Filipino Food

Bibingka

Bibingka is a flat but thick yellow rice cake that was once

Puto Bumbong

Featured photo courtesy of Mayette Garcia.

A popular kakanin (rice delicacy) during the Christmas holidays, puto bumbong is purple-colored rice steamed in bamboo tubes and served with grated coconut and brown sugar.

Morcon

Morcon (Murkon in Tagalog orthography) is a holiday dish during the Christmas season in the Philippines. It is a meat roll stuffed with sausage or hotdogs, carrots, pickles, cheese, and egg.

San Miguel Beer’s Christmas Song

San Miguel Beer Pale Pilsen TVC (2004) – Perfect Christmas Song 45 seconds – sung to the tune of Twelve Days of Christmas

Featuring: Group Lead – PBA Players, Judy Ann Santos, Francine Prieto, Chito Miranda and Parokya ni Edgar, et al.

Kamote

Nilagang Kamote, Asukal at Dari Creme by Mayette M. Garcia.

Boiled Sweet Potatoes, White Sugar, and Dari Creme.

Featured image: Ube Kalamay Topped with Latik by Angie Pastor. For orders in the Metro Manila area, 09369815475. Kalamay is a confection made with glutinous-rice flour, coconut milk, and sugar. It’s been called “sticky rice cake” in English.

The Philippine Kitchen in the Early 20th Century

The bewildered natives and Spaniards lamented as Thomasites preached “everyday right living” through sanitation, nutrition and tablecloths.

Tupig

Photos by Papus Bueno. Tupig is a kakanin (rice delicacy) of the Ilocos region of Northern Luzon in the Philippines!

What Muslim Filipinos Have Traditionally Eaten in the Southern Philippines

When the Spaniards came to the Philippines in the sixteenth century, Islam was the religion in many parts.

Lokot-Lokot

Also known as Zambo Rolls — from the Zamboanga peninsula of the large island of Mindanao in southern Philippines!

Lokot-lokot is a crunchy, golden brown delicacy produced and served during special occasions.

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