Sally, my mother started her bakeshop in 1966. Her inspiration came after watching a movie. She noticed that a lot of moviegoers bought “kutsinta” or “puto”. She started with two product lines only. Then one day as a nine year old girl, I find myself being asked to help around the bakeshop. The bakeshop justRead More
Leftover Ham Recipes: Pochero
Now that the two noche buena feasts are set aside, there’s a lot of extra food especially ham. In our case, we had a lot of Majestic Ham leftovers. The best thing to do is to recycle the leftover Christmas Ham for an even tastier dish. In fact, I got this idea from web searchesRead More
Fresh Buko Vendor
Meet Mang Al, the fresh buko vendor near the gate of our subdivision. While taking photos of the buko, he turned around so that his face would be captured by my camera. Now that’s one confident vendor. He likes to joke around and tells me that he will choose the best photo, the most beautifulRead More
Kakanin Recipes
A lot of you have been asking for kakanin recipes. I’ve been slowly adding recipes to this site so watch out for it. In the meantime… You can find the kakanin recipes in this Kakanin Recipe Category. I ‘ve also found great tasting kakanin recipes from Pinoy Merienda Site. Here are a few Bibingka recipes.Read More
Lechon Paksiw
We had a lot of leftovers of Lechon (Roasted Pig). What did we do with the leftovers? Well, we cut them up to small pieces and placed them in freezer bags for storage. The following day, I cooked Lechon Paksiw which is just as delicious. To cook Paksiw, follow this recipe:
Where to Buy Suman in Manila
Suman makes a great dessert for a traditional Noche Buena meal, or they can even be meals on their own if you don’t want to eat anything too heavy at that late hour. This sticky-rice pastry is wrapped in a banana leaf and eaten dipped in sugar or in hot chocolate. There are as manyRead More