Pan de Regla
The phrase “pan de regla” literally means “menstruation bread.”
What is Filipino Food?
What makes Philippine cuisine Filipino?
Or… What makes a Filipino?
The understanding of Philippine cuisine cannot be dissociated from the country’s cultural history and geography. Filipino food was prepared by the Malay settlers, spiced by commercial relations with Chinese traders, stewed in 300 years of Spanish rule, and hamburgered by American influence on our way of life.
Haw Haw Milk Candy
Photos by Mildred Cruz of the Haw Haw milk candy of the Philippines!
Now available in chocolate flavor?
Lengua de Gato
Lengua de Gato by Angie Pastor. For orders in Manila, 09369815475.
Literally “cat’s tongue” in Spanish.
It’s the shape of these cookies!
Chocnut Oreo Cheesecake
Photo of Chocnut Oreo Cheesecake by Mayette Garcia.
Available at banapple kitchen, a bakery café in the Philippines.
Sawsawan = Dipping Sauce!
Sawsawan is the Tagalog word for “dipping sauce.”
The classic Filipino sawsawan has to be toyomansi, a mixture of soy sauce and calamansi juice.