Gotong Batangas (Tripe and Innards Soup) Recipe

Gotong Batangas is simply refers to tripe soup. of course it is originated in the province of Batangas in the southern part of island of Luzon, Philippines. 

Goto ng Batanags is not a typical goto with rice and thick broth (rice porridge). This dish is consist of spicy soup with lots of innards like of tripe, cow’s skin, intestines, liver, tongue, blood and beef simmered and seasoned with onions, garlic, ginger, pepper and salt. 

Bulalo Recipe (Beef Marrow Stew)

Bulalo Bulalo is a light colored soup that’s made rich by cooking beef shanks and beef marrow bones for hours, until much of the collagen and fat has melted into the clear broth. This delightful beef soup is specialty in the Southern Luzon region especially in Batangas province. It is considered to be one of the most favorite main dishes in the Philippines. Because of the popularity of this bulalo, restaurants, food court in a mall, carenderias and eateries along the hi-way serving this beef soup.

Papaitan or Pinapaitan Recipe

The name Papaitan is derived from the Filipino root word "pait" which means "bitter". This dish is famous is a famous Ilocano soup dish mostly composed of beef or goat innards. The bitter taste of this soup dish comes from the bile, the bitter juice extracted by the liver and stored in the gallbladder to aid digestion. Papaitan popularly served those who love drinking liquor, and one of the specialty in many carinderias and restaurants in the north of the Philippines even in the metro.

Beef Pares Recipe

Beef Pares is a meat dish served wit a pair of garlic fried rice and beef soup. The word "pares" is a Filipino word means pair. This delicious recipe is one of the well known foods in neighborhood karenderias, office and school canteens in the metro and always available in Tapsilogan and Pares houses. Beef pares are cubed beef briskets cooked with different spices and tenderized to perfection and garnished with chopped spring onion.

Beef Mami (Beef Noodles Soup) Recipe

Beef Mami is a type of Beef Noodle soup that is of Chinese origin. This dish is a very popular served in most Chinese food chain and restaurants in Philippines. Basically Beef Mami is composed of tender beef brisket and egg noodles in hot beef stock. Mami is usually ordered with its sidekick “Siopao” – a steamed bun stuffed with either pork asado or bola-bola and pork barbecue.