One of the greatest indulgences when going to another country is none other than the explosion of taste that foreign cuisine brings. When wonderful new flavors fill your mouth, there is just simply no denying , food is man's greatest luxury. For so many cultures and countries in this world, there are even more variations of flavors and cuisines.
Philippines (PH) truly offers alot of amazing food. And here are some that I have tried :
Garlic Rice - Ever present in PH eateries.
Ihaw-ihaw or mix grill platter
What a feast! The bangus or milk fish was very nice and unique. Dont think i've ever seen it before here in Malaysia.
Bulalo - juicy steak!
Sisig - another extremely delicious dish. Made from little pieces of organs and unwanted parts like cheeks or ears.Throw in some crispy pieces of fried pork lard. And you have this wonderful sizzling crispy delight.
I really love how they creatively use fried pork lard in their dishes. Here is another one:
Palabok Fiesta - from Jollibee
Jollibee is the most ubiquitous fast food chain in PH. Its a local chain which also includes ChowKing, GreenWich and Red Ribbon. Easily spotted anywhere in Manila.
This palabok fiesta is this noodles that are sort of like 'tang hoon' with a sauce that i think is prawn based littered with fine fried pork lard. You can taste the pork lard obviously in every inch of the sauce. Completely wonderful.
Balut - the infamous duck fetus!
Geli! Duck fetus that is almost fully formed is cooked while in the egg. Looks really disgusting. Too bad no clear photos here (need to get my own camera so dont have to rely on noobs :P ). It has this sauce when you first crack it open, that tastes pretty good. The rest of it tastes pretty much like a meatier egg.
Dinuguan - food of the vampires! blood stew!
The texture is abit grainy. Taste-wise its nice. And you eat it with small sweet glutinous rice balls. Abit too thick to drink like soup.
Mechado - beef stew
Arguably the best food i had. Strong nice flavor, tomato-ish. With melt in your mouth beef pieces. Excellente!
Seafood - insanely nice!
The seafood market/restaurant concept here is pretty cool. First you go along the stretch of seafood market. Buy the seafood you want. Then walk over to the adjacent restaurants and ask them to cook the seafood for you.
The most incredible thing i saw was this!!!
Giant crab claws! And they sell only the claws!!!! Wah lau..syokkkkkkkkkkk!!!!!
