When I was 5 years old, my mom would take the family to our ancestral home in Batangas, Batangas. In the evenings, uncle Andy and I would hunt for rats in my grandmother’s poultry farm, or hang out in the old-style kitchen with its charcoal-fed stove.
PARIS—Brace yourself for a leaner Christmas table ahead, as the World Health Organization (WHO) on Monday linked bacon, ham, cold cuts and other processed meat like corned beef, luncheon meat, beef jerky and sausages (longganisa) to colon and stomach cancers.
Juicy, gooey and filling, the breakfast chori burger is longganisa with burger patty and grilled tomato cushioned by kesong puti. Instead of the usual ketchup,
There are no two ways about it: we Filipinos are hearty eaters. To cater to Pinoys, US-grown casual dining restaurant, IHOP has introduced new additions to its Filipino Classics line. These limited-edition creations are the Longganisa Scrambler (P250), Breakfast Bangus (P295), and the Corned Beef Hash (P275).
Tuguegarao fed me and my friends well. Among our guilty pleasures were a whole organic lechon with skin so crisp we snacked on it like chips, and the Imelda fish (bighead carp), which we found at the Don Domingo Wet Market and had our hotel chef cook it as sinigang and grilled steaks.
There are restaurants that serve international cuisine— French, Filipino, American, Japanese. And there are dining places that combine influences from various parts of the world and somehow come into their own.
A trip to Pampanga means being spoiled with home-cooked delicacies, usually from heirloom recipes. The province is home to sisig, grilled crisp and chopped, or traditionally stewed in vinegar. There’s also bringhe, the Tagalog paella.
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