UBE

A lot of people love ube, but two of the things we truly love about it is how versatile it is and its ability to surprise us. We’ve tried and made numerous ube desserts, but there's never a shortage of new ube desserts ...

It’s easy to swoon over classic desserts like Brazo de Mercedes, a rolled cake made with cloud-like meringue and a decadent egg yolk-based custard right in the center. But you can enjoy this dessert in so many ways, what with all the different ways you ...

The obsession with ube as a global trend has yet to totally die down! There are still many desserts out there that use the ube as its favorite purple-hued ingredient. However, if you have ever tried to use ube halaya or ube jam in a recipe and failed ...

Ube and cheese belong is a great combo, the same way strawberries and chocolate complement each other. There’s nothing like the sweet, earthy flavor of the ube mingling with the salty flavors of cheese.If you have an obsession with anything ube-and-cheese, then you’ll most ...

A big food trend from 2019 is the emergence of cloud-like sponge cakes. Singapore’s Ah Mah Homemade Egg Sponge Cake is just one of the shops that recently set up shop in the Philippines to offer these freshly-baked sponge cakes. They have different classics ...

Ube is a crowd favorite for its sweet, earthy flavors and its vibrant purple hue. Cheese, on the other hand, is known for its sweet, salty flavors and that when it’s melted, everyone loves that gooey stretch. Auntie Anne’s new snack combines ...

We’ll never get tired of saying that ube and cheese are food soulmates. They’re meant for each other in whatever form they take, whether that may be hopia, cheese rolls, ice cream, cupcakes, cassava cake, puto, or pancake. Even a plain ol’ pandesal are given these vibrant ...

It comes as no surprise that ube is on our food trends list this year and the years before it. If we were to predict the future, we don’t see the ube trend dying down nor slowing down anytime soon. The humble purple ...

If you’re heading down south instead of Baguio on a long weekend, keep your eyes peeled for the Bahay Pastulan Store by Good Shepherd Sisters along Sta. Rosa-Tagaytay Road. It is owned by the Good Shepherd Sisters in Baguio and you can ...

There are many ways to make a cassava cake. A cassava cake, or a cake made with grated cassava root, is mixed with eggs, three different kinds of milk, sugar, and butter to amp up the richness. It's an already decadent cake that's ...

Cheese rolls are always a good idea but for those who are looking for a different kind of cheese roll, Buttery & Co just recently released an Ube Cheese Roll, made especially for the holidays.Buttery & Co is known for its sweet ...

In case you missed it, Peach Boy recently gave their pancakes a Christmas makeover, and it resulted in their newly-added menu item, the Bibingka Lava Pancakes.Peach Boy, in case you didn't know, is the new Manadaluyong-based restaurant that’s behind the Ube Lava Pancakes that ...

Last year, the F&B industry (and our social media feed) was dominated by mango floats, tin can cakes, Korean barbecue, and everything-milk tea. But food trends inevitably shifted as new concepts emerged and reappeared on menus and on our social media feeds.Let’s look back ...

For most Filipinos who love ube, a vibrant purple-hued ube ice cream is probably their first introduction to its sweet, addictive flavor. If you want a brief (and affordable) trip down memory lane, go to the nearest 7-Eleven and try their new ...

It's that time of year again when the ube halaya desserts come out and become the dessert to eat this holiday! This purple yam is just the ingredient you need to make some of your favorite desserts this season.However, you should know that ...

Imagine biting into soft sweet meringue, flavored with ube, and finding a chunky ube halaya center in the middle of the brazo de Mercedes slice—ube fans will surely sigh in contentment.Brazo de Mercedes is a rolled cake made of sweet meringue and ...

How convenient it would be to have the famous flavors of the Philippines in one box? If you know someone who’s feeling a little homesick or if you want to gift a visiting foreigner friend something proudly Pinoy this Christmas, look no ...

We found a delicious cure for manic Mondays: good ol’ ice cream. There’s just nothing a scoop of ice cream can’t fix, especially if you get it at a discounted price. Merry Moo, a local ice creamery, is here to shoo all our Monday blues away ...