The Lucky Cook: Filipino recipes of a househusband

Pork Binagoongan

My recipe for today is simple, sumptuous, savory and sulit (affordable). Pork binagoongan is simply pork cooked in shrimp paste. This is a native Filipino dish that most of my kababayan loves to eat. Tender pork cuts that was cured by the salty shrimp paste and hot chili fingers. You must prepare a plenty amount of rice when this is your ulam for the day. Shrimp paste are widely used in Filipino cuisine, it is most often used as flavor enhancer for vegetables, meats and seafoods. It's mostly...

Last week my wife and I dine in at Tajimaya Charcoal Grill. It is located in SM Mall of Asia in Pasay. This Japanese restaurant offers yakiniku style of dining. "Yakiniku" is a Japanese word that means "grilled meat". This Japanese style of cooking bite-sized meat, seafood and vegetables over charcoal. The customers will order different types of raw meat and veggies which are brought to the table with built in grill. Most of their ingredients were from Japan. The grill was...

You can never go wrong with Lechon! This is what most Filipino's say when eating lechon. Even foreigner's and tourist loves to eat this indulging piece of pork meat cooked slowly in charcoal. With its crispy skin your mouth will burst in every bite and with its tender meat you will never stop to eat. This recipe was very simple all you just need is to have lechon. Lechon Paksiw is lechon meat cooked in lechon sauce with a kick of vinegar and some spices. It is very easy to cook and you can prepare...

US? No, we're here in Laoag. This American boulevard inspired restaurant is located in the beautiful city of Laoag. Macy's Diner offers a wide variety of food from traditional Filipino dishes and American favorites. The bar was designed just like the usual food stores in the US. You will see road signage and the traditional tables and chairs. We ordered humungous clubhouse sandwich and longsilog but we forgot to take some pictures because we're already hungry that time. Here are some other...

Laoag is our second stop for a 3D/2N Ilocos escapade. It was a 2 hour bus ride from Pagudpud to reach the city. At 10 AM we checked in at our hotel first which is La Ellana Hotel, it is located among the busy street of the city. You will find many cheap hotels along these street. Before going to Paoay Church we opted to take lunch first at Saramsam Cafe. You can check our dining experience here To reach Paoay Church you will need to ride a trike and tell the driver to drop you...

Saramsam Ylocano Restaurant is an authentic Ilocano restaurant that is located in Laoag, Ilocos Norte. Most of their dishes are fusion of traditional Ilocano and Italian cuisine. The place was like an old traditional house with antic furniture. This restaurant is well-known for its dishes like dinuguan and pinakbet pizza, poqui-poqui and the famoust bagnet. Here's what we got. dinuguan pizza and bagnet Dinuguan pizza was a usual pizza topped with dinuguan (pork blood stew) and bagnet was...

Kapuluan Vista Resort is the perfect place for a romantic and relaxing way to experience Pagudpud and a resort that makes you closer to nature. You will be captivated by the warm welcome of the resort staff and the prestige design and architecture of the place. Kapuluan Vista Resort is located at Blue Lagoon beach in the Municipality of Pagudpud. You will easily find the resort because it was on the farthest part of the beach. This resort is a hit for surfers because huge waves will...

Yes, it looks like Boracay but this white sand beach is located at the northern part of the Philippines. It is usually called the Boracay of the North "Pagudpud". Pagudpud is our first stop for a 3D/2N Ilocos escapade. We spent a night to roam around Pagudpud. Pagudpud Entrance We went to Pagudpud by land on a 12 hour bus ride. You can reach Pagudpud by land or by plane via Laoag airport and a 2 hours bus ride.. Saud Beach Saud beach was one of the two beaches in Pagudpud, there are...