Heavenly desserts at Maridel's

Just in case you've been living under a rock or inside a cave, let me tell about this great dessert place that everyone's talking about the past few months. It's a quaint little shop at Plazuela de Iloilo and it will make your sweet dreams do come true. Named after the master cakes and sweets artisan, Maridel Uygonco, Maridel's is finally here to satisfy every Ilonggos craving for homemade sweets, breads and desserts.

I've been there many times, having tasted more than a dozen of her specialties but I'll never forget my first time - Snickers Pie and Frozen Lemon Meringue. I had these two orders and finished them all by myself; while the two gals beside me that time had problems how to finish their individual orders -lol. These eventually turned out to be my personal favorite and Maridel's best sellers.

Now who can resist this Frozen Lemon Meringue? It's layers of meringue and vanilla ice cream filled with sweet lemon sauce/icing in a graham? crust. Refreshing is the best word to describe it especially on a hot day. The ice cream tastes great with the lemon icing giving it a play of flavours - tamed vanila then tangy-sweet lemon. The meringue gives it texture - looks heavy but melts in the mouth. It's among the best soft meringues I've tasted so far and this Frozen Lemon Meringue is my ultimate dessert at Maridel's.

Forget the chocolate bar you're familiar with and indulge in Maridel's sinful Snickers Pie. Filled with a peanut nougat, peanuts and caramel and embraced with milk chocolate - it's the chocolate bar that came to life. The name alone certainly catches your attention and when it's right there in front of you, you might forget your own name as you dig in and indulge in this sinfully gastronomic pie. No wonder it is among the best sellers at the quaint dessert shop named Maridel's.

An Ilonggo favorite - Valenciana

Found in almost all occasions like fiesta, birthdays, reunions and others, Ilonggos really love valenciana because most if not all have grown accustomed of having it in special gatherings at home. A complete " go, grow and glow " dish because it has the carbohydrates, protein and vitamins and minerals in just one spoonful, Valenciana is really an " occasional dish ". Here's the recipe for Valenciana

Ultimate Ilonggo Favorite: KBL Kadyos, Baboy, Langka

K.B.L. or Kadyos, Baboy, Langka is the ultimate favorite dish of most Ilonggos. It is also one of the most missed native dishes as kadyos and the souring ingredient, batwan , are hard to find when outside of the Ilonggo region. Basically, it is boiled/stewed pork dish owing its "deliciousness" to the combination of the soft and tender pork, the tamed sourness of batwan and the malinamnam na sabaw . One of the "secrets" of the malinamnamn na sabaw , is the fact that the pork, whether just the plain meat or pata (hocks) are first grilled or broiled. This gives the broth a rather smoky taste that makes it more appetizing.. Learn how to make the Ilonggo dish KBL (Kadyos, Baboy, at Langka) with the recipe below. Ingredients 1 kilo Pata (pork hocks) or pork cubes, GRILLED and sliced into bite size pieces 1 unripe Jack fruit, cubed 2 cups pigeon pea (kadyos) 6-8 pieces batwan fruit (or tamarind powder) 1 piece por...

A native delicacy called Inday-inday

Now you may ask, what is Inday-Inday ? It's another repetitive-feminine named native delicacy that is made from rice like its more popular sister - baye-baye . While the latter is has its own original flavor and make, inday-inday is actually a combination of two well loved native delicacies - muasi ( palitaw ) and bukayo . But the muasi portion is not the the usual palitaw recipe for the it's more firm and gummy (I don't know the English term for kid-ol ). Actually its more like a hardened kutsinta and this makes it more to my liking since I'm not really fond of muasi in the first place. And its not quite easy to find inday-inday in the market today, though I've seen and tried it in Sabor Ilonggo stalls but their's is more like suman latik for the based is ibos -like. Ibos is malagkit rice boiled in gata which is called suman in Tagalog. Despite the uncertainty for its nomenclature (I've read that inday-inday is just plain pal...

Muasi

A confession to start this blogpost - I consider MUASI as one of my hated native delicacies given its bland taste even with the sugar dip. But that was back during my childhood days. Maybe be because I may have used less sugar or might have completely forgotten to "dip" it at all. Yet nowadays, I have learned to appreciate it especially when its freshly cooked with the muscovado teeming the aroma of roasted sesame seeds. So let's make some MUASI

An Ilonggo favorite - Suman Latik

Suman Latik is one of my favorite native delicacies - plain suman/ibos topped with sweetened coconut strips or bukayo . Most of the time those sold in the markets have this two (suman and bukayo) already in one wrap and all you have to to is devour it. But most of the time, the bukayo portion is bitin that I wish there's more. So why not make our own suman latik so you can have all the suman we want with all the bukayo toppings we desire! Here's a simple recipe for Suman Latik

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