You don’t have to wait for Christmas to eat bibingka. While it is traditionally enjoyed during the holiday season alongside puto bumbong, it is also a treat that you can get from convenient locations when you feel like eating one anytime, any day.
Bibingka, a special rice cake typically made from galapong (glutinous rice flour) and coconut milk, is available at several locations in the metro all year round. Here we got 10 places that you can visit whenever you feel like having a bite of this delicious Filipino treat:
10. Ferino’s Bibingka
Now with several branches in the metro, Ferino’s Bibingka will let you have a taste of its original bibingka. Founded in 1938, its first store location was in Tondo, Manila.
9. Sweet Tomato Grill
Sweet Tomato Grill serves a plate of Bibingka Delicioza that is topped with salted eggs and kesong puti. You can have it on the first floor of St. Luke’s Medical Center in Quezon City.
8. Via Mare
If you’re craving for that classic bibingka taste, then take a quick trip to Via Mare and have a go at one. This Filipino cafe currently has 14 locations in the metro so you won’t have the difficulty of finding one.
7. Purple Yam
Originally located in Brooklyn, New York, Purple Yam will give you a bibingka topped with salted duck egg and local Asiago cheese. This one’s definitely going to give you a flavorful taste that is not common.
Fely J’s Kitchen has two locations in the metro: one in Greenbelt 5, Makati and another one in Uptown Place Mall, BGC, Taguig. This Filipino restaurant includes Cassava Bibingka with Buko described as homemade tapioca cake with young coconut on its menu.
Sure you do love bibingka, but how about waffles? Catabolic Cafe has turned the classic bibingka into a breakfast delight. If you want your Filipino treat with a twist, then go ahead and try their Bibingka Waffle.
4. Roast
Roast will let you have the kind of bibingka you’re in the mood for. You can choose from kesong puti, salted egg, a combination of the two, quezo de bola, or all three on top. It’s your choice!
3. Sentro 1771
Taking pride in its modern Filipino dishes, Sentro 1771 will give you that fluffy bibingka that is cooked with kesong puti, topped with salted egg, grated coconut, and sugar.
Star-shaped bibingka? Yes! Get it at Maximo Comfort Cuisine! Take note: it isn’t your typical treat. It’s Bibingka Mamon that is light, fluffy, and oozing with egg goodness.
1. Manam
Now, if your taste bud is looking for something different, Manam’s Bibingka Ube might be perfect for you. Don’t be afraid to try something new. Who knows? This might become your new favorite.
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