Cebuano
Pancit Canton
Canton na Guisado
Fiesta-style pancit canton with shrimp, pork, chicken, chicharo, and bell pepper—finished with fried garlic...
Recipe collection
Birthday Handaan Menu
A strong Filipino birthday table has one noodle dish, one saucy ulam, one fried or grilled item, rice, and dessert. This menu is built for sharing and reheating.
How to serve this collection
- Cook caldereta and pancit the day before—they taste better reheated.
- Fry lumpia and grill barbecue when guests arrive so textures stay fresh.
- Plan one piece of each main per guest, then add extra rice and lumpia.
Tagalog
Pancit Palabok
Palabok na May Sawsawan
Filipino pancit palabok with bright orange shrimp sauce, bihon noodles, shrimp, chicken, tinapa, chicharon, egg, and calamansi.
Tagalog
Pancit Bihon
Bihon na Guisado
Filipino pancit bihon with golden rice noodles, chicken, cabbage, carrots, and snow peas—a birthday and handaan staple.
Tagalog
Lumpiang Shanghai
Lumpiang Shanghai (Prito)
Thin, crispy pork lumpia fried golden and arranged around sweet-sour dipping sauce—the birthday-party finger food every Filipino kid fights
Tagalog
Filipino Pork Barbecue
Inihaw na Baboy (Pork BBQ)
Filipino pork barbecue—overnight-marinated kasim on bamboo skewers, charcoal-grilled with caramel basting, served...
Tagalog
Classic Beef Caldereta
Kalderetang Baka
Filipino beef caldereta—bone-in beef braised in rich tomato sauce with liver spread, peanut butter, potato, carrot, and bell pepper until fo
Kapampangan
Lechon Kawali
Lechong Kawali
Crispy deep-fried pork belly cubes with blistered skin, fried garlic, and green onions—served with lechon sauce and calamansi.
Kapampangan
Crispy Pata
Crispy na Pata ng Baboy
Filipino crispy pata with boiled-then-fried pork leg, crackling skin, and soy-vinegar dipping sauce—a fiesta centerpiece.
Tagalog
Leche Flan
Leche Flan na Inihaw
Classic Filipino leche flan—silky yolk custard in a llanera with glossy amber caramel, steamed until set and flipped...