TAGALOG LANG
Did you know that Tagalog Lang translates as "Tagalog Only" in Tagalog?

PUTO

Puto is the classic steamed Filipino rice cake shaped like an American muffin. Its texture is spongy and slightly fluffy. Puto is traditionally white, but can be colored pink, yellow, purple, even green.  There are many regional variations of puto.
 

Puto bumbong is made from a special variety of glutinous or sticky rice called pirurutong which is purple in color. It is cooked inside bamboo tubes called bumbong and served with butter or margarine, shredded coconut and sugar.


Puto maya is made by steaming glutinous or sticky rice and coconut milk.
 

Puto seko is a snack that is very different from the rice cake puto. It is made from wheat flour and shaped into crunchy,  bite-size pieces. 
 

The Tagalog phrase gaya-gaya puto maya is used to mock someone who is trying to copy someone else (gaya means "to imitate"). It has nothing to do with the rice cake  puto maya; the words simply make a nice rhyme in Tagalog.