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 Tapa (which everyone call tapas) as the world knows it:

This is what the Filipino Tapa looks like:

Of course that is not yet cooked. I’ll give you a full-on Tapsilog picture later on but if you happen to be not normal (a reason why you are following this website) you can actually scroll-down your life away and take a sneak peek  but bear with me as we all get along with drooling enthusiasm.
Whether you like it or not, the best tasting tapa are the ones that are made commercially. …

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 …