Chef Jill Sandique shared this family recipe at a cooking demo over at the Maya Kitchen. My daughter attended this demo for me since I was at a seminar in Tagaytay. According to Chef Jill, she asked loyal family cook, Carmen “Menchie” Sanchez to teach her this recipe. This recipe, however, is a variation fromRead More
Hardinera, a meatloaf dish
Hardinera is a popular meatloaf dish that originated in Lucban, Quezon Province. This dish is quite unique because it uses diced pork instead of ground pork and cooked in an oval pan commonly used for leche flan . Another thing is it is not baked in an oven, like most meat loaves and is steamed.Read More
Cebu’s Lumpia Ngohiong or Ngoyong
Whenever I go home to my hometown in Cebu, I make it a point to buy Lumpiang Ngohiong. I recently went to Cebu for my 35th High School reunion and the first thing I looked for was the Ngohiong. Well, what is Ngohiong? It looks like kikiam but the taste of ngohiong is excellent. It’sRead More
Siomai or Steamed Dumplings
I find it expensive to buy siomai. Don’t you? So why not make your very own siomai and freeze it? The price of Siomai alone forced me to concot my very own Siomai recipe taken from various sources. My kids love to dip their dumplings in soy sauce and calamansi mixed with chili garlic sauce.Read More
Pork Barbecue, Filipino Cooking Style
Pork barbecue is a fast selling food item. It’s easy to cook and convenient for the hungry customer. The only thing I dislike about grilling the pork barbecue is the smoke. In our old neighborhood, I told the maid to grill just outside the gate. Now some passerbys often think we are selling barbecue. Hehe,Read More
Classic Adobo Recipe
There are probably 500 ways to cook adobo but the one that is most familiar to the children is the adobo with vinegar and soy sauce. I call it my classic adobo recipe because I also cook white adobo. Here is my usual adobo recipe. Ingredients 1 kilo pork shoulder or loin cut in 1/2Read More