From Salad To Sizzling, Retracing The Origins of Pampanga's Sisig And Its Place In The Filipino Culinary Experience At The Sisig Festival By The Philippine Heritage Kitchen And CCA Manila

Any conversation on Filipino cuisine promises hours of engaging and sometimes heated debates but it gets a whole lot more intense when a specific dish becomes the topic. Like the Capampangan Sisig, the ubiquitous and enduring regional staple that's now part of the Filipino culinary mainstream. With purists and traditionalists on one side and modern, creative and imaginative innovators on the other, the enduring Sisig remains a hot topic. And that's a good thing. Meaningful conversations and an appreciation of its origins reveal a more insightful perspective in the complex yet colorful weave of Filipino cuisine shaped and defined by history, trade and migration, the colonial experience and geography. Noted chef, cookbook author and columnist Reggie Aspiras along with food historian Ruston Banal decode the Capampangan Sisig and it's place on the Filipino table at the Sisig Festival From Salad To Sizzling at Brittany Hotel BGC...

The Philippine Heritage Kitchen led by acclaimed Chef Reggie Aspiras in collaboration with CCA Manila recently held its second culinary festival in its calendar last May 29, 2026 dubbed Sisig Festival From Salad to Sizzling with food historian Ruston Banal at Origine in Brittany Hotel BGC. The festival retraces the history of the popular Sisig through an impressive array of both traditional and contemporary renditions to fully capture the essence of the enduring dish. You think you know your Sisig? Then, read on...