Young bamboo shoots popularly known as tambo have made its way into most regional cuisines. Be it made into atsara, filling in lumpias or plainly sauteed with ground meat. To prepare bamboo shoots for this dish, thinly sliced tambo must be boiled around 30minutes then squeezed to get rid of its bitter flavour.
To the Ilonggos, tambo is a slimy and milky "laswa" dish consisting of saluyot, okra and coconut milk, it oftentimes has shrimps or crabs as meat.
