THE BEST COOKBOOK ON FILIPINO FOOD on Amazon. THE ONLY ONE YOU WILL NEED.
This is the best cookbook on Philippine cuisine and the ONLY ONE that you will need. I was born in the Philippines and was raised by masters of Philippine cooking (from Pampanga) and I KNOW GOOD FILIPINO FOOD. Save your money, BUY THIS.
Life saver
I left home and joined the navy when I was 19. My first duty station was in Italy. After a few months, I got really homesick, and so I set off to the store in hopes to make some food that reminded me of home. Big mistake! First off, I didn't even know how to cook rice in a rice cooker! I didn't know what a spatula was, and I didn't know how to pick quality meat or produce from the grocery store. I had no knife skills.. nothing. I was completely lost in the kitchen. I asked my mom for help, but her instructions were so unclear. Just put patis, and soy sauce until it taste good. Cook the chicken until it's done. What?
So I went on amazon and I bought this book! I am so glad I did! Now, the recipes aren't the best. You will have to make some adjustments depending on your taste (and the recipe). For example, the pancit bihon does not call for soy sauce, but my family always cooks it with soy sauce. Yes, I know it's a hassle, but at least it gives you the base recipes and directions to filipino food. This is the best filipino cookbook out there right now, and if you are filipino or have some experience with the food, then this book is better than nothing.
Now, I saw complaints for the adobe, and yes, you may have to add more vinegar, soy sauce, sugar, brown sugar, or may have to cook it a little longer to make the flavors concentrate. Pinoys cook differently depending on which region they are from, so this may be the reason to why it doesn't taste the same as other adobes you have tasted, but if you have an idea to what the outcome is suppose to taste like, then this book is for you. However, if you have no idea to what you are suppose to be tasting, then steer clear of this cookbook. You will not like filipino food.
I give this book five stars because it helped my three years overseas bearable. I even cooked at a lot of parties using this book. Of course, I had to tweak a few recipes, some doesn't need tweaking. All the food I cooked were a hit! This cook book taught me how to cook, and in my opinion is worth every penny!
exactly what I needed....
This cookbook turned out to be the most helpful cookbook I own. My father is Filipino and my mother is German. Now that they both live with us, I was at a loss as to what I can cook for him that he would remember from his youth. This book had all the recipes I needed and my father was very happy sampling the finished dishes. My mother even tried a few. After leafing through the cookbook, we had to go to the Asian market and buy bihon pancit, squid and sweet rice. This book has a nice selection of recipes and a good book to give an overview of Filipino foods. I recomend it to everyone.
Very helpful
I really enjoy this recipe book. There's so much recipe that I never find in other books. It is also very informative for non-Filipino cook like my husband.
Does not taste like chicken adobo at all
I know how to cook some Filipino food already (from my dad's recipe). But my cooking is still different if you eat on a filipino restaurant. So I bought a cookbook. I cooked Adobo today and I felt like I wasted it. I followed the CHICKEN ADOBO on this book and it does not taste or look like adobo at all. I added some coconut milk for variation (page7) but certainly, it does not taste like ADOBO at all! Too sour. Typical adobo is brownish in color but this recipe is yellowish white (maybe because of coconut milk)but still even before I mixed the coco milk its not brown. Im so disappointed!
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