Ultimate Food Trip

There was this one thing on my mind when I went back to Las Islas Filipinas for a short vacation. I believe that one word to describe the experience was INDULGE. Indulge on everything, most especially with all the Filipino food stuff that I missed living in a country known for its chili sauce, satay, chili crab and noodles - Singapore.

I made it a point to list down in my head the food cravings and the fast food to visit to silence my stomach from its forever long rally over good Filipino food.

Who would not want that fresh bibingka on this very BER month? That one sumptuous food delight famous during the festive Christmas season. Thanks to my loving father and my gracious mother who continue to spoil us whenever we come back home to the province - Nueva Ecija, with all those food delicacies we want. They would always buy, prepare and take home to their children the unique and the most sought after food superstars in my entire hometown - balut, hokbo, day-old chicks, sampelot with the yummy inangit, chicharon, relyenong bangus, crispy pata, sinampalukang manok with fresh sampalok shoots, barbeque-d liempo, tiim na manok, itlog na maalat, etc. Thanks Pa and Ma! You're the best parents ever, even to this yummy bibingka. :)

Of course, it doesn't end there. A trip to the Philippines will be worthless if you miss out on going to our fast food trademark - Jollibee. The world famous isa pa, isa pang chickenjoy and the oh-so-sinful jolly hotdog will be worth the trip over and over and over again. Jollibee is my Mecca - my inner peace.


And yes, the jolly hotdog. The famous to go meal. The ultimate youth food. So yummy it diminishes your life span. Who cares. As long as I die happy, hehe. Who can resist the grates of cheese on top, the soft bread and the brown hotdog made of I don't know what and I don't care ingredients. .

I never forgot to visit Chowking fast food as well. Chinese food with that tinge of Filipino touch. In case you're wondering, it is all quite the same. Or worse. Considering that this is part of Jollibee corporation, this must have been the bottom-est and the lousiest of all worst combined. The lousy service, the long queue over the cashier, the waiting of the food to be served, the unfriendly staff and the busy environment. The infamous food chain still has got it. And please, I forgot to take photos of the food we ordered. Good thing I saw this sign board on the way to the province.



If not for the bochi, I would have burned the fast food outlet and Robinson's Galleria with it. (In my head - this will not spoil my vacation).

I miss the food already. Hmmm. I better stop.

I can't wait to come home again and schedule the gastronomical kiosk experience next time - the isaw, the fishball, the bread with cheese, the korn kernels in a cup with cheese powder, balut, dirty ice cream and a lot more - Peyups style. :P