Before I start blabbering about this, I want the world to know that Filipino hearts go out to those who fell, survived, fought and to those who are moving on to victory against disasters and the adversities that our very kind neighbors, the Japanese are facing right now.
This should have been part of the series – History of Filipino Food but it didn’t make the cut. Read along to see why.
The bad thing about me is when I simmer myself with images or whatever stories of unfair misfortune, I instantly get the feel and the emotion …

Some cooks believe that food is for delighting and pleasuring one’s senses.  But what if a certain type of food can stimulate fear?
The fear of death.
I am sure that some or probably most of us are familiar with the dreadful Fugu in Japan and for some who have not encountered this term, Fugu is a type of blowfish which is currently being served on a Japanese table as a delicacy mainly as “sashimi” that is usually cut and served in a shape of a chrysanthemum. A flower that symbolizes “death”. …

 
 
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If you came from the article -” The thin spaghetti strand that separates Japanese and American influence on Filipino food” and have read the link on the last lines there, you will understand what I will be blabbing about in the next paragraphs.
The Filipino Sweet Style Spaghetti Recipe is most probably a Japanese influence in our cuisine rather than American. I really believe so. Because the first recorded account of a chef putting sausages in a Spaghetti while adding ketchup in its sauce happened in a hotel in Japan where …

There’s a crazy amount of mixed reactions when you ask the world about Filipino spaghetti. Some would take it as an idiot’s recipe, some would consider it genius (and would even mock Romeos why they didn’t think of Spaghetti like Juans did). I want to talk about why I started this article with the Filipino spaghetti but that can wait to the last line or two. Meanwhile let’s entertain ourselves with the thought of:
Did the Americans really bring a huge influence on Filipino food? What about the Japanese? Did we …

 
 
This is part of the series – History of Filipino food, American influence. Click here to read about it.
Doesn’t the title make you snicker?
A dessert salad may be strange to a non-Filipino because they wouldn’t usually eat a salad and a dessert at the same time. But to a Filipino a dessert salad is the usual dessert. Because of the Yanks, desserts can become a highlight of a Filipino meal. They introduced us to pasta, canned fruits, pickles, and a lot of sweet stuff. Dessert salads although not really famous …