My Filipino Food Pantry in Vancouver

I like to think of myself as an adventurous eater, someone that will eat something at least once as long as it’s not slimy and still moving! My background is Filipina. I have lived in Canada for longer than I have lived in the Philippines (42 years). I have been on a journey of assimilation, acculturation, to the Canadian ways, then reconnection to my heritage. Fortunately, I did not lose the ability to understand Tagalog. I have a challenge with speaking naturally and fluently, but can if the need arises. Watching TFC (The Filipino Channel) has improved my spoken language.

I love to cook classic family favourites as well as new dishes from all over the world. I will start by sharing family favourite dishes. Now by family I mean my paternal side of my family. In this post I will give a list of items that a basic Filipino pantry would consist of as if I was just moving in to a new home.

10 pounds of Jasmine Rice
Onions
Garlic
Tomatoes
Salt
Pepper
Garlic Powder
MSG
Anatto seed or powder
Soy Sauce
Oyster Sauce
Chicken broth powder (Knorr)
Beef broth powder (Knorr)
Ground Pork
Ground beef
Beef Blade Steak
Pork Butt Steak
Thinly sliced beef chuck
Chicken
Salmon
Milk Fish
Dried Fish
Fish Flakes
Sardines
Canned pineapple
Evaporated Milk
Condensed Milk
Coconut Milk
Coconut Cream
Powdered Milk
Cooking Oil

Stay tuned, my next post will be a recipe post: Pork Adobo

Happy to be back. I was sick over the Christmas season. Looking forward to a wonderful 2018!