"Dig in."
I was surfing through my Facebook account when i noticed groups of the most popular pinoy street foods. Reminds me of my College days in PUP, Sta. Mesa. That place is, for me, The Sanctuary of Street Foods. From the starting point where you went down from the Jeepney and look straight ahead towards the main entrance of the campus, street foods are everywhere. Imagine, ang Teresa St. (lugar ng campus namin), na parang Wall Street Market. Chaos, with style.. Hehehe.. Kahit saan ka lumingon, may street food.
I'll just share some foods that, over the years, have been very, let's say, memorable, to my taste buds. (These are the street foods that they have in our campus/ near the campus.)
Una, Ang walang kamatayan at Hall-Of-Fame-bound na pagkain na Fishballs. For ordinary people like us, this is one of the first street foods you'll learn to eat. First time kong nakatikim nito when i was 5 years old. And from that day on, humaharurot ako ng kana ng fishballs. Hehehe.. If you haven't tried this one, you better should try it now.
Sunod, The Inihaw franchise... (Hehehe, franchise talaga?). May iba't-bang klase ng inihaw na chibog sa kalye. Andyan ang basic Barbeque (pork meat). Magkakaiba nga lang sila ng timpla, so, let your tastebuds decide who's the best barbeque maker in your town. Sama na rin natin yung mga inihaw na Hotdog. Well, that's the common foods that everyone can eat. The next inihaw foods that i'll mention is something the pinoys really dig. Simulan natin sa Betamax (blood cube). Mas masarap to lalo na sa suka. Ang ADIDAS, (chicken feet). Some people said filipinos are eccentric in terms of food. Even chicken feet, we still chow on it. Hehehe.. At meron pang bituka ng baboy, isaw ng manok, bulaklak, ulo ng manok at marami pang iba. Let's just say na mahilig kaming kumain ng lamang-loob, but we're not cannibals.. Hehehe.
Meron pa. Ang Calamares (deep-fried squid). This one is one of my all-time favorites. But among the street foods-on-stick, ito ang sa tingin ko ang the expensive one. Because fishballs only costs .50 centavos/piece, while calamares is 3 pesos/each. The good thing is, you'll never get dissapointed because it's really, really good that you'll crave for more.. Wahehe.. Suka lang din ang sawsawan nito. Nothing special.
Ang Tokneneng at Kwek-kwek. Hindi pwedeng mawala yan sa recipe ng aking pinoy street foods. Minsan kasama itong nakahelera sa mga fishballs at iba pang pagkaing tinutuhog. Masarap tong kinakain nang nakababad sa suka. Pero mas "ultimate" ang kwek-kwek at tokneneng kapag ang suka ay binagsakan pa ng pipino at sibuyas. Astig talaga! Sa PUP, halos pare-pareho ang kwek-kwek, nagkakaroon lang ng variation sa sawsawan. Iba-iba sila ng timpla ng suka. So, again, let your tastebuds judge.
Nung nasa PUP pa ako, meron kaming kinakainan na masasabi kong "trademark" ng lugar na minsan naging tahanan ko. And you know what we eat??! The Mighty Lugaw All-You-Can. Nung first year pa lang ako, eto ang madalas kong kainin. For just 5 pesos/bowl, lunurin mo na ang sarili mo sa lugaw. Mura na, sulit pa. Hehehe.. Siguro, nakaka-walong balik ako para humingi ng lugaw. Hehehe.. Napapailing na lang yung nagtitinda eh. "Sino kaya tong masiba na to??!! Nakakarami na to ah??!!" Hehehe..
Madalas, may ka-jamming ako sa banatan ng street foods. Kaklase ko sya nung high school, and we both went in the same university. Siya rin ang kasama ko nung na-discover namin ang Lucky Me™ Pancit Canton with ketchup, Or Spaghetting Pancit Canton, or sa mas madalas naming tawag --- SPANTON.. Hehehe Ang bantot ng tunog pero ang sarap ng lasa nyan. Others find it weird to put ketchup in that food, but my friend and me dig it so much, that some times, we have to cook three rounds of pancit canton. Grabe! Kakaiba ang epekto sa amin ng spanton. Naging trademark na naming magtropa yun. 'Til now, we still eat that.
Meron akong bago-bago ko lang nakain, before i went here in Denmark. Isaw ng manok na coated by flour, deep-fried. Suka din ang sawsawan. The best din to.. Sumasabay na din to sa level ng calamares at fishballs. It came to a point na eto na inuulam ko sa kanin.. Ehehe..
Ang isa pang pinoy street food that's on his road to Hall Of Fame? Balut (unfetilized duck egg). Ang pamatay sa pagkain na to eh yung soup na nasa loob ng shell, lalo kung hahaluan mo ng maanghang na suka.. Hmmm, i'm craving for one balut now. Hehehe, but be careful when you eat this, 'cause it has a very high cholesterol content. Preferably, you can only eat a maximum of two baluts in one seating. Mahihilo ka kapag sumobrang dami kinana mo. Hehehe... Well, depende pa rin yan sa sistema ng katawan mo kung kayang i-endure ang high cholesterol ng balut. Still, it's one of the best pinoy street foods, ever.
Siguro may mga alam pa kayong pinoy street foods more than what i know. But one thing's for sure, as long as it is "food" we're talking about, and anything edible, game ako dyan. Kakainin ko yan. Hahaha!! Good day..
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