Let’s Have Lunch at Mexico, Pampanga

The dishes served by food historian and chef extraordinaire Lillian Lising-Borromeo are the main draw when one visits Mexico, Pampanga. This talented lady prepares traditional Kapampangan cuisine that one would savor. She happily shares her knowledge too, especially in baking the Panecillos de San Nicolas. Be Atching Lillian’s apprentice for one day. Join our tour and learn… [Continue Reading]

Dulang

Lechón de horno for Breakfast in Guagua

Lechón de horno is pork in its most divine form, as claimed by guests who have enjoyed it. These slabs of swine are baked inside an old brick oven for four hours using ipil wood to release their smoky flavor. The crunchiness of the skin stays longer probably because it’s baked. Mr. Mario Lapid, the proud… [Continue Reading]

Lechon de horno

Delicious Kamarú Served in San Fernando, Pampanga

Anyone in the mood for some crickets for dinner? Trust us, food served in Everybody’s Café is topnotch, from the rich drippings of its morkón to its delicious exotica such as the kamarú. The kamarú is cooked well to perfection, with the cricket’s body, sans appendages, prepared thoroughly for you. Are you willing to take the mole… [Continue Reading]

Kamaru

Feast on the Sweetness of Magalang

The aftermath of the Second World War compelled a lady in Magalang, Pampanga, to do what she does best—create masterful confections that appeal to the young and old. Carreon’s Sweets rose from an atmosphere of despair and recovery. Today, the store induces a sugar high by selling its famous plantanillas, a lethal and/or exciting combination… [Continue Reading]

Plantanillas

Sta. Rita: Turrones de Casuy, Sansrival, at Iba Pa

Kampampangan historian Don Mariano Henson listed Pampanga as one of the most prosperous provinces in the 1930s. The cash crop that made it wealthy? Sugarcane. This abundance of sweetness produced heavenly treats such as the turrones de casuy. The cashew nougat is wrapped in white paper-like wafer, which might remind you of Mass on Sundays…. [Continue Reading]

Turrones de Casuy