Comments on: Footloose’s (Lohwa/Ampao) Wish is Marketman’s Command… :)

By: zarina

zarina — Thu, 24 May 2012 16:57:03 +0000

Hi Marketman!

I have been reading and following all your posts for a few years now, I forgot to thank you for the leche flan post you did a while back. I still use the same recipe and the same technique you posted as I have always wanted a mala-yema type of leche flan and it never fails :) Again, thank you!

By: charryb

charryb — Fri, 06 Apr 2012 14:24:08 +0000

hello! i just saw this site in search of where to buy sage tea here in manila and found your blog but that was about 4 years ago as it was dated last 2008…anyway, i just wanna ask you if you know sage tea and where to buy for it? it is said to be effective in limiting if not to eliminate hyperhydrosis (excessive sweating of some areas of the body like hands, feet, underarms, face and back). thank you so much in advance for your reply if there’s any.

By: millet

millet — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 04:05:09 +0000

puff daddy! so apt, Lee!

By: Mel Wood

Mel Wood — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 01:49:50 +0000

Funny, but I also happened to find ampaw last week in an Asian store here in New Zealand. I was pleasantly surprised to find some because I had not seen them for ages! As in several ages ago! I remember these ampaw (I don’t know why but back then we called them ‘taklang pusa’ in Pampango (tae ng pusa), when I was growing up in the 60s. My two late aunties who lived in Divisoria back then would buy these ampaw for pasalubong everytime they would go home to our province in Pampanga. And I remember the same pasalubong from other relatives who often travelled to Manila. Apparently, these were sold inside buses and in the case of my aunties, they lived nearby a hopia factory that also made these ampaws. I could still remember the paper bags wet with the oil as they handed us their pasalubong. So you could just imagine the flood of memories in finding these ampaw. I could not contain my excitement, I had to call my sister in the Philippines to tell her about these ampaw:))

By: Enteng

Enteng — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 01:11:20 +0000

Puff Daddy… That’s funny!

I know what to ask next for a pasalubong from back home. :-)

By: lee

lee — Tue, 03 Apr 2012 07:47:15 +0000

Marketman’s Rapper name = Puff Daddy

By: Akeeno

Akeeno — Tue, 03 Apr 2012 05:34:31 +0000

Yesterday, I craved for lohoa (ampao) so I went to Echague Bakery in Bonifacio to buy some peanut and sesame flavor. I also bought a pack gurguria to try, the dough is similar to pilipit but it is straight and they are cut into 3/4 inch in length.

The gurguria tastes ok but it is a different version from the one I used to buy in Bulacan which has some flavor of dayap. Unfortunately, I think I got the bad batch of lohoa because the dough was a bit tough. :( I will visit again next week, they may have the good batch by then. :)

By: Sleepless in Seattle

Sleepless in Seattle — Tue, 03 Apr 2012 02:57:52 +0000

Here in Washington state,we have a lot of Asian stores that carry all kinds of ampao in packages at any given time,their version has less sugar’.. but nothing as good as the freshly made ones i get from home.

By: Meg

Meg — Tue, 03 Apr 2012 02:04:24 +0000

I remember those lowa. We buy them every Sunday morning from BoomTown bakery along Kalentong beside the Mandaluyong Market and the Empire Theater. It seems like only those Chinese bakers know how to make them perfect. Yes, they come in sesame seed coated, peanut coated, caramel coated and sugar coated varieties. Brings back childhood memories which i can never, never get tired reminiscing….those were the days.

By: Nel

Nel — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 23:25:05 +0000

I miss Echague! There used to be a branch in QC along A. Bonifacio and we were there almost every week to get stuff to resell in our bakery.

The ampao and pilipit are good memories as well as peanut cakes. Will have to get to the Quiapo branch some time soon.