One of the most popular Filipino breakfast fare is the Champorado (chocolate rice porridge). The original recipe is made with soft-boiled rice and flavored with Tableas de Cacao which are bitter-sweet chocolate tablets made of freshly roasted chocolate mixed with milk and sugar. Champorado is usually served with a side dish of fried or smoked seasoned meats. I prefer to eat it with danggit (dried fish from Cebu). Childhood memories of eating champorado involved pouring evaporated milk in circles over the bowl of champorado. Just thinking of it makes me feel so warm. I found out about Antonio Pueo’s Double Chocolate champorado mix and it taste just as the original recipe. The “made with real Spanish chocolate” is very true. It’s quite handy to have this champorado mix around during the rainy days.

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Posted: January 6th, 2008 under Filipino Food, Recipes, Supplies & Equipment.
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I started craving for Majestic Ham when I read Manolo’s twitter which said “Happiness is a Majestic Ham”. After reading his twitter, I have been badgering my husband all day to buy Majestic Ham for me. That evening, he brought slices of Majestic Ham to my utter delight.

I used the ham slices as filling for my pan de sal.

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Posted: December 6th, 2007 under Filipino Food, Noche Buena.
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MARIO’S Quezon City, one of Metro Manila’s most respected restaurants, offers a wide selection of delicious breakfast staples. To further enhance one’s dining experience, Mario’s is now powered with Wi-Fi, granting diners access to information and entertainment online.

Visitors can look forward to signature breakfasts like Mario’s Grand Slam, a popular breakfast composed of two eggs, lean bacon, fresh country sausage and light, fluffy pancakes served with butter and maple syrup. Also, a Millennium Platter, which is a combination of any two of the following: Danggit, Daing na Bangus and Chicken-Pork Adobo or Vigan Longganisa, served with garlic rice and grilled tomato.

Batangas Beef
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Posted: December 2nd, 2007 under Filipino Food, Filipino Restaurants, Press Release, Restaurant and Eating Places.
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One of the best tasting kare-kare in town can be eaten at Serye aside from Barrio Fiesta. Right after visiting my son’s grave at Loyola Memorial (in Paranaque), we went to visit Serye located just nearby. I was just expecting to take a snack but my daughter wanted kare-kare.

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Posted: November 3rd, 2007 under Filipino Food.
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The first time I ever ate Ilocano empanada was at the Tiendesitas. The thin crust color is almost bright yellow-orange. The dough used to enclose the filling is thin and crisp, mostly because Ilocano empanada is deep-fried rather than baked. My daughters loved it even if there was some veggies inside the filling. The next time I ate this was at the Salcedo Saturday Market. When you eat the Ilocano empanada, the filling is special as it contains grated papaya, with a little ground meat from Ilocano longganisa. Dipping the empanada with red chili and vinegar is something to die for.

If you want to know how to make this kind of empanada, here is an Ilocano Empanada recipe

Here is a close-up view of the Ilocano Empanada
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Posted: September 19th, 2006 under Filipino Food.
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Pork Siomai (steamed pork dumplings) dimsum bites taste yummy with chili garlic sauce and kalamansi (Philippine lemon). Siomai is a dimsum of Chinese origin which is also quite common in the Philippines. I found this siomai stand at BC Buddies Dimsum Kitchen at the “Fil-negosyo” expo where the exhibitors showed off their products that you can go into business. I forgot how much it cost but I know they also offer siomai, wanton, shrimp dumpling, pork triangle puff, crab meat roll, pork siap, hakaw (shrimp puff), siopao, sharksfin dumpling, shrimp roll and more. The good thing is one doesn’t have to mae them. But how long is the shelf life? It’s kind of scary to hold so much inventory. But yes, the siomai was yummy except I find the “yellowish” wrapper quite unnatural.

Recipe

Here is a recipe of Pork Siomai. CLICK HERE to get the recipe of Pork Siomai.

Posted: August 8th, 2006 under Filipino Food.
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My daughter took a bite from the asado siopao that her dad bought for her. “Can I take a photo first?”, I asked. My hubby goes, ” her teethmarks show”. This Asado siopao was bought from Emperor’s Palace restaurant in Binondo, Manila. I prefer the Asado siopao over the bola-bola especially if the filling contains salted egg. Commercial siopao tends to have so much bread in proportion to the filling. The ideal ratio would be 50-50.

Posted: July 29th, 2006 under Filipino Food.
Comments: 6