My wife loves making these when we were younger but since then she never makes it anymore until one day several weeks ago she called me to have merienda. That day I was working on building a retaining wall in our backyard and was so tired but when she told me there was Ham and … Continue reading »
Maruya or Banana Fritters are battered bananas deep fried then sprinkled with sugar before serving. A very popular merienda (afternoon tea) in the Philippines, usually cooked at home but it can also be seen sold by street vendors. Like any other cooked banana dishes in the Philippines it calls for a special type of banana … Continue reading »
Nilupak is a snack dish in the Philippines made out of either mashed cassava, sweet potatoes or cardaba bananas wrapped in banana lead and served with margarine. I remember my grandmother used to make these when I was a child and I totally forgotten about this snack until recently I saw one served in a … Continue reading »
Sausage roll is a type of savoury pastry very popular here in New Zealand as well as Australia. Basically it is sausage meat wrapped in puff pastry then baked until golden brown. Its origin is most probably British but a lot can debate that it might be the Greeks or Romans as there is no … Continue reading »
Churros or the Spanish doughnut is a deep fried dough pastry served with hot chocolate or café con leche. A popular snack or breakfast item in Spain, France, Portugal, United States, Philippines and Latin America, it is usually sold by street vendors (churrerías) where it is sold freshly made and hot but due to its … Continue reading »
Yesterday I had posted some Leche Flan and that uses a lot of egg yolks and as a result I was left with this egg whites which definitely can be used for something else, first thing that came out in my mind was making some meringue cookies. Meringue cookies or Pacensia cookies (what they call … Continue reading »
Ensaymada or Ensaimada (Spanish) is a pastry product originated in Majorca, Spain. It is a popular food item in the Philippines and Latin American counties that were a former Spanish territory. Traditionally ensaimada is made out of flour, water, sugar, eggs and pork lard called “saim” where it got its name from. In Philippines ensaymada … Continue reading »
You might start noticing a lot of Goldilocks mentioned in this blog that is because it is one of the most iconic family bakeshops and restaurants that people with the same age group as me grew up with in the Philippines, this restaurant also had popularized a lot of Filipino food items such as savoury … Continue reading »
One week ago me and my daughter made one of my favourite childhood snack which is mixed Popcorn and Nuts coated with Caramel, I am not sure if it is commercially available here in New Zealand that’s why we made our own so that I can let my daughter try it. In the Philippines we … Continue reading »
Turon or Banana Lumpia is a Philippine snack that is made out of cardaba bananas and jackfruit wrapped in spring roll wrapper and deep fried. A popular street food which you can see almost everywhere together with Camote Cue (Deep Fried Sweet Potatoes covered with caramelized brown sugar) and Banana Cue (Deep Fried Bananas covered … Continue reading »
Before I had posted something about biko and that was made of nearly the same ingredient but is flavoured with a thick coconut cream topping. Now for this post we will be creating a different variation of a popular rice cake in the Philippines where we will be using jackfruit slices and topping it up … Continue reading »
If there is a brownie, then there should be a blondie. Blondie is similar to brownie but it has less or no chocolate at all as the dominant flavour in this sweet treat is brown sugar. Handling and preparing blondie is nearly similar to brownie, even the ingredients that you can add on like nuts, … Continue reading »
Baking Cakes consume a lot of time so whats the best way to enjoy baking and eating it without consuming much time in the kitchen? Well you can buy one, or you can buy ready made mix or bake mini cakes they taste the same but preparation is way much faster. This is good if … Continue reading »
At last we found some banana leaf here in New Zealand, I still remember I just asked one of my favorite food blogger Connie in her blog regarding a banana leaf replacement for this dish and nearly used what she had suggested until we saw a banana leaf in one of the Asian Shops here! … Continue reading »
Chinks or Chicken Skin Chicharon is one of the guilty pleasure snacks in the Philippines, I said guilty pleasure as this snack is very high in cholesterol and fat. The word Chicharon came from a popular Spanish snack called Chicharron (double r) which is made of fried pork skin. Due to its Spanish influence the … Continue reading »
