FLAVOURS OF ILOILO

First you will be enticed by the name, hojaldres , since it's not a typical Pinoy name for a biscuit. It also has this curious shape and thickness. And upon closer inspection, it's flaky, brittle and looks like baked thin slices of filo pastry. I got this pack of hojaldres from Deco's Pasalubong Center. I was looking for one made by Panaderia de Molo but there wasn't any. Since I only know two makers of this biscuit, so I got Molo County's instead. The latter is much thicker and harder since the formers hojaldres is so brittle that you can literally "crumple" it by just blowing. The most similar biscuit, I could say, is otap for both are flaky and topped with sugar crystals. Both are good eats but hojaldres wins by its novelty

Hojaldres of Panaderia de Molo is a pasalubong item I take for granted. But Food Magazine's Iloilo issue made me want to try this one again since I cant remember when was the last time I had one. Sure enough, the lady selling at a Panaderia de Molo was telling another customer that this is their signature cookie and 2 very thin pieces sold at 15 pesos will be worth it. So I bought 3 packs myself and was astonished that this isn't the one I had in mind. It was very thin, flaky likened to otap but very thin in fact, just by looking at it you're sure that it'll melt in your mouth. It was worth the price paid but you'll just have to be very careful since it very brittle.