ILOILO FOOD TRIP

Peanuts are among the most popular street foods in the country. You can find them almost anywhere, anytime and in different varieties too. Lately, I've been eating assorted peanuts without much thought about blogging about it. Until came such a time when I had four variants in my stock that I finally thought of sharing them online.

Kare-kare is a Filipino stew made usually with pork or beef with a peanut based thick sauce. As it is quite plain when it comes to flavour despite its thick sauce, it is often partnered with guisadong bago-ong (sauteed shrimp paste) to get the full goodness of this favorite Filipino recipe. Here's a simple recipe for Kare-kare.

No need to introduce sisig as it is one of the most popular and most adapted Kapampangan cuisine all throughout the country. As the recipe reaches its peak, many variations has taken off and one of them is considered "healthy" alternative as it involves seafood - bangus or milkfish. And there are as many ways of making bangus sisig as there are for the original pork sisig . Just choose one that fits your own taste! Here's a simple Bangus Sisig recipe

Tortang Talong is a favorite breakfast staple that is easy and simple to cook. I just love it when it is cooked tostado giving it more crunch especially on the sides. Tomato ketchup is my favorite dip but I won't say to no toyo-mansi. Simple as it may seem, others add ground pork to the egg mixture and use the meat as topping on one side. One can use hotdogs, bacon, and ham, giving it a more "sophistication".  Here's a simple recipe for Tortang Talong

The original "Sarap to the Bones", Bulalo is one of the most popular beef soups and can be found in different parts of the country. Like most dishes, the recipe tends to vary from one region to another but the basic is just it is slowly boiled beef shanks with bone (marrows) with an assortment of vegetables.  Its one easy recipe but takes a lot of patience to prepare since it requires hours of boiling the meat until tender that it almost falls off the bones... Here's  a basic recipe on how to cook BULALO

Shrimps are among the most popular seafood and there are some many way of cooking them. Even those first time in the kitchen can easily whip up great tasting recipes. The secret (or no secret at all) is the fresh quality of the shrimps - it pays to have suki in the market. So, let's star the shrimp jumping ... Here are some easy Shrimp recipes...

What to do with left-over lechon? More often it usually ends up as LECHON PAKSIW . But one can really have too much of it this Holiday season. Why not try this very simple and in some ways a "guilt-free" left-over lechon recipe. Here's the recipe for Lechon with Monggo, Puso ng Saging and Kamote tops