Foodie Spotlight | Bagnet + Kare-Kare

Home cooking is something different and it is a labour of adoration that shows why it becomes comfort food for everyone. In the Philippines, there is A LOT of comfort food to go around and it never stops there once you find something that is worth calling it as such that it is something you look forward to having whenever you can. In the case of a Bagnet, it is a Filipino dish locally known as “Chicharon” (Fried Pork Rinds) in the native province of Ilocos. Mostly it is Pork Belly ***boiled and deep fried until it is crispy. It is seasoned with garlic, black peppercorns, bay leaves, and salt. The meat is first boiled and then allowed to thoroughly dry overnight before frying to achieve its characteristic chicharon-like texture.

Chef Creations | Kare-Kare by Manam Express

Kare-Kare is a very challenging dish to prepare because it is a stew with thick and savory peanut sauce, which it’s based stewed oxtail, beef tripe, pork hocks, calves feet, pig's feet or trotters, various cuts of pork, beef stew meat, and occasionally offal. The process alone takes a lot of patience and steady hand in getting it right. But you never heard of it being a frozen meal sold at 7 Eleven, and yet they did collaborating with Manam Express bringing this dish as one of their two Filipino food that you can take it home and just heat it with a microwave. The other dish is Sisig, though a Kare- Kare seemed to be that kind food you do not want to mess with.