I can't believe it's been five months since our last post!! So many places visited and more importantly, foods eaten, since the last time we have checked in. Here's a quick rundown of my summer: studying abroad in the Philippines, in Los Angeles for a month at a time, Maui for a wedding... yes lots of food to catch up on!!
if you ever find yourself in the philippines, you MUST try:
- dirty ice cream: of course it's not really dirty, but it's one of the many foods you can buy from vendors off the street; usually from yellow box carts and flavors include avocado, mango, cheese (sounds unappetizing, but seriously don't knock it til you try it), mango, chocolate.
- taho: a breakfast, snack item sold by vendors who carry it on a stick on their back- warm, silken tofu and tapioca, mixed with a sweet, cane sugar syrup... it was my breakfast everyday while i was over there.
-jollibee: spaghetti...sweet spaghetti actually. in the philippines, they make spaghetti with ketchup! and hotdog.. don't ask me why, but it's freakin good. jollibee is the national fast food chain of the philippines, just recently branching out to the bay area and southern california. for dessert, get the peach mango pies... deep fried and delicious- the philippine way.
-turon: this is a typical dessert/snack; it's plantain/bananas wrapped in eggroll wrapper and then deep fried, sometimes stuffed with jackfruit or cheese... we like cheese in the philippines. the banana eggroll is sometimes drizzled with a caramel syrup that adds a nice crunch to the whole dessert. i love it!
-hot monay: at various snack stands in the philippines, they will have warm rolls available in the mornings and in the afternoons (we love afternoon snacking- "merienda"). the warm roll ("pandesal") is accompanied by a slice of cheese. the saltiness of the cheese goes perfectly with the slightly sweet taste of the roll.
- other notable mentions: the candy yemas, "sariwa mani"- garlic roasted peanuts, fish balls, green mango shakes, tapsilog (garlic fried rice, fried egg, fried cured ham)... i miss everything...
the greatest thing about all of the items listed above is the price... everything except the spaghetti will cost you about $.15 to $.20 after converting from pesos (56 pesos= $1). it would be my fantasy in life to bring filipino cuisine to a mainstream audience. so please please, whenever travelling abroad, open your sights to local foods and local markets and you will be pleasantly surprised.
cheers,
melissa
coming up: reviews on places in kihei, maui; berkeley- tandoori kitchen (telegraph ave. + parker)
if you ever find yourself in the philippines, you MUST try:
- dirty ice cream: of course it's not really dirty, but it's one of the many foods you can buy from vendors off the street; usually from yellow box carts and flavors include avocado, mango, cheese (sounds unappetizing, but seriously don't knock it til you try it), mango, chocolate.
- taho: a breakfast, snack item sold by vendors who carry it on a stick on their back- warm, silken tofu and tapioca, mixed with a sweet, cane sugar syrup... it was my breakfast everyday while i was over there.
-jollibee: spaghetti...sweet spaghetti actually. in the philippines, they make spaghetti with ketchup! and hotdog.. don't ask me why, but it's freakin good. jollibee is the national fast food chain of the philippines, just recently branching out to the bay area and southern california. for dessert, get the peach mango pies... deep fried and delicious- the philippine way.
-turon: this is a typical dessert/snack; it's plantain/bananas wrapped in eggroll wrapper and then deep fried, sometimes stuffed with jackfruit or cheese... we like cheese in the philippines. the banana eggroll is sometimes drizzled with a caramel syrup that adds a nice crunch to the whole dessert. i love it!
-hot monay: at various snack stands in the philippines, they will have warm rolls available in the mornings and in the afternoons (we love afternoon snacking- "merienda"). the warm roll ("pandesal") is accompanied by a slice of cheese. the saltiness of the cheese goes perfectly with the slightly sweet taste of the roll.
- other notable mentions: the candy yemas, "sariwa mani"- garlic roasted peanuts, fish balls, green mango shakes, tapsilog (garlic fried rice, fried egg, fried cured ham)... i miss everything...
the greatest thing about all of the items listed above is the price... everything except the spaghetti will cost you about $.15 to $.20 after converting from pesos (56 pesos= $1). it would be my fantasy in life to bring filipino cuisine to a mainstream audience. so please please, whenever travelling abroad, open your sights to local foods and local markets and you will be pleasantly surprised.
cheers,
melissa
coming up: reviews on places in kihei, maui; berkeley- tandoori kitchen (telegraph ave. + parker)
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