Adobong palaka is an exotic Ilocano-Filipino food but for someone who grew up in a farm life like me, it is not actually exotic or something new. It tastes like chicken so we usually cook it into tinola, adobo, and crispy fried frog legs.
Nilagang rabong or bamboo shoots at baka is one of my many favorite seasonal vegetable dishes. I also like dinengdeng (stewed bamboo shoots with fish bagoong) na rabong with saluyot or jutes and grilled bangus (milk fish).
My husband bought my Kitchen Aid Mandoline Slicer Set recently in Costco for only $24.99 compared to other store’s price of $49 or more in other online shops! He bought this for me to make my life easier in cooking.
Siomai is an original Chinese dish but since Chinese and Filipinos have been trading their products to one another even during the ancient times, they have numerous influences to each other and that includes several dishes and food products.
Turon is a famous lutuing Pinoy which is simply a fried banana fruit coated in caramelized brown sugar and wrapped in lumpia wrapper or spring roll wrapper.
Perhaps pork menudo is the second most famous Filipino pork dish, second to pork adobo. One of my family’s favorite and this is always present whenever there is a dinner get together in the family. So here’s my version…
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The Filipino saying “Kung may tiyaga, may nilaga” holds true with the dish nilagang baka. You need to boil it patiently for a long time before you achieve the right tenderness and to bring out the real taste of beef.
Stir fried vegetables recipe is very common and easy to cook dish. It’s also nutritious and can always be available.
Nilagang Kamote or inlingta nga violet nga kamote is a snack or “meryenda” that I won’t be tired of. This is my all-time favorite snack.
Fried smelt fish is so easy to prepare and cook. In Filipino or Oriental store, smelt fish is always available and already cleaned. It’s one of my personal favorites fish because it’s tasty, a little sweet and nutty I must say.