Malikala's Ono Kine Grinds

Empanada is a pastry stuffed with a meat filling. Sometimes its stuffed with strictly vegetarian items.   Sometimes, people tend to be cre...

La Paz Batchoy is a Filipino noodle soup that has its origins from La Paz, Iloilo City in the central area of the Philippines. I've ne...

Its Fat Tuesday. The Tuesday before Ash Wednesday. Where Catholics decide to fatten up before fasting on Ash Wednesday. I was planning on c...

Ukoy  is a Filipino crunchy appetizer, often eaten as a mid-afternoon snack. There are many variations to this dish, where shrimp and mung ...

I've been missing the Philippines lately. Missing the families we left behind, missing the laid-back atmosphere, missing the food. I ma...

You've probably noticed that I've been incognito for the past month. Two weeks of that was spent packing and preparing for our rece...

I stumbled across 80 Breakfasts from Delish . I came to learn that this blog was not really all about breakfast, but also featured Filipi...

All of the Filipino dishes I make in this blog are reminiscent of my childhood days in the old country. This recipe is one of them. Bana...

Growing up, my lola used to make a lot of pickled items such as pickled mangos and pickled green papaya relish ( atchara ). She would bottle...

There are a few staple dishes in the Filipino kitchen. There's Adobo , Tinola , Beef Caldereta , Pancit and other popular dishes that f...

Custard cake is a Filipino dessert made of a chiffon cake topped with Flan. Its one of my favorite desserts. I haven't had this in a lon...

My daughter has come to love baby corn. In fact, whenever we order anything that has baby corn in it, she'll just pick them out of the d...

This is one of those comfort foods my dad used to make often. Especially when we were sick with a cold. Or if he wanted to make a quick meal...

My favorite Filipino dish is Kare Kare. Its a peanut butter-based oxtail stew that I never knew how to make from scratch. For years, I'v...

I asked hubby what kind of cake he wanted me to make. I had him choose from either a Custard Cake or Ube Cake. Both of which are new recipes...

Caldereta is a popular Filipino beef stew. There are different kinds of beef stews found in Filipino cuisine, but this is the most common o...

For those who've been following me and know me, I'm a huge fan of fusion food trucks. I haven't had a taste of their foods yet, ...

Hubby, daughter and I are having a lazy Sunday today. When we have lazy Sundays, I usually prepare good meals. For breakfast, I made chocola...

We're having a breakfast potluck at work tomorrow and I was asked to make a Flan. "Flan for breakfast??? Whatever tickles your fanc...

As a lot of people probably already know, my daughter loves pastas and noodles. So when I was at the Filipino store the other day, I decide...