Filipino kitchen warriors like Myke “Tatung” Sarthou have for years worked to uplift everything local.
From searching for everything traditional to patronizing and promoting local, heirloom ingredients and dishes, they have looked deeper into our history, visited further into our small towns and have created relationships with the farmers and food producers from all over our archipelago.
Miki Guisado by Mommy Shelette.
Fresh egg noodles stir-fried with vegetables! Miki is what the noodles are called. Guisado is the term for the stir-frying method.
A specialty of Rizal province, particularly the town of Taytay.
Arce Dairy is a popular brand of ice-cream originated by and genuinely made in the Philippines by Filipinos.
Torta Cebuana by Mildred Cruz. In most of the Philippines, torta is an egg omelet. The province of Cebu in the Visayas, however, has a torta that’s a cake. Here’s a recipe.
