The catalogue
Every dish, every dialogue.
Cooking, eating, and the conversations that happen in between. Watch full episodes, read the story, get the recipe.
Tinola
The one that breaks a fever
Ginger, chicken and green papaya in a clear broth. The Filipino comfort soup that turns up in Rizal's novels and at every sickbed - older than colonisation, built to make you sweat.
Ube champorado
There is no ube in this ube
Sweet potato, coconut, caramel and rice turn a childhood chocolate porridge into a purple, modern bowl - with room for berries and a little chaos.
Chicken adobo
The dish that started it all
Vinegar, soy, garlic, bay leaves, and patience. Chef Fhred walks Liem through the dish - and the long line from Spanish marinade to a bamboo tube over fire.
Silog at Ceres
The eating episode
Three kinds of silog - tocilog, tapsilog, longsilog - at Ceres on Spring Street, and the conversation about why the show exists in the first place.
Balut
If you know, you know
The street-food classic. Fertilised duck egg, late-night snack, and a side-by-side with the Vietnamese cousin hột vịt lộn.
Pandesal
The bread that wakes the neighbourhood
Soft, warm, dusted with breadcrumbs. The morning bread roll - and what it means to bake the smell of home.
Up next
Trial Run.
The new series. We step into a hospitality business and take it over for a shift - Fhred and Liem at the helm. We learn, we laugh, and the business is the hero. Coming soon.