Chicharon Bulaklak

What Is Chicharon Bulaklak?

Chicharon Bulaklak is one of the great Filipino bar snacks. The name means "flower chicharon", after the ruffled shape the pork takes as it fries into airy, lacy, shatteringly crisp pieces. It is the definitive pulutan — the food Filipinos order to share over cold drinks and long conversation.

It is always served with a sharp vinegar dip, usually with garlic, onion and chili, because the acidity is what keeps you reaching for another piece.

How We Cook It at Mar's Sisig

Getting chicharon bulaklak right is a matter of temperature and patience: cooked through first so it is never chewy, then fried hard so every ruffle turns crisp and light rather than heavy. We fry it to order for exactly that reason.

It is a dish that tells you a Filipino kitchen is the real thing — and one of the reasons Mar's Sisig has a following among Winnipeg's Filipino community as well as first-time visitors.

How to Order Chicharon Bulaklak

Chicharon Bulaklak is $18.99 under Mar's Pritos. It is made for sharing:

• As pulutan with a cold drink and a vinegar dip
• Alongside Sizzling Sisig for a full pulutan table
• With steamed rice and a sour soup such as Sinigang
• In the Family Bundle Set A (good for 8–10 people) with soup, miki bihon, bistek and yang chow fried rice

Where to Get Chicharon Bulaklak in Winnipeg

Mar's Sisig serves Chicharon Bulaklak from three Winnipeg locations, so there is almost always one close by. We deliver and take orders from Garden City, The Maples, Mynarski, Inkster Gardens, North Point Douglas, Lord Selkirk Park and the surrounding neighbourhoods, and you can also see every Mar's Sisig location or browse the full Filipino menu.