Filipino food gets a bad rap, but I love many of the dishes: adobo, kinilaw, lumpia and even dinuguan - the rich, dark stew made with pig’s blood and innards. One of my favourite dishes is sisig ...

Don’t be alarmed by the amount of garlic either. This is a boldly flavoured dish and should be served with plenty of white rice. Cut the pork belly into largish chunks about 2½cm (1in ...

Like many Filipino dishes, pork adobo is cooked with dark sugar, vinegar and soy sauce, which are then reduced right down to coat the meat. Jasmine rice flavoured with pandan leaf is a great ...

A version of the quintessential Filipino adobo ... a tossup between pork floss and beef jerky,” the owner of Manila Kitchen Vancouver says about the flavour-packed dish in a phone interview ...