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By Claude Tayag
My familiarity with Manila’s Chinatown started in 1973, when, as a freshman in UP Diliman, I would tend store in my siblings Mario and Carmen’s leather shop Our Tribe on Tomas Morato St., Quezon City, during days I didn’t have classes. At times, I was tasked to drive the blue Cimarron van (precursor [...]

Tupig version of Ilocos Norte, equally tasteful as Isabela’s. Tupig is another rice cake preparation associated with Christmas and New Year celebrations in the early days. In the late 60s it became commercially available in the market with several variations in preparation, taste and quality. It can be stored for a longer period of time [...]

Vanilla in Manila
Manila is firmly planted in a tropical zone. Which means two things: a) it’s hot as fuck and b) there’s plenty of bananas for banana splits. Though the favored summer treat in the Phillipines is the halo-halo, a mix of beans, plantains, rice, ice, and coconut milk, they don’t slouch in the ice [...]

Baked Tahong

List of Ingredients
1/2 k. tahong, boiled with ginger
1 cup cheese, grated
2 tbsp. garlic, minced
1/3 cup mayonnaise
1/4 cup butter, softened dash
worcestershire sauce
dash of liquid seasoning
2 tbsp. hot sauce
1/2 cup bread crumbs
Recipe
Open the boiled tahong. Lay out on trays for baking. Mix all the ingredients to together except breadcrumbs. Make a paste. Spoon and spread on [...]

Serving Size  : 4    Preparation Time :0:00
Categories    : Filipino
   Amount  Measure       Ingredient — Preparation Method
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*****  NONE  *****
       1 lb Pork, diced
       2 tb Oil
       2    Cloves  garlic, minced
       1    Onion, diced
     1/4 lb Pork liver, diced
     1/2 c  Vinegar
       2 tb Patis (fish sauce)
       1 ts Salt
     1/4 ts MSG (optional)
   1 1/2 [...]