Fiesta Food Part Two   In part one we have discussed Lechon, Menudo and Dinuguan. The marquee of that group is of course Lechon, by far the most festive of al the types of food that one can see and eat during a fiesta. The Philippines have a lot of fiestas and while the country itself isn’t rich with a big bulk of its population living way below the poverty line, they never scrimp on food.   Fiestas are all about gathering. People and families that ... Read More

Above: Philippines national dish Adobo Adobo is said to be the first dish you will ever learn to cook if you’re a Filipino. That’s widely debatable; as a lot of places in the Philippines take pride on their own recipes of a wide selection of dishes – mostly passed on thru numerous generations and taught as early as childhood. But most Filipinos will agree that they know how to make adobo. As for me, it is the first dish I learned to cook. Adobo is so easy ... Read More