LOOK: Modern Pinoy dishes served during APEC dinner

MANILA - Via Mare founder Glenda Barretto and Margarita Fores of Cibo prepared a modern Filipino meal at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) welcome dinner on Wednesday.

Local ingredients and modern techniques came together to prepare dishes for a total of 700 guests.

"We [presented] what is classic, national in taste... like flavors of adobo, tinola, kesong puti [and] itlog na maalat," said Barretto.

Fores, for her part, said she wanted to showcase the uniqueness and diversity of ingredients available in the Philippines.

"All these... microgreens and herbs that we've taken for granted... are things that very important restaurants abroad have highlighted," she said. "It's great that we realize now that all these are actually quite unique [for foreigners], things that they don't have in their parts of the world."

Here's a look at the dishes served during the APEC dinner at the Mall of Asia Arena:

 Ensalada Tagala with duck estofado, smoked kesong puti and red egg flan with rambutan vinaigrette. Photo from the APEC 2015 Philippines website

 

Tinola with ground lapu-lapu and tiger prawns. Photo from the APEC 2015 Philippines website

Bistek Manilenya. Photo from the APEC 2015 Philippines website

 Inasal na Apahap. Photo from the APEC 2015 Philippines website

Maja Blanca with smoked coconut meringue and lambanog-poached mango. Photo from the APEC 2015 Philippines website

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