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Pesang isda : a delicate fish soup

Isda means fish. Pesang Isda is a fish soup dish with vegetables. It is served with miso (crumbled soy bean curd) sauce; it is this sauce that makes pesa special. In the Philippines, soup dishes are hardly ever just stock with a few pieces of meat and vegetables. Soup is not served before the main ... (more)

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Nilagang baka : boiled beef and vegetables

Nilaga means boiled; baka means beef. Nilagang Baka, or boiled beef, is a fairly easy dish to prepare. It only involves one basic process–boiling. To be more specific, the boiling involved in cooking Nilagang Baka refers to slow cooking. A succuessful Nilagang Baka dish has three basic features : 1. a very good broth; 2. ... (more)