How I Fattened in Philippines
20 December 2007
Fattening myself away in abroad is a norm. If I don’t try eating any of their food, I will feel so guilty that I wish I could just die.
For breakfast, you will definitely have to try Pan De Sal, and you’ve gotta eat it hot.
You can spread some butter or pineapple jam or peanut butter with it.
If you do not eat it when it’s hot, the bread will be hardened.
Trust me, you wouldn’t enjoy biting with all your teeth on a hardened bread.
Longganisa is a Filipino sausage. Yes, a pork sausage.
When I was away in the Philippines, PORK is the main dish of every main meal.
Yes, from breakfast to dinner, you will definitely see PORK.
Longganisa is served in most of the eateries that serve breakfast.
It’s their culture to even take rice in the morning.
This is their rice.
You go to any cafe, restaurant or hawker stalls, they will serve you rice in this shape.
This is a typical set of lunch for the Filipinos.
I find them similiar to our Chinese or Malay food.
After all, we are all Asians, rite?
Barbecue Pork aka Pork Satay
Now, when you go to Andoks fast food chain, you will definitely see this.
Please order this when you try Andoks. Barbecue Pork is simply the best satay I’ve ever had.
No other satay can beat this. Not even our Kajang’s Haji Samuri satays can beat this.
Kare-kare is Filipino style of curry
This is not really my favourite Filipino dish.
Somehow you just have to try it because this is their style of curry.
It tastes like peanut butter curry to me.
However, it’s best eaten with shrimp paste in fact.
I love this soup.
Pork Sinigang is a soup boiled with lots of vege and pork. It is sour like our salted vege soup.
It’s a MUST to try this anyway.
I actually enjoyed eating this fish.
Somehow I just couldn’t recall the name of this fish.
Can someone tell me what is the name of this funny-looking fish.
OoOOoH…
Pork-lovers, you will definitely love Crispy Pata.
It tastes like our “Siew Yuk” (Roasted Pork).
Isn’t it lovely to find so much pork in the Philippines?
Baby Pork Ribs with rice is served in a small cafe in Camp John Hay, Baguio.
The pork ribs is sweet and tasty. I just couldn’t describe it in words how wonderfully it tastes.
Are you hungry right now after I have shown you so much of Filipino food?
NOW, it’s time for Desserts!!!
Banana Alamode is a pan-fried banana with ice cream and chocolate syrup.
OoOoo, this is heavenly.
I found this dessert in Little John, in Camp John Hay, Baguio.
It’s quite cheap though. Only costs about 67 Pesos (RM 5.55) for one Banana Alamode.
Halo-halo, the Filipino Ice Kacang
In the Philippines, Halo-halo is widely served.
This is their style of Ice Kacang.
It is often added with a scoop of ice-cream in Yam flavour.
You just have to remember to try Halo-halo when you visit this country.
Pastor Victor and friends then brought me to Pizza Volante in the main street of Baguio City.
It is a famous hang-out place where people snack and chat for hours till midnight.
I was there at midnight and you will be amazed to see many people flocking this cafe.
In Pizza Volante, you definitely have to try this.
Just tell anyone that you want to have an affair.
I mean, to have a Choco Vanilla Affair.
If you have had this, trust me, it will definitely give you indescribable pleasure of having this affair.
WHY?
Because you will end up having Food Orgasm!! OOOPS!!!
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Posted by Grace at 10:18 am
Categorised as Food Glorious, Travel Journal
December 20th, 2007 at 10:37 am
alamak..the food looks so awesome la….:)
i wud be eager to have a food orgasm..:P
December 20th, 2007 at 11:15 am
why on earth do the pork stuff look so weird? i mean we had the circumsized sausages and then we have this longanisa looks like ketulan tahi!
the rice looks like our very own hainanese chicken rice albeit its super sized!
the fish looks ahhh…terbakar-ed?
uhhhh….the satay pork looks nice! the last time i had pork satay was in seri malaysia, kajang that tasted so wrong!
eh! the hubungan sulit chocolate looks like AFFAGATO! my faV!!!!
December 20th, 2007 at 5:19 pm
just passed by. wow.. i feel hungry looking at your photos..
haha, are you a professional photographer?
December 20th, 2007 at 7:41 pm
Lol makan makan
December 21st, 2007 at 7:19 am
Gerald: I can’t wait to see ur face when u hv ur food orgasm…
Kevin: Hahahahahaha…. u will have the affair
Vincent: No I am not a pro, just love taking photos… hehehe
Jonazan: Jom, kita makan sama sama
December 21st, 2007 at 2:08 pm
vincent : grace is just a point and shoot photographer, but she is learning fast!
jon : hard to blame us, we come from ipoh.
grace : sure, i would love to try the affair but i still cant get the tahi image away from the sausages.
December 22nd, 2007 at 9:51 pm
muhahaa..Kevin’s imagination is as good as Sha!!:P
December 22nd, 2007 at 10:53 pm
Kevin: Since when there is a tahi image in the sausages? My goodness!!!!!!
Gerald: I can’t disagree with you about that!
December 22nd, 2007 at 11:14 pm
hey it really looks like pieces of stool le
December 23rd, 2007 at 12:37 pm
eh, where is the sausage pics with tahi? hahaha…
but i think the second pic looks like tat lo..
nway, i like the first pic..pan de sal? yea, looks nice…
December 25th, 2007 at 2:48 pm
Kev: Shit ur head la…its pork sausage beats all available hot dogs in Msia ah…
Jesca: Yea,Pan De Sal is best eaten when spread with peanut butter oh….Yummy..
January 9th, 2008 at 5:18 am
The fish that you had is Bangus or Milkfish, the most traditional fish eaten in the Philippines. It was most likely marinated in vinegar, garlic, and salt, and in this case, was split open and deep fried. The rice in the 2nd and 3rd pictures is garlic fried rice. The barbecued pork is usually marinated first in a mixture of 7-Up or Sprite, soy sauce, sugar, garlic, some vinegar and black pepper. Kare Kare is beef or oxtail stewed in ground peanuts or peanut butter. Pork sinigang is a simply pork and various vegetables (egg plant, water spinach, green beans, etc.) cooked in a broth with a souring agent such as tamarind.
Wow, I never knew that Andok’s now serves different viands. They’re traditionally known for their rottiserie chicken. My gosh I’m getting hungry!!
January 9th, 2008 at 9:09 pm
Thanks Beth for reminding me that the fish I had is Bangus…heeeheee… I totally forgot about it. It’s okay, I will try it again in May when I visit the Philippines.
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