The native Filipino alphabet has no letter “Z” in it. That’s why longaniza (a pork sausage variant from countries that speak in either Spanish or Portuguese) is spelled Longanisa in the Philippines. The following recipe is a “how to make your OWN longanisa” and cannot compete with longanisas that are prepared by hands that do pork sausages from time of birth. But after you follow the recipe, after you have done all the mixing, rolling, tying, licking, stamping and frying of your own longanisa you will say that this longanisa …

This is the best bacon in the world. If you doubt my word, buy all the bacon imaginable in the deli, follow the Tocino recipe below, invite every red, yellow, black and white neighbor around your postcode and let them vote which is the best bacon in the world. Tocino will win in 3 different weights because:
1. It is the fattest and biggest bacon cut.
2. It is adorably sweet and it’s not salty compared to common kinds of bacon.
3. It is pink.
Although this Tocino recipe did not undergo the curing …

Tapsilog, Tosilog, Longsilog
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The epitome of Filipino breakfast.
The saviors of Filipino vampires who go out at 3 a.m. seeking something to consume.
The creatures that give Cap’n Crunch the shivers.
The legal way to take in as much preservatives and food coloring into one’s system in one sitting.
The fat advocate.
The familiar food you would likely eat with strangers.
The driver’s gasoline.
The meal that defies and defiles the 3 food groups because it only knows fat and carbo.
A rich man’s treat and a poor man’s staple.
The disco food.
The food that was supposed to …

Imagine yourself in a dream. You are disoriented while falling in an unending space of white. In a slow motion moment you can see your all-white outfit flapping like wings. You ask yourself, is this heaven? You don’t know if you are falling from heaven or to heaven. Now you argue with yourself, who said the way to heaven is up? You are sure of one thing though; you do not know what’s happening.
Eggplant.
Fat eggplant.
Long, fat eggplant.
You are holding a long, fat eggplant.
And then you wake up. You are in front …

If you arrived in this site for the sole intention of buying yourself a Filipina bride like what Alec Baldwin has announced on TV, I tell you right now, this site is a Filipino food blog. I am sorry to disappoint your careful Google-ing, I don’t have Filipinas for sale here.
If you are still reading then why don’t you go here first to read more about this site.
I would’ve wanted to shoo you away even more but I’m pretty sure you’ve seen this parked youtube video because I do not have …