Comments on: “Tita” Cely Kalaw, An Icon of Pinoy Cooking…

By: Cheryll Limso

Cheryll Limso — Sun, 04 Nov 2007 21:03:05 +0000

Tita Cely told me 2 or 3 weeks ago to enter her name on google (actually she told me to do it on a calulator, hahaha) which sent me into gales of laughter and I almost choked on the freebie dinuguan, she was feeding me, hehehe!

I read your blog from time to time but never saw her mentioned till I searched google (hehe shows how seldom I read food blogs)

I will be flying to Manila on Tuesday and I am going to ask her who you are, LOLLOL!

Manang will be very happy to know you found her food yummy yum yum (I’m the only one allowed to call her Manang and Matandang bruha, hehe)

By: Marketman

Marketman — Tue, 23 Oct 2007 12:11:27 +0000

Mark, I am not sure, but I don’t think so…

By: Mark

Mark — Tue, 23 Oct 2007 11:50:26 +0000

Does tita cely have branches in QC? Layo ko kasi sa Makati and to go there early morning is quite impossible…

By: teth

teth — Tue, 02 Oct 2007 10:00:49 +0000

miss kon na naman ang langkang may gata with alimango as sahog… with matching sili, Yum!

By: Blaise

Blaise — Tue, 02 Oct 2007 08:28:35 +0000

Sayang, I didn’t read this post sooner, I was just in Market!Market! recently, spent my whole day there (I don’t go to that part of town very often, it’s kind of out of way for me..), sana I could have tasted Tita Cely’s food.. Weird because I had this inkling to go to the food court and check out the restaurants on board (It’s really been a while the last I was there), but opted to stay inside the mall and eat in one of the restaurants.. Sayang talaga..

By: arpeelazaro

arpeelazaro — Tue, 02 Oct 2007 01:04:06 +0000

my officemate is saying that tita cely’s is good. will try it one of these days.

By: stef

stef — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 23:33:31 +0000

Oh my gosh!!! You cannot imagine how LOOOONG I’ve been craving the alamang with kamias…. our help used to prepare this when I was growing up. And I have not had any since 2004, when a cousin smuggled it into the US in a large jar. Don’t know how they did it, and really I don’t care. But sniff, you just made me truly homesick:(

By: Maria Clara

Maria Clara — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 17:36:43 +0000

The woman was born with a cutting board and knife in her hands. She turned regular vegetables to full depth of flavor from our tree of life – coconuts. The unassuming alamang to a delectable dish with the addition of the day-to-day market finds kamias. She utilized well what our market offers and has a magic touch in the kitchen.

By: pinkytab

pinkytab — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 16:51:52 +0000

what is the difference between laing and bicol express? don’t they have the same ingredients? this must be more of a vocation than a business, the way she gives away free food. God bless her.

By: NYCMama

NYCMama — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 14:09:56 +0000

When I first visited Salcedo Mkt a year ago (thanks to your writing about it, MM)my mom took me to her old friend Tita Cely’s stall to say hello. When she realized I was the “NY daughter”, she was packing dishes for me to take, but all I really wanted to eat that day was paksiw and Bikol express. “Yan lang?” She couldn’t believe it, but my jetlagged and Pinoy food deprived self just wanted basic Pinoy food hard to find in the States. And yes, hindi nagpabayad! The next weekend, I went to Market Market with mom and we just had to eat at Tita Cely’s again (first making sure she was not there, so we would have to pay for our food!) The shrimps in the picture, plus ginataang langka, plus pritong hito was my breakfast that day. I still pine for that breakfast! Thanks for the pictures.