Through word of mouth & through referrals, the Dolores Kakanin emerged as the pioneer of delicious kakanin originated in Malabon City in northern Manila.
A brief history: during the early 1930s, Dolores Santos, together with her siblings, sold kakanin to their neighbors to sustain their's family needs. The products were a variety of native rice cakes - bibingkang galapong, kutsinta, maja blanca, biko – pinipig, malagkit, mung beans, & bibingkang tinapay (bread pudding).
The kakanin were sold along the streets of La Loma, Quezon City & also in the Malabon Central Market. The most popular of the native kakanin was the sapin-sapin, a disc-shaped rice cake composed of different colorful flavors. The cassava-based pichi-pichi topped with cheese or grated coconut were also bestsellers.
The sapin-sapin is a frequent feature in special occasions of Pinoys living here and abroad.
Among Dolor's popular products are:
- Akai-Akai (Botse with Mongo)
2. Bibingkang Malagkit
3. Cassava Cake
4. Halayang Ube
5. Kesong Puti
6. Kutsinta
a. Sugar-free - MADE TO ORDER
b. Ordinary
7. Leche Flan
8. Macapuno Balls
9. Maja Blanca
10. Marzipan
11. Pastillas
a. Fresh
b. Ube
c. Yema
12. Pitsi-Pitsi
a. With Cheese
b. Sugar-Free - MADE TO ORDER
13. Puto
a. Bagets
b. Ube
c. Cake
d. Puto-Kutsinta-NEW!
DOLOR'S KAKANIN
13 Escanilla Street
Barangay Concepcion
Malabon City
Tel. 281.2739 and 282.9710
(beside the Immaculate Conception Church)
DOLOR'S KAKANIN
19 Governor Pascual Avenue
Barangay Concepcion
Malabon City
Tel. 283.5782 and 282.0071
(coming from Monumento, a little past Arellano University - on your left)
MOMMY'S MALABON PRIDE
Governor Pascual Avenue
Barangay Concepcion
Malabon City
Tel. 282.5355 and 281.2739
(coming from Monumento, a little past Arellano University - on your right)
From peddling snacks to their neighbors, Dolor and her family have created a legacy of native foods loved and cherished by Filipinos.
