Showing posts with label Filipino food. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Filipino food. Show all posts

Thursday, June 18, 2009

New addiction: Eng Bee Tin tikoy and hopia



My fondness for Eng Bee Tin's products have prompted me to make regular pilgrimages to their store in Waltermart Makati, which unfortunately does not always stock all of their goodies.

I only buy their ube/pastillas hopia, which has a yin-yang-esque stuffing of purple yam (ube) and pastillas (a sweet made out of milk and sugar stirred continuously over a fire until it sets into a firm, putty-like consistency), and their buko pandan tikoy (a glutinous rice cake of Chinese origin). The latter was not available the last time I went, so I tried the plain one, which wasn't too bad. I have also bought the strawberry tikoy on other occasions, but found it a bit bland.

Wednesday, May 13, 2009

Halayang ube at Salcedo market

The most beautiful piece of halayang ube (also spelled haleya), or purple yam jam I've ever seen is sold at the Salcedo Market on Saturdays. This one is encrusted with nutty brown linga (toasted coconut meat) and glossy strips of macapuno (young coconut). Linga is traditionally sprinkled as a topping on rice cakes (kakanin) and other kakanin-like desserts but this is the first time I've seen one with macapuno, which somehow makes it seem more decadent. This giant slab of decadence is completely affordable at only P50.