Sweet and Sour Tofu / Tokwa Recipe:

     Start with frying the tofu until golden brown in color then transfer itto a plate and set aside.

     Next, drizzle some cooking oil in a pan and sauté onions. Add in red and green bell pepper once onions are translucent. Stir fry. Pour in water, vinegar and pineapple syrup. Mix. Add in sugar and ketchup and mix well. Stir in oyster sauce and bring to a boil. Prepare a cornstarch mixture by mixing water with cornstarch. Pour cornstarch mixture in the sauce. Add in pineapple and mix. Season with a dash of black pepper.

     Pour sauce over fried tofu. If preferred, garnish with sesame seeds on top. 

Buttered Garlic Mussels / Tahong With Cheese:

     To cook Buttered garlic mussels with cheese, start with melting butter in a cooking pan (in this recipe we added some cooking oil before putting the butter you have a choice to add or not to). Add the minced garlic and grated cheese. Add sugar and stir for a while to melt the cheese. Add mussels. Continuously stir to evenly cook the mussels. Add salt and pepper to taste. Add 1 tablespoon of parsley. Let it simmer for a while before serving.

Fish Escabeche Recipe:

  Cooking fish escabeche starts with seasoning the fish with salt and pepper and then, coat it with cornstarch. Next, heat pan with cooking oil and fry the fish for 6 minutes each side. Once fish is cooked, transfer to a plate and set aside.

     For the escabeche sauce, heat oil on a separate pan. Sauté garlic ginger and onions. Once onions are translucent, add in carrots and stir fry. Add in bell peppers and season with salt and black pepper. Then pour in vinegar, water, sugar and ketchup and stir to mix it well. Mix in oyster sauce.

    To thicken the sauce, prepare a cornstarch mixture. In a small bowl, mix 2 tbsp water with ½ tbsp cornstarch. Pour in cornstarch mixture and in the sauce mix well. Simmer for a few minutes then remove from heat and pour the cooked sauce over the fried fish.

Ginataang Alimango Recipe:

     In cooking ginataang alimango, first heat a pan and drizzle with cooking oil. Once oil is hot, sauté onion then add in garlic. Once the garlic is golden brown, add in tomatoes and stir fry. Put in squash and continue to stir fry. Add in string beans and egg plant. Continue to stir fry until vegetables are par cooked.

     Next, pour in diluted coconut milk, mix and bring to a boil. Put in crabs once it starts to boil. Pour in pure coconut milk and bring to a boil. Dissolve chicken cubes in and simmer. Add vinegar and simmer until crabs and vegetables are cooked. Season with salt and black pepper, mix and continue to simmer for a minute or two. Remove from heat, transfer to a plate and serve.