3.21.2013

Pandesal Partners The Pinoy Style

Pandesal is the most popular yeast-raised bread in the Philippines. Individual loaves are shaped like garrison caps due to its unique method of forming. The dough is rolled into long logs (bastón) which are rolled in fine bread crumbs. These are then cut into portions with a dull dough cutter, are allowed to rise on sheet pans and baked. Wikipedia


Aside from fried rice, this is every Filipino's staple food for breakfast and for merienda (snack). It can be eaten plain with a hot cup of coffee, while my great grandmother enjoyed it with low-fat butter and a dash of sugar. In the Philippines, pandesal is paired with several other food I'm sure you've tried in the past. It is best paired with:




Dirty ice cream from the bell-totting vendors who roam around the residential streets usually with chocolate, cheese and ube flavors in their carts. They offer their merchandise with cones, cups and the famous buns or pandesal.




Pansit canton or noodles with pandesal especially when newly cooked is to die-for! This was one of my favorite comfort food when I wasn't so conscious of what I put in my mouth. We are well-informed that this is loaded with MSG but the satisfaction I get from eating it until this day in moderation is truly my simple pleasure!




For the sweet tooth Pinoys, peanut butter and jams like orange marmalade or strawberry and even coco jam (which I sometimes ate plain when I was a kid) is best paired with pandesal especially if toasted. These are also easy food preparations for your school-aged children to give them the energy they need while studying.




The all-tender and juicy corned beef goes well too with pandesal. We recycle this dish if there are leftovers for merienda and a very cold soda that will certainly compel me to continue working for many more hours!


Do you eat your pandesal the way I do?
What do you pair it with?


Pictures from meiishee, Lucky Me!, Yahoo! She and jin

34 comments :

  1. Nothing beats the smell of freshly baked pandesal. It actually goes along with everything. Sarap!

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  2. Bread with ice cream... that's a new one for me!

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  3. A lot of this food I haven't heard of or tried. I do know peanut butter, jam and the canned corn beef which I also like to eat ;-)

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  4. oh my, I'm a pandesal lover, too! makes me miss home >_< one of these days, I'm going to make my own pandesal! :D i love mine hot and paired with cheez whiz!

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  5. I love it with corned beef and also coco jam! Yum yum! I cannot imagine it with pansit canton inside, carbs galore!

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  6. Thanks for sharing your delicious food! It's funny how we will always love the foods from our childhood! It's a part of our identity!

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  7. I love it with peanut butter or just butter. Of course with a cup of chocolate or coffee.

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  8. I love pandesal and I pair it with practically anything, but I love it with cheese.

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  9. I like this. I eat my pandesal the same way :) I love to put corned beef or simply anything even pancit canton!

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  10. Makes me crave for pandesal with ice cream. I also love pandesal with peanut butter, butter or cheese whiz!

    Mommy Maye2

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  11. Even if it's just plain pandesal, basta mainit, solve na.

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  12. classic pandesal + coffee for me, then there's pandesal + condensed milk too ;)

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  13. With pandesal, your imagination is your only limitation.. Sometimes, I just love dunking it in black coffee, ayos na. I have never tried putting salad fillings in pandesal though lol! That's too much for my palate.

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  14. OMG! I love pandesal, sis. Na-miss ko tuloy. Kahit isawsaw ko lang yan sa kape, happy na ako.hihihi...

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  15. I don't really eat pandesal so can't comment which way will be the best to eat it.

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  16. I loved pandesal, The smell and the taste, complete na talaga ang morning pag ito naging breakfast ko. I love my pandesal pair with corned beef, hotdogs or eggs.. Basta masarap ito kahit ano e pair:) nakakamiss tuloy sa Pinas:)

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  17. I love it with ham and egg! :)Oh, and with nutella too!

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  18. anything goes with pandesal, its versatile
    in my case, i spread butter on my pandesal and dip it with my coffee...sarap!

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  19. I'd like to try that- noodles in pandesal!

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  20. i like the pandesal with pancit canton but usually i dip my pandesal sa kape.. that is very pinoy..hehehehe

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  21. I have pandesal every day for breakfast. I usually pair it with cheese, egg, or corned beef. When toasted, I put in tomatoes and cheese. Yum! :D

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  22. Not a fan of pan de sal with ice cream. I am more into Pan de sal with pancit canton! :). Carbo overload!

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  23. Well I think almost anything can be paired with pandesal. Yummy! Specially the freshly baked ones. Love the smell of it in the morning!

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  24. Oh, i love the corned beef, but, actually, anything goes for me when it comes to pandesal :-)

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  25. im not really a fan of the pandesal with ice cream.... but pandesal with pancit canton!1! uh! heaven! hehehe :-)

    us here in zambo even put ketchup with the pancit inside the bread (but if it's lucky me pancit canton, no need for ketchup! hehehe)

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  26. I never tried pandesal with ice cream. I tried slice bread palaman with ice cream hehe..

    Like what promding chamimay, I used to have pandesal with pancit+ketchup for snacks during my highschool days.

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  27. My taste bud are full of excitement! I will finally soon taste the original Pandesal. I'm the pandesal+pancit canton style hehehe!

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  28. What a versatile food. I like when we can take one thing and eat it with many others... awesome!
    Eliz

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  29. Just discovered your blog, and looking forward to following and reading more! Please stop by mine anytime! My vote is for the pandesal with corned beef with big chunks of garlic in it... that looks awesome! Add a cup of 3-in-1 coffee, and I am good to go. I'm a big fan of pandesal, and of the kind of corned beef you get in cans in the Philippines. We cannot get this kind of corned beef here in the U.S. (or at least not very often), ours is more condensed when it comes out of the can. So when we go back to visit Philippines, we make sure to bring back some cans of corned beef (along with lots of 3-in-1 coffee).

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  30. I always eat two pandesal sandwiches for breakfast. It is usually pandesal egg and ulam. Ulam can be hotdogs, ham, sardines, sausage, etc. :D While writing this, I am waiting for people in the house to call me for breakfast time. :D

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  31. Yes, pandesal is so versatile like Skyflakes! But, personally, I like egg and cheese... and I also like tuna or chicken pandesal sandwich! For your set, I like corned beef pandesal!

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  32. I had pandesal for breakfast today! Had cheese and egg as spread + coffee, and I love it!!! :D [CommEx 4/23-30/13)]

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