ANA DE OCAMPO: ‘BAKING IS THE TASTIEST FORM OF TRAVEL’
The woman behind the Wildflour Group walks us through her kitchen and tells us of tastes she’s craving while escape to another country still feels like a dream
Ana de Ocampo, the restaurateur behind the Wildflour Group, has been busy finding new ways to get food to their customers in the most efficient way with the return of stricter quarantine measures.
But that’s not all. Wildflour’s latest delivery-first brand, Wildflour Burger, just launched to huge fanfare, she told Lifestyle.
And Wildflour has more in store for its many fans. “Watch out for Wildflour Bakes soon—it focuses on the baked goods that made Wildflour a household name in the first place. Also, if you want to order via Zoom call, Wildflour video concierge is here to serve!”
Scheduling a call is easy— just send a Instagram direct message (@wildflourmanila, @wildflourtogo).
We have a long list of Wildflour favorites but we were curious—what does De Ocampo like to eat? And what can we find in her kitchen?
She tells us in this week’s
Food Slambook.
Food confessions
Describe yourself as an eater: Amid the pandemic, anything comforting is welcome. But I’m equally craving for tastes you’d only get when traveling, especially when escaping to a different country feels like a dream. Discovery seems so delicious to me right now.
My favorite thing to eat at home: Sinigang
Do you cook/bake? I am a baker more than a cook. Baking has always been about creating memorable experiences through the simplest ingredients. Baking a croissant or recreating a pastry from a trip somewhere else in the world is the tastiest form of travel.
What’s your specialty?
Chocolate cake
If I can only eat one food every day for the rest of my life, it would be . . . A warm croissant with good butter and strawberry jam
One food I will never eat: The sisiw in the balut.
My guilty pleasure when it comes to food: Roasted bone marrow with a freshly baked baguette
Favorite midnight snack:
Wildflour pepperoni pizza
Favorite food delivery app/service: The Wildflour App
Kitchen raid
If you were to walk into my kitchen today, you would see . . . lots of bread.
Kitchen gadgets/appliances I can’t live without: A Champion juicer, a Vitamix, an espresso machine
What’s always in your refrigerator? Wildflour ensaymada
What’s always in your pantry? Bottled sardines
Favorite . . .
Bread: Wildflour sourdough and croissant loaf
Cheese: Vacherin Mont d ‘or
Butter: Rodolphe Le Meunier Beurre de Baratte (churned butter)
Milk: Badaco
Coffee: La Mille Black Velvet
Rice: Dalisay rice
Pasta: Wildflour Italian fresh pasta
Cereal: Special K
Catsup: Heinz
Mayo: Kewpie
Fruits: Durian and strawberries
Veggies: Kale
Herbs and spices: Cardamom and rosemary
Bacon/hotdog/sausage/ ham: Pinks Hotdogs and the Wildflour Holiday Ham
Cooking oil: Coconut oil
Soy sauce: ABC
Vinegar: Banyuls
Canned products: Delimondo corned beef and Spam
Frozen food: Fish balls
Snacks: Wildflour granola
Chocolates/candy: Snickers, Almond Joy
Cake: Wildflour Chocolate
Cake
Ice cream: Farmacy Double Chocolate Ice Cream
Drink: Wildflour Kombucha INQ