Pinoy Cooking, Filipino Food and other Food Recipes
Filipino food advocate, author and restaurateur Amy Besa shared at The Maya Kitchen recently. Amy and her chefs presented a different take on the more familiar Ukoy . I am more familiar with ukoy or fritters made of grated green papaya and topped with shrimps. This recipe uses bean sprouts. Besa and her husband ChefRead More
Alessandra Romulo Squillantini, granddaughter of the late statesman Carlos P. Romulo and her husband Enzo Squillantini graciously shared family recipes that date back several generations at a cooking demonstration at The Maya Kitchen . Let me share the “Ginataang Sigarillas with Tinapa” or winged beans cooked in coconut milk and topped with smoked tinapa. SoundsRead More
Chef Ariel Manuel of Lolo Dad’s shared this simple recipe as one of the dishes he prepared for “Simplicity of Flavors” at the Maya Kitchen. The usual lasagne preparation with layers and layers of pasta is usually more complicated than this recipe. I am sure you will enjoy the simplicity of this preparation and yetRead More
The original leche flan recipe was from my Mom but my sister Lorna reconfigured it to fit her tastes. The perfect flan is such that when you slice through it, it barely quivers like jello. There is very little syneresis, that is, no weeping (or lots of holes in it!). I am sharing this preciousRead More
Back to School Recipes with Samsung and Chef Ernest Mommies are now busy attending to the school needs of their kids. I am sure they are also thinking of recipes for their “baon”. Samsung shared this back to school recipe personally prepared by Chef Ernest Gala. A graduate from the Italian Institute for Advanced CulinaryRead More
Have you tasted “Sikreto ni Maria” at Abe’s restaurant or at Abe’s Farm in Pampanga? Well the recipe of this heavenly dessert is not really a secret after my recent visit to Unilever Food Solutions event where they shared recent food trends. I will talk about the “Food Trends” in another post. The ingredients forRead More