Day 81: Piaya

Mid-afternoon snacks was quite special today.  We had one of the family's favorite treats - PIAYA.  This sweet pastry is a popular Ilonggo delicacy.  It's like a flat bread or pita filled with a delectable filling, originally a sweet and sticky muscovado sugar base but nowadays there are other flavors like ube and durian. Best eaten hot, every morsel of this Filipino pastry leaves a lasting memory of home and family.

Day 52: Lovin' Suman (aka BUDBOD)

My daughter Cailie has inherited my taste for "kakanin".  Suman sa malagkit/pilit or also known as Budbod in Visayan (Sweet Sticky Rice wrapped in Banana Leaves) is my favorite "kakanin" of all.  She also loves this simple native Filipino delicacy and when she saw them being sold outside the church during Sunday mass, she asked me to buy her some.

One of our bonding moments with suman is dipping it in sugar first before popping the sticky morsels into our mouth.  From the 3 bundles we brought home, Cailie was able to finish more than half all by herself. *burp*