English singer Sienna Spiro says she loves kansi

The dish is more than just a lovechild of bulalo and sinigang.

English singer Sienna Spiro is a fan of the Ilonggo beef broth dish kansi.

“That’s, like, in my top 10 dishes of all time,” The Philippine STAR quoted her as saying in an interview ahead of her show at the Maybank Performing Arts Theater on Saturday, May 2. “It’s so good. It’s, like, perfectly salty—with some rice, it would be good.”

In his radar feature in February, Rei Marquez notes kansi has the “looks of bulalo” and “the sourness of sinigang”—but proves “it is more than just a lovechild of the two.”

Tracing its history from the ‘80s Iloilo and Bacolod, Rei notes that kansi’s soul lies in its souring agent, batuan fruit—a green, mangosteen-like fruit endemic to Panay and Negros.

“[It] provides a sourness so unique that no tamarind or kamias can replicate. Add a dash of atsuete (annatto) for that vibrant sunset-orange glow, and you’ve got a dish that’s as ‘Instagrammable’ as it is delicious,” Rei adds.

Other ingredients include sliced unripe jackfruit, lemongrass, ginger, onion, garlic, and finger chillies.

Sienna, who has over 28 million monthly listeners on Spotify, rose to fame for her TikTok-viral hit “Die on This Hill.”