When I started living in Manila, I was surprised when a friend who grew up in Manila said that pochero has tomato sauce. Pochero in my hometown, one of the coastal municipalities in Sorsogon (Bikol Region), doesn’t involve tomato sauce or fresh tomatoes. It’s closer to nilagang baboy of Tagalog, Read More
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Latik (Chillies in Coconut Milk)—A Bikol Recipe
Latik in Bikol is different from Latik in Tagalog. Latik in Tagalog is the toasted coconut milk that we use as toppings for biko (sweetened sticky rice); we call that mamok or mamek in Bikol (depending on the Bikol dialect that you are using—Bikol as a language has many dialects Read More
