‘Food truck’ in LA is popular for its Pinoy dishes

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA – A mobile food joint offering Filipino food has caught the fancy of casual diners and food critics.

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‘Food truck’ in LA is popular for its Pinoy dishes

Pork Afritada

PORK AFRITADA is a pork version of my Chicken Afritada I posted few weeks ago. Since I bought some Baguio vegetables at a low price, I had plenty enough to complement with this porky dish. Pork Afritada also is one of the most popular Filipino pork recipe as well as Pork Menudo, Pork Mechado and Pork... 

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Kalamay from Bohol

Kalamay is a Pinoy food that could be found in many places around the Philippines. There are many variations of this Pinoy food, according to the region where it came from. kalamay is made from grounded rice, grated coconut, brown sugar, peanut butter and margarine.

The kalamay that was made in Luzon is sticky and sweet. On the other hand, the kalamay that my boss gave me is very sweet and very chewy. It is also very sticky, just like the rugby glue. I just ate few spoonfuls before I gave up because of its sweetness.

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Pork Estofado

Pork Estofado is a stewed pork dish served with fried plantains. This pork recipe is comparable to pork adobo but, the use of carrots and fried plantains provide distinction to this dish. I like the idea of having plantains in pork and beef dishes. Plantains or “saging na saba” help improve the... 

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Reaction on Filipino Food: Off the menu article in LA Times

LA Times published an article last February 25, 2010 entitled Filipino food: Off the menu. This was written by Amy Scattergood. Basically, the article is pointing-out an apparent truth about the absence of Filipino dishes in acclaimed restaurants in L.A. The author named some celebrated Filipino chefs... 

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Homemade Tahô

Tahô is a Philippine street food sold by peddlers known as “magtataho”. It is a soft gelatin-like snack made from processed soybeans topped with caramel and tapioca pearls (locally called sago). What we have here is a homemade version of this popular Filipino street food. Instead of processing soy... 

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Shared Recipe. Maja Blanca

Here is another version of the Maja Blanca shared to us by Claire Pfendle of Rochester, New York. Her blog, clairebakescakes, features different interesting cake recipes. Thanks for sharing Claire! Let’s consolidate our skills and passion.If you have recipes to share, don’t think twice.... 

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Tikoy

Tikoy or Nián gāo is a type of rice cake made from glutinous rice flour and considered as a centerpiece during Chinese New Year. This is also popularly known as Chinese New Year pudding. The Philippines is once considered as the melting pot of Asia. People of different origins call it home – including... 

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Octopus sa Kamatis

This recipe was sent to us by Melissa Polito of Polomolok, South cotabato, Philippines. This is the first time that we’ll feature an octopus recipe and I’m pretty much excited. By looking at the ingredients and procedure, this seems to be a quick and healthy one. Imagine a healthy recipe... 

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How to Make the Special Siopao Sauce

Ever since we featured Siopao Asado here in our Filipino Food Blog, we have been receiving a lot of inquiries and requests for the Special Siopao Sauce that should go with it. Based on my replies on your comments, this Siopao sauce recipe should be released along with the Siopao Bola-Bola video (which... 

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