Apart from fishing and the lunch, visitors are entertained with dances and songs, all Ilocano, of course. Vegetables make Ilocano cooking distinct from other regions’ cuisines. But the cooking ...

Make it Guinataang Pinakbet by adding gata (coconut milk) to it. It’s a creamy version of the Ilocano vegetable dish to which many variations have already been made. You’d be surprised at how ...

I grew up watching my very Ilocano father eat vegetables and fish morning, noon and night. Often, our kitchen smelled of dinengdeng and pinakbet, though Dad was a dinengdeng lover. The vegetable ...

This dish is a mix of colorful vegetables, parboiled in water and bugguong. You may be surprised that Ilocano pinakbet is different from what you might find at Filipino restaurants where the ...

and vinegar), and tinuno (grilled pork), plus the classic Ilocano vegetable dish pinakbet. A short walking tour of Laoag was great after a heavy meal. We explored Aurora Park, the sinking bell tow ...

Food sites, such as PinoyRecipe.net, have also noted its similarity to Dinengdeng, an Ilocano boiled vegetable soup often paired with fried fish. Here are the two easy steps (published as is): Prepare ...

According to the Agricultural Training Institute (ATI), “dinengdeng” is a traditional Ilocano vegetable stew, its flavors deeply rooted in a savory “bagoong”-based broth and often accompanied by the ...