The Adobo Road Cookbook: A Filipino Food Journey-From Food Blog, to Food Truck, and Beyond [Filipino Cookbook, 99 Recipes] Paperback – May 7, 2013

Ever found yourself not cooking Filipino food because you cannot understand the terminology used in other cookbooks, don't know where to find the ingredients or how common cooking techniques are executed (and you don't know who to ask)? As in you have not experienced cooking before. Now that you are an adult, you want something better and wished you had asked your mom or grandma how to do things. Most other cookbooks assume you know a little bit.The author nailed the dillemma guys faced when starting to learn how to cook. He went to the point of identifying where to find these ingredients in the grocery store, illustrating step by step how to do it and laid out more ambitious dishes to pursue when you got the basics. My family and friends were surprised how quickly I began cooking really good Filipino dishes.After owning this book for a couple of months, this got me started and aspiring to do better. This is a well planned, written and illustrated book. HIs writing style injects reason with a little humour and curiosity.Recipes I tried are delicious. Within each recipe, the author also mentions variations and encourages you to experiement. I wish Marvin Gapultos would write other books.Highly recommend!

Many of the recipes in this book were somewhat different from how I usually make them which makes me very curious as to their taste. Will they taste totally different? After trying some of them, tho, my husband and I can honestly say that they were even more delicious than my original recipes and had that special umami we’re always looking for in Asian dishes. It’s also a beautifully presented book with very enticing photos, hence I bought another one as a gift to my daughter who always love to try new dishes for her family.

I purchased this cookbook several months ago and my wife and I have made about five or six dishes, including some of of our Filipino favorites. Without fail, every dish we have made has been delicious. My wife is a Filipina and missed her family's homemade meals. She also rated this cookbook "five stars." Unlike many other cookbooks, The Adobo Road Cookbook's ingredients list is completely manageable, with most items available at the local grocery store and the remainder easily accessible through a local Asian market or online (e.g. fish sauce or lumpia wrappers). The recipes are also easy to follow and quick to prepare. I recommend the "pork and vegetable lumpia" and "stir fried wheat-flour noodles with shrimp and vegetables." I have about half a dozen Filipino cookbooks, but if you have to choose just one Filipino cookbook for your kitchen, this is the one I would recommend.

A terrific Filipino food cookbook with many of the recipes that my dad used to fix for the family. He was a chef for Navy Officers, and sometimes treated them with Filipino dishes which they loved. I especially enjoyed the brief history of the Spanish, Mexican, and Philippines influence across those cultures which impacted many of the recipes that we use today. The photos in the book were well done and the recipes easy to follow. So glad that I selected this book of the several available through Amazon. I was not disappointed and have sent a copy to my son to use for preparing these 'new' recipes for his family.

Cooking a third recipe from the cookbook as I write this review, Garlic Lemongrass Shrimp:-). The first one I made was fantastic, Glazed Roasted Spam, using hot espresso wirh a pinch of espresso salt. The second recipe I made was Pinakbet, so yummy but the portion was too large. I will halve the recipe next time since I don't want to feed a crowd, lol;-)

I am filipino, I love to cook filipino food and I love this book. It's well written and clear. The ingredients are easy to find and helps you create a filipino dish for your non-filipino friends in a way that looks more appetizing (as Rex Navarre says.. "Most filipino food looks delicious in the dark". For those purists out there, it does keep the basic structure of the meals intact. My 75 yr old mother and self-proclaimed filipino food critic loved this book so much I had to buy her a copy!

This is a wonderful book. The binding, the color intensity of the photos is magnificent. Directions/instructions given are very precise and clear. I can't wait to actually try some of the recipes. It has been so long since I traveled and lived in the Far East and miss the food very much, that I cannot wait to actually try out some of the recipes. And it's a large, heavy book. The pages are quite thick. When I scan through it I think I am holding two pages instead of just the one. Just another wonderful item from your selections. Kudos to the Writer/Chef! Keep up the good work Amazon...

What a beautifully informative book. Mine arrived today, and I can hardly wait to embark on my maiden lumpia adventure. And banana ketchup?? Yum. This book is gorgeously illustrated, and recipes are totally accessible. ThIs brings back memories of all of my Filipino parents at Westborogh Middle School who would frequently bring us pans-ful of freshly-made lumpia. Well worth the price. I'm now looking at Marvin's second book. . .