Here is the best merienda/snack quickies you can avail of fast and easy, especially if you’re in the Philippines. A cup of hot Barako 3-in-1 San Miguel coffee, two pieces of suman balanghoy or cassava, and a small piece of bibingka.Suman is made with grated...
Category: Native delicacies
I found this flashy, colorful delicacy at the Vietnamese section of an Asian store and decided to try their version of their biko. I call it biko de kolores obviously because of its flashing colors. It’s hard to miss them and the colors are screaming...
We spell it “kutsinta,” “kuchinta” or “cuchinta.” However you spell it, it still refers to the same member of the Filipino kakanin family. Kutsinta is steamed rice cake with a chewy, sticky, jelly-like consistency, a favorite all around snack or merienda among the list of...
*Ahh those (siopao) buns
posted by: bitesandflavors
November 13, 2018
One of the tempting displays at any shelf in a fastfood or restaurant that always catches my attention are those white steamed, meat-filled buns which is a popular food item in the Philippine and Chinese culture. These are called siopao. Siopao literally means “steamed bun”...
FOR six years, I’ve craved for puto maya and sikwate the way they cook and serve it at the public market in Bankerohan in Davao City, and the craving finally was satisfied one late night at the same place I used to have it...
Marg’s Kitchen: Baking memories for you
posted by: bitesandflavors
July 2, 2012
IF there’s a kitchen away from your kitchen on Saipan that bakes ‘memories’ or favorites that you would lure you back to the islands when you go out, it’s Marg’s Kitchen in Chalan Kanoa. I chanced upon Marg’s Kitchen for the first time on Saturday...
FOR countless decades, native delicacies have been counted among the island favorites by children and adults alike. Too laborious to make, people would rather have the easy way out and buy these native delicacies from those engaged in the business and have mastered the preparation....
APIGIGI (pronounced ah-pee-geeh-geeh) is one of the island favorites which is a constant ‘hit’ not only with the local residents but with tourists for more years than anyone can remember. Apigigi is a Chamorro treat made from tapioca, young coconut meat, and fresh coconut milk...
With display stalls in the grocery stores and shops bursting with imported food items, developing the island’s natural resources is quite a feat, but it is doable and it pays. Let’s focus on Palau’s main root crop, the taro, whether the gathering is a birthday...
Where else in this part of the country can one sample delectable and tempting delicacies, mouth-watering bibingka (puddings made of ground rice, sugar and coconut milk, baked in a clay oven), and a variety of other kakanins if not in Mers? Mers is conveniently located...