If you are a balikbayan or returning Filipino this Christmas season, you don’t have to wake up during the misa de gallo just to taste Puto Bumbong. There is a stall inside the Taste Asia, of SM Mall of Asia or in their branch in Frontera Verde. For 26 pesos per serving, you will getRead More
Buying Kakanin
I’m always on the lookout for yummy kakanin that the stall owner actually owns. In most kakanin stands in the malls or the supermarkets, the supply of kakanin is actually bought wholesale. Over at the Shopwise supermarket along the E. Rodriguez (C-5) avenue, I found the “Only N D Phils” kakanin stall by the basement.Read More
Kakaning Pinoy
By popular demand, I am featuring another kakanin stand which I dropped by at the second floor of the SM Las Pinas branch. This Kakaning Pinoy stand is more organized than other kakanin stands I have seen . Each kakanin or rice cake delicacy is labelled with their respective prices. I noticed though that theRead More
Kakanin Stand in Malls
Go to any mall , shopping places, or grocery in Metro Manila and chances are you will always find a kakanin stand like the one above. For as low as 10 pesos a piece, there are choices of biko, puto, kutsinta, suman , sapin-sapin and other Filipino delicacies. The kakanin stand owners don’t necessarily makeRead More
Puto Pandan
Yummy Puto Pandan. I can just taste the pandan flavor in every bite of this puto. My husband and I happened to drop by at the Makati Cinema Square and the Kakanin stand on the first flooe never fails to attract me.
Vietnamese Sapin-sapin
Vietnam has its own version of sapin-sapin . Just like our local sapin-sapin, it is soft like jelly but the green gel layer smells and tastes of that divine pandan flavor. The yellowish layer tastes like “sweet potato”. We got to buy the vietnamese sapin-sapin at the Salcedo Saturday Market for 50 pesos for aRead More