Guisadong Upo

Sauteed Bottle Gourd and Ground Pork Bottle gourd sauteed with lots of tomato and ground pork! Ingredients 1/2 kilo lean ground pork 1 medium-sized upo 2 cups tomato, diced 1/2 cup onions, minced 1/4 cup garlic, minced 1 tablespoon cooking oil Salt and pepper to taste 2 tablespoon fish sauce Procedure In a pan, saute … Continue reading Guisadong Upo

Sapin-Sapin

Layered Glutinous Rice Cake 3-tiered glutinous rice cake consists of ube, creamy corn, and macapuno layers. Topped off with latik and caramel sauce. Ingredients For Latik topping: 1 cup kakang gata (coconut cream) For Sapin-Sapin: 2 cups giniling na malagkit (glutinous rice flour) 1/2 cup gata (coconut milk) 2/3 cups condensed milk 1/2 cup white … Continue reading Sapin-Sapin

Menudong Baboy

Pork Menudo Pork Menudo 💜 longer you store it in the fridge and the more you reheat it, the better it tastes. Don’t you agree? Perhaps it’s because of the deep tomato blend (thank you, lycopene!) Best eaten on top of steaming hot plain rice or adlai, just the Pork Menudo’s sarsa (sauce) alone could … Continue reading Menudong Baboy

Bulalo

Beef Shank Soup Bulalo 💜 Today we excused ourselves from exerting too much effort preparing our meal. Ingredients 1 kilo beef shank, cross cut, preferably bone marrow intact 2 sweet corn cobs 4 saging na saba (plantain) 2 bundles pechay or bokchoy 1-2 bundle green beans 1 medium onion, chopped 2 cloves garlic, chopped 1 … Continue reading Bulalo

Embutido

Filipino Meatloaf Filipino Meatloaf 💜 We were feeling pumped up this day so we thought of cooking something a little more complicated than usual. It took us 2.5 hours making these gorgeous babies, quite nervous if we can pull it off at our first try. The hard part? Patiently waiting as they were being chilled … Continue reading Embutido

Adobong Baboy

Pork Stew with Soy Sauce and Vinegar Adobong Baboy 💜 For a Filipino meal that has 10,000 recipe variations, how can you go wrong with Adobo? Anyone who has eaten this dish would most likely claim their, their mom’s, or their lola’s version is the “best” in the universe. All we can say is that … Continue reading Adobong Baboy

Tortang Talong

Eggplant Omelette Who Cooked It Better? It takes skill and patience to cook Tortang Talong. This seemingly simple dish has intimidated us for the longest time because one bad move would ruin the form. At least that’s what we thought. Or maybe I just hate frying in general 🙂 Someday we will learn how to … Continue reading Tortang Talong

Ube Halaya

Purple Yam Jam Ube Halaya 💜 Don’t you think it’s about time to put a spotlight on Filipino desserts? For our maiden #panghimagasseries post, the honor goes to the dessert close to every Filipino’s hearts (and sweet tooth!) We chose Ube Halaya because the amount of passion that one gives in preparing this quintessential Filipino … Continue reading Ube Halaya

Chicken Binakol

Chicken Soup with Coconut Juice and Meat Who Cooked It Better? “Chicken Binakol” by Mesa VERSUS “Chicken Binakol” Recreated by Tiny Kitchen @ 29K. At times we find ourselves eating out at a restaurant to get inspired by meals beyond our tiny kitchen, expand our palates, and recreate the gastronomic experience at home. 100% of … Continue reading Chicken Binakol

Pocherong Baboy

Pork Stewed with Plantains Pocherong Baboy 💜 Today we excused ourselves from exerting too much effort preparing our meal. Although feeling lethargic, no way will we compromise the quality of the food we were going to cook. For instance, instead of adding tomato sauce to flavor the Pochero like what most Filipinos do, we selected … Continue reading Pocherong Baboy