Category Archives: Food

Christmas Lunch

Leave a comment Posted by on December 25, 2013

At past 9 in the morning today, Christmas day, this lad was gathering small crabs for their Christmas lunch.
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Nocturnal Eats

Leave a comment Posted by on December 22, 2013

Some Route 6 evening street food I saw during my pre-dinner run like this steamed buns in a cart

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Steamed buns

Spiced salad of tamarind, green mango and that round fruit (can’t identify in my photo). Made me think of rojak in Singapore and Malaysia.
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And this looks good, the round sausages at 1,000 riel per stick, and just off from the grill.
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Grilled Plantain Cart

Leave a comment Posted by on December 19, 2013
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Grilled skewered plantain as street food in Siem Reap

 

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Cambodia, Food , , ,

Angkor Wat Eats

Leave a comment Posted by on December 16, 2013

Food vendors I came upon at Angkor Wat like the lady selling sandwich and steamed buns below
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A closer look of the display window
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Also a young man selling eggs, snails and grilled banana with sticky rice inside the banana leaf packaging. Most of the locals have an affinity for long sleeve shirts I notice
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Sawsawan Ritual

Leave a comment Posted by on December 15, 2013

Crushing of sili in toyo with calamansi juice extract is a Filipino pre-meal ritual.
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Pinoy Way of Life, Sawsawan , , , ,

Old Market at Siem Reap

3 Comments Posted by on December 14, 2013

Market stuff that took my notice such as grains, eating tables, dried or smoked fish, sausages and fermented stuff.
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Sun Baked Spiced Shells

Leave a comment Posted by on December 12, 2013

Locals are fond of these river shells dry seasoned with salt, crushed chili pepper, etc.
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Spicy sauce in the bottle (I presume) to go with the spiced shells.
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Below, notice the varying hues for varying levels of spiciness I think. The redder the spicier.
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And here’s the Khmer lady in her chosen spot for her cart of sun baked spiced shells.
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Cambodia, Food , , , , , ,

Cricket Biscuits

Leave a comment Posted by on December 11, 2013

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Mi Char Cart

Leave a comment Posted by on December 6, 2013

Noodle carts such as this one are a common sight in Siem Reap.

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Mobile street fried noodles ala cart

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Motorcycle seat as the mobile cook seat

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Pouring oil on greens and sprouts. That’s the mi char at the side which I prefer over the instant noodle version

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Shredded cabagge and instant noodles

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Stir frying the instant noodles with added vegetables

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Small wok at the left side for frying egg. So fried noodles topped with egg makes a $1 street meal

Cambodia, Food , , ,

Banh Mi Vendor

Leave a comment Posted by on December 4, 2013
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Matching shirt and cart in color

Food, Vietnam , , ,

Ube

Leave a comment Posted by on November 25, 2013

I enjoy seeing rootcrops in the palengke such as this purple yam.
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Cavite, Food , , , ,

Purok Lechonan

Leave a comment Posted by on November 19, 2013

Lechon by the street in a place known as Purok Lechonan.

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Skinny seller

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Lechon stalls

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A slice of tree trunk as chopping board

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Two covered lechon presumably for pickup orders

Food, Negros Occidental , , ,

Sinamak

Leave a comment Posted by on November 17, 2013

Bacolod king of sawsawan (dipping sauce).

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Chilis, ginger, garlic added to cane vinegar aka sinamak is ever present in all chicken inasal place

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At Michael's Eatery

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Libertad Public Market

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Pili

Leave a comment Posted by on November 13, 2013
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Pili fruits and unshelled pili kernels

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Pili kernels

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Closer look at the kernels. When boiled, the white core will just easily slide out when removing the skin by hand

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Boiled pili kernels taste like edamame

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Vetsin Condiment

Leave a comment Posted by on November 12, 2013

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Walking aimlessly in Naga streets one can see several kinalas eateries around the city and in one of those I took cover from rain, had a bowl of kinalas and noted that they have Ajinomoto vetsin condiment in the tables. It’s not usual to have vetsin as table condiment here in Philippines but it was a common sight in the humble eating tables in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah.

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Yaya’s Alupi

Leave a comment Posted by on November 10, 2013

How yaya cooked alupi (kamoteng kahoy suman).

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Grate the cassava

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Using a cloth squeeze the grated cassava dry then add brown sugar

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Mix well the grated cassava and brown sugar

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Next prime the banana leaf by putting each over live charcoal

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Wrap the mixture in banana leaf

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Boil in caldero

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Presenting yaya's alupi

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Bombon’s Binamban

Leave a comment Posted by on November 9, 2013

Binamban is the rice-based delicacy of Bombon town. The first time I had this, a bundle was given to me when I won first place in a 14 km foot race during Binamban Festival where I also saw several binamban vendors that time near the church area. Recently I find myself in Naga so I made a side trip to Bombon just for this unforgettable kakanin. I didn’t see any vendors near the church and it was a Sunday. I went in the palengke area beside the church and bought the last five pieces I could find at 5 pesos each.

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Of all the kakanins I've tried, this is a favorite of mine

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Glutinous rice flour, brown sugar and shredded coconut are the ingredients of this rice delicacy. Coconut fronds for the packaging.

Camarines Sur, Food , , , , , ,

Paksiwan

Leave a comment Posted by on November 6, 2013

Passing through the highway between Pili and Sagñay in Camarines Sur I’ve noticed several paksiwan carinderia patronized by motorists. Curious about what kind of paksiw they have, I decided to have one in a place named Isarog View Paksiwan in Ocampo town. And so it’s not the paksiw I had in mind but it was boiled beef soup or beef nilaga. Just like the nilaga in Bacolod minus the atsuete.

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Painted sign with Mt Isarog

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Another sign

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Mt Isarog as seen from the paksiwan

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My delicious paksiw halo (offals included but one can opt with just the meat only) and rice with Mt Isarog view at dusk obscured partially by the motorcycle whose driver went for a paksiw break also

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Abo Dried Fish

Leave a comment Posted by on November 4, 2013

I grew up eating fried fresh abo in Bacolod but in Camarines Sur salted dried abo is quite common.

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Abo tuyo at 140 pesos a kilo

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One of the many tuyo tables in Sipocot palengke

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Alupi na Mais

Leave a comment Posted by on October 31, 2013
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A suman type kakanin but made from corn and wrapped in corn husk to distinguish from the common alupi which is the kamoteng kahoy (cassava) suman wrapped in banana leaf

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