Filipino Food Products – Page 3 – Shoot First Eat Later

Pan de Manila

If there’s such a thing as a national bread then it’s pandesal for the Philippines. Pandesal is the most popular bread in the Philippines. It can be found in any corner bakery to specialty chains like Pan de Manila. Pan de Manila’s pandesal are baked daily inside old-style brick ovens or “pugon”. Pandesal used toContinue reading “Pan de Manila”

Pantry Favorites – Alavar Bagoong Gata

Bagoong is shrimp paste. It’s a common ingredient or condiment in the Philippines. Several countries in South East Asia also have their own versions of shrimp paste. In the Philippines we use bagoong for our famous dishes like kare kare (ox tail peanut stew), binagoongang baboy (pork with bagoong) and pinakbet (vegetables with bagoong) toContinue reading “Pantry Favorites – Alavar Bagoong Gata”

Michelle’s Sana Banana Chips

I never ate banana chips because I knew they were thick, hard and sweet. Then a friend gave me a big bag of banana chips from Michelle’s, the same maker of my favorite putong ube. 350 grams pouch P70 500 grams bag P80 These banana chips are thin, crisp and lightly glazed. They are wonderfulContinue reading “Michelle’s Sana Banana Chips”

Pantry Favorites – Bottled Tuyo

I’m starting a series called Pantry Favorites. These are my favorite Filipino products that I always keep in stock in my pantry. Today it’s San Sebastian’s Dried Herring (Tuyo) with garlic in olive oil. Herring fish is salted and dried under the sun that’s why it’s called Tuyo (dried) in Filipino. Tuyo is then friedContinue reading “Pantry Favorites – Bottled Tuyo”

In search for the best Sapin Sapin

Sapin sapin (steamed coconut layer pudding) is made from glutinous rice or rice flour, coconut milk, ube (purple yam), cassava, and food coloring. Doing entries on Filipino desserts this week made me realize that most of our native desserts are rice based like puto, kutsinta and bibingka.Sapin Sapin is a complex dessert with several layersContinue reading “In search for the best Sapin Sapin”

Bibingka & Pastillas

Bibingka is another favorite Filipino treat made from rice. It’s somehow related to puto but it’s very different in taste and texture. It’s made with galapong, glutinous rice soaked in water then ground with the water to form the batter. The batter is poured into a mold lined with banana leaves and baked in aContinue reading “Bibingka & Pastillas”

In search for the best Puto

Puto is steamed rice cake and it’s a very popular snack or dessert in the Philippines. You can eat it on its own or paired with savory or sweet dishes. There are many kinds of puto and these are just some the more popular ones. This is the more traditional type of puto commonly foundContinue reading “In search for the best Puto”

Welcome dinner for Pat

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.Continue reading “Welcome dinner for Pat”

Cakes & Bakes

Cakes & Bakes has been in Cherry Foodarama forever! They have several kinds of bread and cake rolls. They even sell garlic peanuts. I haven’t been to Cherry in a long time. It was the first time I noticed the several varieties of cakes that looked good and didn’t cost much. So I decided toContinue reading “Cakes & Bakes”

Halo Halo

It’s summer now in Manila so that means it’s hot, hot, hot! What better way to cool off than to eat Halo Halo. Halo halo means mix mix. It’s a popular Filipino dessert of sweetened boiled fruits and beans then served with shaved ice and milk. Our Asian neighbors also have their version of anContinue reading “Halo Halo”