Wikipedia Brown and the Case of the Obscure Dessert

[milkdropcoronet]

Have you seen this dessert?

It's a Filipino dish called tambo-tambong, which i can only assume is an approximation of the Tagalog pronounciation, since it's under Google's radar. i can only describe it as a hot soup dessert which is great since, like soup, you can make this dish with any old thing you have in the pantry (if your pantry happens to

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[sheridankm]

I've had this! Twice, and it was different each time. I remember really liking it, and wondering how to make it -- and not having any luck with Google, either. Unfortunately, I can't remember where/at what kind of restaurant I had it. I'm pretty sure the second, inferior version was at a big Chinese restaurant, the good kind that has dim sum. The first time might have been home made...

[silverfairy2]

That looks really good. I used to eat the cold iced dessert that has a purple root and pearls in it. I can't remember the name, but it is served over shaved ice with coconut milk and it has beans in it.
Very yummy!

[curare]

taro, probably. the purple root.

[jonathan1945]

I've had this dessert, and it's even available at Asian markets in packet form. The other time was at a Singaporean restaurant, but they stopped serving it -- unfortunately I can't remember what it was called.

[dark_beloved]

Which province did you live in in the Philippines? Because that looks like ginataan to me, and I'm Tagalog...it's called sagobe in Batangas. :)

[milkdropcoronet]

THANK YOU. you were the first to know! and an entire lifetime of curiosity is now sated. now i'm puzzled where the name tambo-tambong comes from, as that's how my family refers to it. they grew up in San Fernando, La Union.

thanks again- ginataan brings up a whole mess of great links on the interweb. not just recipes but everyone's childhood memories...

[chokokat]

Never had it but it looks delicious. Some attempt at Googling tells me it might be called 'ginataan'.