Son-in-law eggs (kai loog keuy)
Hard-boiled eggs are deep fried until the surface is blistered, cut into halves, drizzled with sweet-sour tamarind sauce and garnished with crispy fried shallots and garlic. Thai son-in-law eggs make a lovely snack.
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Banana and cheese spring rolls (turon)
Still making turon with strips of langka (jackfruit)? Too cloying… try strips of cheese. Sweet and salty make a better flavor combination.
Pork ribs and vegetable soup (nilagang tadyang ng baboy)
Boiled pork ribs, sweet corn, bok choy, potatoes and squash make a chunky soup that, in the Philippines, it is eaten as a main course with rice. Best enjoyed with a mixture of fish sauce and calamansi juice for dipping.
Crispy spinach and cream cheese wontons
Blanched spinach is chopped and mixed with softened cream cheese to make the filling for these delicious fried dumplings.
Spicy beef kaldereta
One of the many tomato-based meat stews that evolved in Filipino cuisine after over three centuries of Spanish colonization, beef kaldereta (from the Spanish caldero or cauldron, the traditional pot for cooking stews) is a popular holiday dish in the Philippines.