Comments on: Ensaimada Mallorquina

By: maricel

maricel — Sat, 15 Jan 2011 18:04:15 +0000

nothing can beat our version of ensaymaida,we’re the best ika nga!!

By: Connie C

Connie C — Fri, 05 Nov 2010 01:48:16 +0000

I’ll have someone walk me thru these when I am back in ‘Pins.

https://www.spot.ph/eatdrink/46226/top-10-best-ensaymada-in-metro-manila

By: foodie

foodie — Mon, 04 Oct 2010 00:02:09 +0000

I vote for Ensaymada Filipina. I agree that it tastes more like brioche than anything else. There are so many things that we have made our own. Take polvoron for example. The Spanish one is totally different. Also, have any of you tried Filipinos? Yes, we are chocolate biscuits in Spain :-)
With regards to baking, I agree that we have better desserts than Spain and in fact, most of the Latin countries (except Argentina as they make better ice cream and proper pastries) as I’ve been to most of them.
Re pastel de belem/nata, yummy. I went to Belem last month. You can find video recipes on UK food network, I think. In English, of course. The Macau version that they sell in Manila is disgusting. Try it from the Portuguese guy in Legaspi market.

@Marketman, keep up the good work. If you ever come to London, I’ll take you on a foodie tour.

By: millet

millet — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 00:23:30 +0000

…and I just learned that the word “ensaimada” comes from the word “sai”, which means lard. so, there!

By: betty q.

betty q. — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 15:01:11 +0000

…Ensaymada Filipiniana…with reference to Spanish origin of PI and that which refers to anything distinctively Pinoy! (according to Mr. Wiki)

By: Cielo

Cielo — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 08:27:47 +0000

Ensapino! Mabuhay!

By: Mimi

Mimi — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 01:04:56 +0000

gina: memories came flooding in with your term ‘ensaimadang potpot’! we used to live in marikina and there was tatang, an old fellow with a fedora on a bicycle with a yellow can and a ‘pot-pot’ every afternoon. He not only sold the mallorcan-style ensai, but an assortment of monay and pan de coco.

By: gina

gina — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 13:51:13 +0000

We prefer ensaimada made with lots of butter and eggs, sort of like a sweet brioche! The ensaimada from Spain reminds me of the ensaimada that the pinoy bicycle vendors peddled in the steets of Manila. Bread with star margarine and sugar for topping. Very cheaply made. We used to call it ensaimadang pot-pot like the sound of the vendor’s bicycle horn.

By: LLT

LLT — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 13:37:40 +0000

Ensaymada Filipina sounds great for me too. Then we would know that we, Filipinos, have perfected it our way. Thanks for sharing, MM.

By: sonny sj

sonny sj — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 05:29:41 +0000

Ensaimada Filipina for me too! or Ensaimada Pilipinas (for those who may insists on being politically correct, he he)