Offering homemade childhood goodies with the main ingredient, NOSTALGIA — because every bite tells a story.
ABOUT YZA
I’m a self-taught baker (and wannabe chef) raised in a home where food was both a hobby-turned-to-career and a personal love language! Sharing a meal meant exchanging stories and recipes.
As I started OMG YZA (eye-zuh), I’m reminded of the times my meals were limited to top ramen and a few trusted family recipes. Like every child who made it their mission to avoid certain food, I eventually learned the joys of trying new foods! Don’t get me wrong, but top ramen was once (and still is) a lazy afternoon meal, but can now be prime culinary work of art with a little extra fresh vegetables and a 7 minute-egg with a side of Spanish Bread, of course!
I fell in love with food, not only because my family has some extreme party-planners and self-made chefs, but because I learned that good food evolves with us! It can remain the same, whether it’s a trusted family recipe, or remixed like my goodies, it’s good food because every bite tastes like nostalgia — it will always make you remember a story or a moment in life.
I hope to not only share a piece of my life with each recipe, but that it encourages all of us to create and value moments that’ll turn into memories that we can hold on to.
WHIPPING
Spanish Bread
Ensaymada Butter Rolls
Ensaymada Butter Rolls
This soft and chewy bread rolled with sweet buttery filling is a favorite merienda (mid-day snack) back in Philippines. Usually paired with a favorite hot drink by your titos and titas.
Ensaymada Butter Rolls
Ensaymada Butter Rolls
Ensaymada Butter Rolls
Made of soft and chewy brioche with homemade cheesy ensaymada butter filling. You don’t have to worry about the ensaymada topping falling off. Perfect on the go breakfast!
Banana-Langka Bread
Ensaymada Butter Rolls
Banana-Langka Bread
With it’s super-duper moist texture, buttery banana with jackfruit (langka) and brown sugar flavors, this will definitely hit all the right spots!
Food for the Gods
Chocolate Crinkles
Food for the Gods
A family favorite, heaven in your mouth butterscotch brownie with dates and walnuts. It's moist and chewy in the center with a crinkly top.
Ube Brownies
Chocolate Crinkles
Food for the Gods
These homemade purple yam brownies are rich, buttery, and chewy. Adding toasted coconut flakes on top highlights the earthy and nutty flavor of the ube. Whether you like it plain or with coconuts, they'll definitely satisfy your ube cravings!
Chocolate Crinkles
Chocolate Crinkles
Chocolate Crinkles
Irresistible fudgy brownie textured center, with a crunch of cookie on the outside. A traditional Christmas cookie that you can enjoy all year around.
Sylvanas
Lavender Earl Grey Sylvanas
Chocolate Crinkles
A frozen cookie sandwich, made with dacquiose and buttercream filling, coated with ground cashew cookie crumbs. Irresistibly crunchy, rich and nutty. It's definitely a cookie you didn't know you needed!
Ube Sylvanas
Lavender Earl Grey Sylvanas
Lavender Earl Grey Sylvanas
What's better than Sylvanas? With ube, of course! This one is made with ube errthang -- ube cashew meringue and ube buttercream filling, coated with ube cake crumbs and a hint of coconut to enhance the nuttiness.
Lavender Earl Grey Sylvanas
Lavender Earl Grey Sylvanas
Lavender Earl Grey Sylvanas
A frozen cookie sandwich, made with earl grey cashew dacquiose and lavender buttercream filling, coated with ground cashew cookie crumbs. Irresistibly crunchy, rich and nutty.
Salted Chocolate Chip Cookies
Salted Chocolate Chip Cookies
Salted Chocolate Chip Cookies
“Flavor of nostalgia!” — is what my sister-in-law blurt out as soon as she had a bite. She was right! This cookie will remind you of elementary/high school cafeteria baked cookies! It’s crispy, chewy and will melt-in-your mouth type of cookie!
Oatmeal Toffee Cookies
Salted Chocolate Chip Cookies
Salted Chocolate Chip Cookies
Made with old fashioned rolled oats, cornflakes, milk chocolate shavings, toffee bits and sprinkled with seasalt flakes. These thin but soft and chewy fully loaded oatmeal cookie is to die for!
Blueberry Pudding (Seasonal)
Salted Chocolate Chip Cookies
Blueberry Pudding (Seasonal)
This is for the non-banana lovers. It's a perfect blend of sweetness, tang and crunch from fresh blueberries, vanilla wafers and custard pudding.
Banana Pudding
Mango Pudding (Seasonal)
Blueberry Pudding (Seasonal)
A classic dessert, layered with vanilla wafers, freshly sliced bananas and luscious custard pudding. Definitely a spoonful of comfort!
Mango Pudding (Seasonal)
Mango Pudding (Seasonal)
Mango Pudding (Seasonal)
What a great way to beat the summer heat with this Filipino favorite “icebox cake” in a cup! Layers of goodness that constist of graham, freshly sliced Manila mango and pleasingly rich custard that will surely cool you down.
Avocado Pudding
Mango Pudding (Seasonal)
Mango Pudding (Seasonal)
Luxuriously creamy pudding made with roughly mashed fresh avocado, custard and vanilla wafers.
Cinnamon Rolls
Cinnamon Rolls
Cinnamon Rolls
Cinnamon sugar filled rolls topped with cream cheese frosting. Big, fluffy, soft and absolutely delicious.
Egg Pie
Cinnamon Rolls
Cinnamon Rolls
Creamy and delicate egg custard nestled on a buttery and flaky pie crust. This classic Filipino-style egg pie will definitely elicit feelings of nostalgia.
Buko Flan Pie
Cinnamon Rolls
Buko Flan Pie
Creamy and delicate coconut flan with jelly-soft layer of young coconut nestled on a buttery and flaky pie crust. This will take you back to your road trips back in Philippines.