Category Archives: Pilipinas

Sorbetes Cart

1 Comment Posted by on May 20, 2013

A traditional ice cream cart of the Philippines, a wooden cart with colorful painted designs.

Sorbetes Cart

Even the wheels are wooden and colorfully painted

Food, Metro Manila

Sunset in Abra de Ilog

Leave a comment Posted by on May 14, 2013

Abra de Ilog sunset

Abra de Ilog sunset

Abra de Ilog sunset

Abra de Ilog sunset

Occidental Mindoro, Sunrise Sunset ,

Puto (Rice Cake)

Leave a comment Posted by on April 17, 2013

Usually this type of rice cake does not have packaging, but in Iloilo it is wrapped in banana leaves. I have seen locals pair this with batchoy.

it looked dense and it really is

It looked dense and it really is

Wrapped puto

Wrapped puto

Food, Iloilo, Packaging , , ,

Sea Flavor

Leave a comment Posted by on November 21, 2012

Raw sea urchin roe tastes buttery and salty. Only a glass of gonads can be extracted from a bucket of sea urchin but it is enough to satisfy me with fresh and pure flavor of the sea.

A local girl extracting the eggs of sea urchin

Cebu, Food , , ,

Guinamos

Leave a comment Posted by on September 29, 2012

Guinamos is an Ilonggo salty shrimp paste sold by blocks. A sautéed guinamos in tomatoes and pork fat is my favorite rice condiment.

Look like bricks

Food, Negros Occidental , ,

Flood Transport Options

Leave a comment Posted by on July 21, 2012

Several modes of transportation observed in Makati during a flash flood.

bench raft

Monobloc plastic chair raft

raft passengers

raft with outrigger

kariton transport

wicker chair raft

rubber boat

fiberglass boat

another bench raft

tarp raft

minimalist raft and outrigger raft

Makati , , , , ,

Made from Rice

1 Comment Posted by on June 14, 2012

Bibingka is made from rice flour while suman sa lihiya is made from glutinous rice. Both use banana leaves as packaging.

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bibingka (left), suman sa lihiya (right)

Food, Laguna , , , , , ,

Top to Bottom Split Windshield Trikes

Leave a comment Posted by on May 26, 2012

The windshield of these tricycles in Carcar run from top to bottom with vertical divider.

Cebu, Public Transportation , , , , ,

Fog Lamps as Props

Leave a comment Posted by on May 25, 2012

I have noticed that in south Cebu it is common to see jeepneys and tricycles having fog lamps as props. The more fog lamps the more macho it is.

Cebu, Public Transportation , , , ,

Matutinao Sunset

Leave a comment Posted by on May 22, 2012

Low tide in Barangay Matutinao, Badian, Cebu province.

Cebu, Sunrise Sunset , , ,

Gabi Leaves

Leave a comment Posted by on May 22, 2012

Gabi leaves as ingredient for pinangat and tilmok.

Gabi leaves as suman packaging.

 

Albay, Food , , , ,

Jollijeeps

Leave a comment Posted by on May 10, 2012

Jollijeeps are situated in the side streets of Makati CBD. These stalls provide cheap but good meals for office employees.

Food, Makati , , ,

Altar Flowers

2 Comments Posted by on April 30, 2012

Both sampaguita and everlasting flowers are commonly seen outside the cathedral being peddled by ambulant vendors. People buy these flowers to adorn their home altars or Santo (lei).

Everything is sampaguita flowers or sometimes at the bottom of the lei they would put camia or ylang-ylang.

everlasting

Metro Manila, Plant , , , , ,

Cargo-friendly Trikes

Leave a comment Posted by on April 27, 2012

Kabankalan City tricycles have a distinctive almost square roof on
both passenger and driver side with an area for “cargoes” at the back.

Negros Occidental, Public Transportation , , ,

Back Bench Trikes

1 Comment Posted by on April 25, 2012

Mabinay tricycles are elongated and have benches in both sides at the back.

Negros Oriental, Public Transportation , , ,

Split Windshield Trikes

Leave a comment Posted by on April 25, 2012

Dumaguete tricycles are spacious have split windshield.

Negros Oriental, Public Transportation , , , ,

Bicolano Ingredients

Leave a comment Posted by on April 22, 2012

Gabi leaves (taro) for pinangat and laing.

Alamang (shrimp paste), a Bicol Express ingredient.

Albay, Produce , , , , , ,

Rectangular Trikes

Leave a comment Posted by on April 20, 2012

The Legazpi trikes have rectangular windows in both driver and passenger sides.

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Albay, Public Transportation , , , ,

Fish Transport

Leave a comment Posted by on April 19, 2012

This yellow fin tuna is too heavy for the flimsy plastic bag so
the fish guy at General Luna market packaged it this way.

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Produce, Siargao , , , ,

Sagmani and Binakol

Leave a comment Posted by on April 19, 2012

Native delicacies like the sagmani and binakol in the picture below, and all other types of kakanin and suman, are not only delicious and filling, but they are earth-friendly too with their plant-based packaging.

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binakol (top), sagmani (bottom)

Food, Leyte , , , , ,

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