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What we cook on Holidays and Celebrations

Fruit Cake

Christmas Fruit Cake

Oh it’s Fruit Cake season again! Time just flies so fast ! One minute I’m putting away the Christmas baubles , next thing I know the Christmas ads start popping up. Wasted on me, as I’m never that organised. I leave everything to the last minute , I must love […]

Sans Rival Cake with Cashews on a Plate

Sans Rival Cake, the Queen of Philippine Cakes

Sans Rival is a Filipino layer cake made of nutty meringue, usually cashews and butter cream. Sans Rival means without equal. The layers of textures and flavours of this cake is indeed without equal. There’s chewiness from meringue, crunch from the toasty cashew filling and the custard creaminess of French […]

Leche Flan

Leche Flan

I don’t usually stick to the traditional recipe if I’m cooking Filipino dishes mainly because some of the ingredients maybe hard to come by. The leche flan however is a recipe I stick to. This is my mums recipe and every time I make it, it reminds me of her. […]

Pork Belly Lechon , Cebu Style Roast

Pork belly roast is a favourite at our place although we don’t cook if very often, but when we do it’s got to be done properly. It should have a shatteringly lovely crackle, the meat has to be moist tender and it should have the Filipino touch. Lots of garlic, […]