Cuapao is a type of a steamed bun shaped like a thick folded taco filled with fermented mustard greens, pork and chopped peanuts. I first saw this dish when I was really young, perhaps around 7 years old in Greenhills, I forgot the restaurant name but it was near that...
Spicy Chicken Gua Bao is a dish of steamed lotus leaf buns filled with Asian style spicy chicken, cucumber and pickled red onions served with Hoisin and Sriracha sauce Have you ever tried Gua Bao? That fluffy white steamed bun shaped like a taco and filled with meats and other...
Steamed Tofu with Ground Pork is a Chinese dish of steamed silken tofu topped with savoury minced meat sauce seasoned with soy sauce and oyster sauce. Ahhhh Tofu, everyone I know hates this, I don’t know why? Possibly they haven’t tried a good recipe yet or is it the texture?...
Hunan Style Steamed Eggplant is a Chinese vegetarian dish prepared with steamed eggplant topped with salty, savoury sweet spicy hot oil Hunan Style Steamed Eggplant is a Chinese vegetarian dish prepared with steamed eggplant topped with a sauce prepared with sesame paste, fermented black beans, soy sauce, sesame oil, chilli...
Binallay is a delicacy from Isabela prepared with found glutinous rice flour steamed in a banana leaf wrap then served with coconut sugar syrup and curdled coconut cream. Filipinos love their rice cakes, in fact each region in the Philippines have their specialty like Tupig from Pangasinan, Ibos Suman from...
Everlasting is a Filipino style steamed meatloaf prepared with minced pork, cheese, chorizo, raisins, pickle relish, capsicum and eggs Story says that this dish from Marikina was originally created out of left over ubiquitous type of menudo from carinderia where diners never choose as it was everywhere resulting to recycling...
Lapu-Lapu de la Reyna or Steamed Fish with Mayonnaise is a dish of steamed Lapu Lapu or any white flesh fish coated with mayonnaise and dressed with assorted colourful vegetables like capsicum, carrots, red onions, pickle relish and eggs Lapu-Lapu de la Reyna or Steamed Lapu-Lapu with Mayonnaise is a...
Cassava Suman with Macapuno is a type of Filipino rice cake made with grated cassava/tapioca with coconut cream and sweet young coconut wrapped in banana leaf and steamed. When I see rice cakes it reminds me of my late grandmother as there was no afternoon that she missed making them,...
Steamed Broccoli with Olive Oil, Garlic and Lemon is a simple side dish of broccoli gently steamed dressed on an olive oil, lemon and garlic vinaigrette. Don’t you hate a simple steamed broccoli served just with salt? I bet you when its served to you the feeling would be similar...
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