Putok Batok
Photo by Mayette Garcia of Chicharon Bulaklak & Crispy Pata
The phrase “putok batok” (sometimes hyphenated as “putok-batok”) refers to meals that can cause the eater to have a heart attack or stroke due to its very unhealthy nature.
General Info
Exotic? Monkey-eating eagles, pupa of honeybees, birds’ nests, freshwater beetles, sea urchins, lizards, iguanas, pythons, octopus, field rats… tastes like chicken!
The tabon bird of Palawan lays only two eggs, and one of them is sure to get egg-napped.
Freswater maliputo and tawilis — fish caught only in the Pansipit River and Taal Lake of Batangas.
Eel cooked in yellow ginger.
Bicol Express
Bicol Express with Baguio Beans by Mildred Cruz. This is a popular
Kinilaw Bisaya
Recipe in Tagalog for Kinilaw Bisaya. Ihawin ang talong. Ilubog sa tubig
Estrelladong Itlog
The term is from the Mexican Spanish phrase huevo estrellado, which means “star-shaped egg” and refers to a fried egg that could be sunny side up, over easy, or even scrambled.
How To Make Hardinera
Photo by Angie Pastor. For orders in Manila, 09369815475.
Hardinera is a Filipino specialty associated with Lucban. You cook the meatloaf ingredients in a llanera!
Banana Leaves
In the provinces, a sure sign that some very serious grand-style cooking is about to be done is the arrival of folded banana leaves (dahon ng saging).