This afternoon, my mother, sister and I discussed the food we’re going to cook for our Christmas feast. Except for the lasagna which my sister has requested , everything else is traditionally Filipino Christmas fare. This is the list of dishes we ” plan” to cook, and we start cooking tomorrow, the 23rd of December.
1.Lasagna
2. Lumpia ( Filipino pork egg roll ) 
3. Ham
4. Embutido ( porkloaf) 
5. Adobo ( stewed pork in vinegar and soy sauce, considered the Filipinos’ national dish )
6. Pancit Bijon ( Sauteed noodles)
7. Grilled Pork Belly
For desserts:
9. Fruit salad , Filipino style… it has canned fruit cocktail, palm fruit, nata de coco, pineapple, cherries, shredded fresh coconut , all mixed with heavy cream
10. Chicken-macaroni salad
11. Cassava cake
12. Turrones ( wrapped fried banana)
13. Leche Flan ( egg custard)
14. Fruit cake ( we know how it looks…. a ” must ” in Filipino Christmas feast)
15. Puto ( rice muffins )-
16. Assorted desserts already bought from Costco, like Petit Fours, Red velvet cake, and delicious store bought hors d’oeuvres
On Christmas Eve, the whole family attend the Midnight Mass. In the Philippines, it’s at 12 midnight. Here in the US, it’s at 10 PM . After the Mass, we partake of a simple meal of hot congee ( rice porridge )
and in the morning of Christmas, we have hot chocolate, pan de sal ( mini French bread ), queso de bola ( Edam Cheese ), and I guess, left -over rice porridge.
and hopefully , our favorite Filipino bakery doesn’t run out of churros and ensaimadas.
Ensaimada is airy, melt in your mouth bread, topped with butter and edam cheese.
Last Christmas, 2009, we had these on the table.
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Posted by balazubaz69 on December 23, 2010 at 10:38 pm
whooooahh.. too many to choose.. bad thing i am a vegan.. i’d take the puto pro’lly (made with non-fat milk).. 🙂
Posted by renxkyoko on December 24, 2010 at 2:58 am
Eh? Did you say vegan? You mean you don’t eat cakes that have eggs in it?
Wow! That’s tough !
Posted by phio_chan on December 24, 2010 at 9:12 am
Hey, so you guys got lumpia there as well? We have that food too here, with exactly the same name. But we usually put veggies inside, like carrots. It’s just delicious! And lasagna as well, sounds so awesome…
Merry Christmas for you, Maggie! ^__^
Posted by renxkyoko on December 24, 2010 at 11:26 am
Lumpia is everywhere !!!!! Awesome! LOL
Yep, we put carrots too and jicama or water chestnuts .
And MERRY CHRISTMAS to you and yours, Phio-chan !!!! You’re on my blogroll now!
Posted by ManFioz on December 24, 2010 at 12:04 pm
All of them make me hungry… hahaha
Especially, Puto, I never saw it in Thailand ^^
Does it makes from rice or sticky rice ?
Posted by renxkyoko on December 24, 2010 at 2:17 pm
From plain rice, I guess…. or not~ I have no idea….. but we don’t cook it from scratch… we buy the boxed ready mixed stuff, an we just add water…. and it tastes so good too, hahah.
Posted by majalove on January 1, 2011 at 2:23 am
Yabai! This makes me miss Philippines a lot..
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Posted by 35andupcynicismonhold on May 8, 2012 at 6:24 am
Yes, this is really a Pinoy menu… I love churros con chocolate, masarap yon! Hello, Renx! 🙂
Posted by renxkyoko on June 8, 2012 at 3:35 am
Hi, Ate ! Naandito ka pala ! sarap , no?
Posted by 35andupcynicismonhold on June 8, 2012 at 7:16 am
hala, gusto ko ngayon ng embotido and adobo, dang! pag light meal naman, okey ang lumpia. and yes, churros is delish when its raining and cold, ahaha… ba’t madalas kang mag-post ng food? kainis. 😉
Posted by bacardi gold on January 19, 2016 at 3:15 pm
i’m hungry…