Goldilocks - National City

Thick soup of rice and meat, (usually chicken) ; similar to the Chinese congee.

A special stew made from diced pork and entrails, simmered in pork blood, vinegar, and spices including chili peppers; as a merienda, it is great when accompanied by puto.

A delightful mixture of bean curd, carrots, heart of palm, and turnips rolled up in a thin wrapper, served with tangy garlic sauce.

Small, finger size spring rolls filled with shrimps, meat, garlic, and spices, and deep fried to a crisp golden brown roll. It is served with a sweet-sour sauce.

Fine glass noodles made from mungbeans topped with vegetables, green onions, and eggs

Boneless pork chunks simmered in bagoong (shrimp paste) .

Pork hocks deep-fried to a crisp golden brown served with a dipping sauce and lechon sarsa.

Pork meat and liver cut into strips simmered in tomato sauce, garbanzos (chick peas) and onions.

Beef tri-tips with light brown sauce topped with sliced hard boiled eggs.

Beef stew with mixed vegetables simmered in a light sauce.

Flat beef pieces marinated with spices, served as a breakfast food with fried eggs and garlic rice.

Chicken simmered in coconut milk and curry.

Chicken with bean curd in oyster sauce.

Chicken pieces simmered in oyster sauce and spices; usually black mushrooms are included.

Chicken pieces with diced tomatoes, onions, and garlic simmered in tomato sauce.

Native cake made from the yucca plant (kamoteng-kahoy) and coconut milk, topped with macapuno (coconut strings) and cheese.

Creme caramel but with a Spanish influence. It is heavier and creamier than the commercially available variety.

Loaf of soft sweet bread topped with a sugar glaze.

Sweet brioche; sweet butter bread twisted and twirled into a turban. Special fillings include ham, macapuno, and Ube. It is topped with melted butter and grated cheese and sugar after baking.

Sweet bread bun filled with cream cheese. It is topped with melted butter and sugar after baking.

Sauted chicken wrapped in flaky pastry.

Literally means "hot bun" in chinese; steamed white bread filled with sauteed pork in sweet gravy. Other fillings available are chicken and bola-bola.

Native cake made from the yucca plant (kamoteng-kahoy) and coconut milk, topped with macapuno (coconut strings) and cheese.

Crème caramel but with a spanish influence. It is heavier and creamier than the commercially available variety.

Boat-shaped tarts made from short pastry and filled with tropical fruit fillings: macapuno, langka (jackfruit) , Ube (purple yam) .

Caramel coated popcorn.

Soft candy made from milk and suger

Yellow finger cookies.

Egg crackers.

Similar to‏ the english shortbread; a mixture of toasted flour, milk, butter, and sugar cooked and then molded; available in the plain and flavored variety ( with cashew, pinipig-rice crispy, peanut) ; name is derived from "pulbos" in tagalog to denote a powdery candy.

Light buttery cake with two flavors, mocha and vanilla, joined together with butter icing.

A soft and fluffy french sponge cake; the "special" variety is brushed with butter and sprinkled with cheese and sugar; also comes in mocha flavored variety.

Rolled meringue filled with lemon flavored custard. Literally, it means "the arm of mercedes" in Spanish.

Chocolate chiffon cake filled with raspberry preserve and dark sweet cherries soaked in rum and finished with swedish chocolate shavings.

Layers of moint carrot filled and iced with cream cheese frosting and finished with chopped walnuts.

Chocolate chiffon cake filled and topped with a light mocha butter-cream and praline

A light vanilla cake with strawberry preserves and bavarian cream filling, decorated with fresh strawberries, kiwi, grapes, slices peaches and mandarin orange slices.

Moist vanilla cake with pralines and cream filling, lined with ribbon sponge cake and decorated with swedish chocolate and pralines pieces.

A light vanilla cake filling and iced with a mixture of whipped cream and chopped fresh mangoes.

Layers of chocolate, strawberry and vanilla chiffon cakes filled with strawberry preserves, chocolate whipped cream and bavarian cream.

Moist chocolate cake layers soaked in three types of milk, filled and finished with chocolate whipped cream and suger coated cornflakes.

Ube chiffon cake with uba mousee filling, lined with ribbon sponge.