Filipino Food

Binatog

Photo of Binatog by Mildred Cruz.

Binatog is simply boiled corn kernels! It’s a popular Filipino snack that you can also buy at many roadside stalls in the Philippines.

Pan de Baboy

“Pan de Baboy” literally means “Bread of Pig.” Pan is the Spanish

Binutong

Photos by SuperNam25… Binutong is a native treat from Bicol province… Here seen wrapped and arranged on a bilao.

Mazapan de Pili

PILI is a nut native to Southeast Asia.

Good Shepherd Snowballs

Snowballs. Photos by Mildred Cruz.

Good Shepherd Convent is famous for their sweet delights such as these snowballs, which are like cookies shaped into a ball.

Sinaing

Sinaing refers to boiled or steamed rice.

Rice is often cooked in an iron pot, traditionally in a clay pot, and these days using a electric rice-cooker.

OMGpeke Magnolia Ice Cream & Meats

In a recent statement, Ramar Foods asserts that it owns the incontestable rights to the Magnolia brand for ice cream and meats in the United States.

Sure it’s legal, but it’s not ethical.

Any rational person who hears of the details of the OMGpeke scandal understands the situation clearly. “United States trademark law allows it, but it doesn’t mean it’s ethical.”