The Philippines Today, Yesterday, and Tomorrow
Our featured Cultural and Heritage Site will be outside of Metro Manila, the Liberty Shrine on the historic island of Cebu. The Liberty Shrine or Mactan Shrine is located in Lapu-Lapu City, built in the area where the historic Battle of Mactan occurred in 1521, also the location where the Quincentennial Commemorations in the Philippines … Read more
The Cultural and Heritage Site we’re going to feature is Mausoleo de los Veteranos de la Revolucion in North Cemetery in Manila City. The historic Mausoleo is designed by the Architect, Arcadio Arellano, in the 1920s, solely built for the remains of the veterans of the 1896 Philippine Revolution and Philippine-American War, yet many of … Read more
The Curacha is a native seafood dish from Zamboanga. It is a hybrid of crabs and lobsters steamed with sauce. In Chavacano (Zamboanga), it is a spanner crab or red frog crab which is scientifically called Ranina ranina. It is mostly steamed and served with sauce. It is Zamboanga’s local seafood delicacy, although it is … Read more
Filipino Dishes series, we bring you this a popular ulam and pulutan, the Kapampangan sisig! Did you know that sisig was originally a salad dish until it was added with burnt pieces of pork that we know today? Sisig comes from an old Tagalong word “sisigan” that means “to make sour”. Sisig was not a … Read more
Inasal This dish, which originated from Bacolod, is now popularly partnered with unlimited rice. Famous for its grilled method of cooking, the recipe uses a unique marinade of mixed spices. “Inasal” comes from the Spanish word “asar” or “to grill”. In Visayan, it means roasted or char-grilled. The Bacolod chicken inasal stands out because it … Read more