This website is definitely not the only one blabbering about Filipino food weekly. I am actually glad that it’s not alone. The wonderful thing about it too is mostly, if you are a male author, you are surrounded by beautiful beings of the specie. To close this part of the series about Chinese influence on the history of Filipino food, myfilipinokitchen will parade women who wear different kinds of pancit for wigs.
They call their league of extraordinary women: The Kulinarya Cooking Club. They’re like Oprah’s Filipino cuisine book club (if …

Good day guys! How was everybody’s Monday? Before moving on to read Myrabella’s story, I suggest you read this first. As you can see, myfilipinokitchen is always open to people who want to contribute their recipes, Filipino food experiences and just simply being Filipino – wherever you are, whoever you are. Obviously, Myrabella was the first to answer. Please give her a warm welcome and feel free to commend her and give her your hi’s and hello’s! So let’s get it on!
-Ziggy
MYRABELLA’S BAM-I RECIPE
What is the one thing we …

If you haven’t read the History of Filipino Food, Malay Influence, click this.

From Wikimedia Commons, this is a picture of Félix Resurrección Hidalgo y Padilla, one of the best Filipino Painters of all time. He is of Chinese descent.

Let’s have fun learning some Chinese words that are mostly used in the Filipino language:
mami – a cougar, and by that I mean Demi Moore
toyo – a crazy person
petsay – a politican who spends a lot of money on his campaign but will never win
toge – a graduation gown
miki – a famous …