Boiled ube

Ube

A root crop used mainly in sweet preparations, ube is a favorite flavor of ice cream and for cakes and pastries. It is also added to halo-halo. The plant that bears ube has the scientific name Dioscorea alata. It has heart-shaped leaves.

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atis

Atis

Custard apple, sweetsop, sugar-apple…

Atis is a very popular fruit in the Philippines, as well as in other Southeast Asian countries, such as Thailand.

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kaimito fruit

Caimito

The caimito is a fruit of the tree with the scientific name Chrysophyllum cainito. It is native to Central America and was introduced to the Philippines during the Spanish colonial period.

Star apple is its given name in English.

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Boneless Crispy Pata - Closeup

Boneless Crispy Pata

Photos by Jeric Travis of Boneless Crispy Pata.

What is pata? It’s literally the leg of a pig. ?

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Talangka, very small Philippine crabs

Talangka

In Philippine cuisine, talangka is a tiny crab whose red fat is squeezed out and salted.

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Special Tikoy

Tikoy

Photo of Special Tikoy by Angie Pastor

For the Chinese New Year holidays in the Philippines, tikoy is the most popular treat given and eaten. It is made from sticky rice that is ground into flour and then mixed with lard, water and sugar. White sugar give us white tikoy, brown sugar… brown tikoy. And there are now also ube and pandan flavors as well.

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yellow sweet-potato

Kamoteng Dilaw

The Filipino word for “sweet potato” is kamote. The word dilaw means

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Sabina's Caycay

Caycay

Featured photo: Sabina’s CayCay

These crunchy layered biscuits rolled in toasted peanuts are almost synonymous with Cebuano comfort food.

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