ILOILO FOOD TRIP

Balut is often regarded as the Pinoy contribution to the world's list of exotic food. Though, it can be found in some south east Asian countries, it is often associated with the Philippines. And in our country, it is found almost everywhere with Pateros as "ground zero" for this "boiled developing duck embryo"  industry. I love balut but its just limited to the sabaw , egg white and yolk - thus I'm just a " balut sa puti " eater. And its always with a pinch of salt to season my balut .

I just love kamote tops, whether in a sinigang dish or just plain steamed, I just love simple taste of this green and leafy vegetable. So with salted egg which is almost, always just mixed with fresh tomatoes. As if a gastonomic inspiration just popped in my head, I decided to combine both in one dish that had me salivating - event while making this blog post. What I did was just to "crush" salted egg then add vinegar and black pepper for this "sauce" that eventually be part of some special occasion menu. Of course having salted egg almost everyday is sort of not really good for the health because of its salt content, thus the "special occasion".  Here's the simple recipe for the Salted Egg Sauce.

Suman Latik is one of my favorite native delicacies. Basically, its just plain suman stopped with sweetened coconut strips or bukayo . Most of the time those sold in the markets have this two (suman and bukayo) already in one wrap and all you have to to is devour it. But most of the time, the bukayo portion is bitin that I wish theres more. So why not make our own suman latik so you can have all the suman we want with all the bukayo toppings we desire! Here's a simple recipe for Suman Latik 

Sinigang is a very popular Filipino sour soup dish and there are a hundred and one ways of making sinigang . From pork, beef and chicken (more commonly called sinampalukang manok because of the use of the sampalok or tamarind) to seafood like fish and shrimps. And using shrimps, you can make your favorite sour soup in a few minutes. Here's a very simple recipe using just store bought sampaloc mix and it's for sinigang na hipon .