I think we all know what happens when I eat prawns in the Philippines – the sensitive term would be ‘Montezuma’s Revenge’. Another phrase would be ‘ the 2-day food poisoning with projectile vomiting and explosive diarrhea’. Something like this: But lately, I’ve been on this ‘prawn cracker’ phase. Even though the bag smells nasty [...]
Longanisa is a Filipino pork sausage, in links normally. It might be pretty unhealthy, but when cooked right, its possibly the tastiest sausage around. Done properly, you end up with a very sweet juicy meat and a sweet thick glaze on the outside. Its usually in shorter segments than western sausages and includes bits of [...]
I’m back in Manila after a long bus ride and its been raining this afternoon. I was hanging out with some local friends and finally broke down to eat with my fingers….something I swore I would never do. These people are just way too cool and fun to be around. Lunch was BBQ whole fish, [...]
There’s something to be said about experiencing the local culinary delights and becoming a more worldly person. Theres also something to be said for getting fed up with crap and getting back to food you savor! Mexican food–think about it for a second—this was not the achievement of great cooking minds. This was the product [...]
I found this over on The Wily Filipino titled: On eating balut I don’t think I have ever seen a description of just how to do it before this. I kind of assumed they just cracked an egg and started munchin’. After all, it’s sold all over the beach here by roving vendors. Notice that [...]
I cant eat this stuff. I know a lot of people that have, and not a single foreigner I’ve talked to can say that it wasn’t a sickening experience for them. Oh well, different strokes for different folks. One guy listed that this was a “poor mans redbull” and that he loved the stuff (Manila [...]
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