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Afritada is the basic of all Filipino stews – chicken in tomato sauce with potatoes, carrots and bell peppers.
This recipe however uses sausages to enhance the flavor of the sauce. Don’t get me wrong though, the basic Afritada recipe is good in its own. The reason why I used sausages is because my relatives told me so. Food in the Philippines is very regional to the point that every Afritada recipe changes …

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To the Spanish guy who will talk to us about Spanish dishes, I am still looking for you. I have a relative in Dos Hermanas, Spain but the English language is of no use to him. Filipinos, impressive as we are when it comes to speaking in Spanish, are not all born from Zamboanga. Yes, there is still a part of the Philippines where bastardized Spanish is lingua franca and those are the Chavacanos de Zamboanga, …

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 …