Filipino Sinigang na Baboy (Sour Soup Pork) Recipe

November 17, 2008 · Posted in Philippine Recipes · Comment 

Sinigang is a Filipino dish famous for the variety of ingredients one can use as well as for its taste. Though considered a soup, it is not eaten as is, but rather combined as a viand with rice. Sinigang is typically sour and is most often likened to Thailand’s tom yam. Sinigang’s characteristic taste is attributed to the ingredient that gives its sour taste, not to the meat’s flavor.
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Filipinos Loves to Eat Kare-kare

November 11, 2008 · Posted in Philippine Recipes · Comment 

Kare-kare is a Filipino stew with a rich nutty sauce and served with a variety of vegetables, stewed oxtail, beef, and occasionally offal or tripe. Meat variants may include goat meat or chicken. It is often eaten with bagoong (shrimp paste), sometimes spiced with chili, and sprinkled with calamansi juice. Traditionally, any Filipino fiesta particularly in the Tagalog region is not complete without kare-kare. In some Filipino-American versions of the dish, oxtail is exclusively used as the meat.
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Canapés Made Easy for Everyone

October 14, 2008 · Posted in Philippine Recipes · Comment 

The canapé is one of the most significant figures in the stage of cocktail accompaniments so that it pays to dramatize it well. Since it plays a leading role, the hostess should try her best to give what it deserves. The real definition of canapé is “an open-faced sandwich”. The bread is cut in squares, rounds, triangles or fingers, as the filling may demand. Sometimes, on more special occasions tiny crackers are used. The prepared filling is spread on the bread, and then the tops are garnished.
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