PINAKBET REPUBLIC

Mud fish is so common a freshwater fish in the Philippines you can find it everywhere in creeks, rivers, lagoons, lakes or in small and b...

Just can't get enough with dinengdeng ( inabraw , if you will), this Ilokano gourmand in me (yes I consider dinengdeng kind of a go...

(This was written and blogged during my brief stay in the Sultanate of Oman .) There's this corresponding relativity to uniquely ilok...

(This was written and blogged when I was in the Sultanate of Oman, of which during my brief stay, I craved for  bugguong  (fermented fish/f...

One of my "most liked veggie fruit" is the native kabatiti ( patola , sponge gourd, Cucumis acutangulus Linn. ), the native bili...

Alukon or alokon ( allaeanthus glaber; also called bungon and bae g [in Pangasinan]) is more known for its flowers or flowerettes as a p...

Yet another dinengdeng!  Yes, and this is a part of what would be a series of posts dedicated to the venerable Ilokano vegetable dish dinen...

Pokpoklo (also pukpuklo ). A traditional Ilokano summer seaweed delicacy (pokpoklo is abundant during summers; also popular throughout the...