A la pobre literally translates to "of the poor" and everything in bangus a la pobre makes it accessible to families in just about every economic ...
Recipes for Bangus (milkfish)
Tinapa (smoked fish), salted eggs and tomato spring rolls
One of the law school girl friend parties I went to over the Christmas holidays was hosted by my friend, Sol. We live in the same town although on opposite ...
Tinolang Bangus (Gingered Milkfish Soup)
Today is about bangus (milkfish), the national fish of the Philippines. Not because I'm feeling nationalistic but because I was lucky enough to find baby ...
Miso soup with bangus (milkfish) fillets and malunggay leaves
There was a time when, having recently discovered the availability of dashi, miso paste and wakame in local groceries, we'd have miso soup almost everyday. ...
Fish Fillets and Tofu With Sweet Chili Pineapple Mango Sauce
It has always been my opinion that to become a good cook, one has to be confident about his skills and taste. And by that, I don't mean professional ...
Tofu and bangus (milkfish) belly fillets with teriyaki sauce
Too many sandwiches on too many days and I was craving for a simple stir fry that explodes with Asian flavors. So on our last trip to the grocery, I bought ...
Pinatisang bangus (milkfish soup with fish sauce)
My fifteen-minute fish soup made with boneless bangus belly fillets, shallots, tomatoes, garlic and onion leaves. It went into the kids' school lunch ...
Tinapang bangus (smoked milkfish) fried rice
My family loves bangus (milk fish). Not because we're patriotic (it is our national fish) but simply because bangus is delicious. It's rather hard to ...
Pasta with tinapang bangus (smoked milkfish)
About a month and a half ago, I made pasta with bottled tuyo (salted dried herring), one of my many attempts at Filipinizing pasta by substituting tuyo for ...
Lumpiang tinapa at mangga (smoked fish and mango spring rolls)
I was cooking lunch last Sunday when my husband saw the recipe for a fish-and-mango lumpia (spring rolls) on a local TV cooking show. I wasn't really ...
Special relyenong bangus (stuffed milkfish)
When we went to the Taytay public market on Sunday afternoon, I was hoping to buy at least five varieties of fish. For some reason, most of the fish stalls ...
Bangus (milkfish) and broccoli stir fry
When I asked my husband to buy some broccoli on his way home from work yesterday, he thought I was going to cook beef with broccoli. When he got home I ...
Fish croquettes
This is actually a recycled dish. My younger daughter turned 12 last week and she had a birthday party here at home last Friday evening. I was planning on ...
Kalderetang bangus
I had this theory once that anything that could be done with meat, could also be done with fish. Well, of course, I was not 100% correct; only about 90% ...