargas butter cake
Pastillas is a native confection made from carabao’s milk and sugar which is cooked and stirred until it becomes thick. It’s then cut into pieces and rolled into sugar and wrapped in paper.

Iya’s jumbo pastillas

Except for the shrimp and butter cake this is what a typical Filipino meal looks like. Deb did a fantastic job of ordering the best Filipino dishes from the best suppliers. Kudos to Deb!

From Deb’s food book:

Pancit Malabon
924-D San Lorenzo Arcade,
Pasay Rd. Makati City
telephone: 843-2772

Barrio Fiesta
Makati Ave. cor. Valdez St.
Makati City, Metro Manila
telephone: 899-4020 to 21

Ineng’s Special BBQ
Fiesta Market Section
Market! Market!
26th St. cor. C5
Bonifacio Global City
Taguig, Metro Manila
telephone: 889-5410

Bibingkang Malagkit
La Tasca
telephone: 896-5543, 897-9749

Butter Cake
Vargas Kitchen
49 Pili Avenue,
Forbes Park, Makati
telephone: 810-7529, 817-8483

Iya’s Jumbo Pastillas
J&C Fruits Stall
#18 Market! Market!
26th St. cor. C5
Bonifacio Global City
Taguig, Metro Manila
telephone: 729-0325

5 thoughts on “Welcome dinner for Pat”

  3. Waaaaah! I want some! Okay talaga ang mahiwagang notebook ni Deb! Happy homecoming Pat! At least hindi ka pinaghugas ng pinggan sa gabing yun dahil ikaw ang guest of honor. hahahahahaha!

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  5. I also have a little black book version like the guys …:-) but food takes over EVERYTHING! ;-)))  i tried adding crushed chicharon on the palabok….hay,  close your eyes and dream 😉

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