The street food of Vigan

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At noon on Maundy Thursday, we left Baguio for Vigan in Ilocos Sur. I took photos along the way of whatever looked interesting which weren't many. Mostly, tobacco and corn … [Read more...]

After midnight at Banchetto

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For the past couple of months, Sam had been talking about Banchetto and how much variety of food there is -- from dumplings to pizza to grilled meat and everything in between. … [Read more...]

Mamang sorbetero’s dirty ice cream

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Sorbetes is the local name for artisan ice cream in the Philippines. And although "sorbetes" had become a brand name for an ice cream company, to older generations it will … [Read more...]

No more turon and balut hawkers

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Food hawkers are a common site in the Philippines. In most of Asia, in fact. In the Philippines, turon and banana cue hawkers walk around in the afternoon and call out in … [Read more...]

Taho, a Philippine sweet tofu pudding

Probably derived from the Chinese tofu pudding known as dòuhua, taho is a hot sweet snack sold from aluminum vats by ambulant vendors in the Philippines. These vendors are a … [Read more...]

Barbecue, an exotic street food

In a country where over ninety per cent of the population live below the poverty line, it helps to be both frugal and creative when it comes to food. Nothing illustrates the … [Read more...]

Chicharon, chicharon… where art thou?

It's not like I don't have a chicharon entry in this blog. I do. An old one with with a lousy photo taken with a lousy cam phone. Last Sunday, though, despite plans to watch … [Read more...]

Ambulant fishballs vendor

Ambulant fishballs vendors are a familiar sight all over the Philippines. From the humblest neighborhood to the posh business districts, their customers range from the … [Read more...]

Balut, penoy

It’s a cold day. Raining since morning what with a typhoon lashing the eastern part of Luzon. I hardly got any cooking done with the work still going on in the new … [Read more...]