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Chicago Children's Museum: June 14, 15, and 16, 2012

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Taste of the Philippines
Join us for a demonstration of the making of snack and desert items that are popular food in the Philippines. Taste a sample of 

“Healthier Halo-Halo”
The Filipino American Community Health Initiative Chicago (FACHIC) will provide a sample of a favorite heart healthy Filipino summer dessert called “Halo-Halo.” It is a dessert made with fresh fruits, sweet beans, shaved ice, and milk. Visitors will choose what type of fresh toppings or fruits for their sampling of halo-halo.

Filipino Fruit & Buko Salad, Ube, Biko, Langka and Pandan flavored muffin.
Joelen Tan of What's Cookin Chicago will give a demonstration of the making of Filipino fruit & buko salad. In addition, she will have a presentation and samples of Filipino flavored muffins such as ube, langka, pandan & buko.
Polvoron & Yema

Chef Marilyn McNabb of the Le Cordon Bleu College of Culinary Arts will be assisted by patisserie program student and Hataw Pinoy Chicago talent Trina Nicolasin in the demonstration of how to make Filipino favorites POLVORON and YEMA. The segment will be anchored by HPC host Alpha Nicolasin. HPC and FAN will hold a polvoron eating/whistling contest immediately following the demos.

 Pan de Sal (Spanish: pan de sal salt bread) is a rounded bread usually eaten by Filipinos.[1] It is a bread made of flour, eggs, yeast, sugar, and salt. It is a very common food in the Philippines. Pan de sal is the classic Filipino bread.    It is actually not Spanish in origin, but Portuguese.  Pan de sal means salted bread but it is actually sweeter than it is salty.  It is traditionally served as a breakfast roll — buttered and dipped in coffee — but it has made its way to the dinner table.  Savory pan de sal sandwiches always hit the spot: corned beef, fried spam, fried egg, fried tocino, or mini-pizza with sweet spaghetti sauce.  Or it can be a sweet treat: butter with sugar, sweetened condensed milk, peanut butter with jelly, strawberry jam, coconut jam, ube jam, or homemade ice cream sandwiches. The pairing possibilities are endless. Taste the Filipino pan de sal courtesy of our generous sponsors - COMCAST and the Filipino American Network (FAN).