Must Try Food Trip Philippines

     I used to stick with comfort foods (pasta, pizza, burger, fries and sandwich). I'm always in the look up for Thai, Mediterranean, Malaysian foods but I never tried strange food but since I went to Palawan on 2011 that changed. Now I'm ready to try icky/yucky/dirty foods. I used to be so afraid of Hepa, but what the heck we will only live once. So here I go making a list of normal and NOT so normal foods.


What is Filipino Food? in animated form ^_^ haha

From a strange food

Balut (street food), sold anywhere in the Philippines

to a strange dessert

Spicy Ginger and Malunggay ice cream on a cassava cone at The Buzzz Ice Cream, Bohol Bee Farm -CEBU

To the more delectable cakes

Kakanin- Various kinds of rice cakes (street food)

The list goes on...Philippines has a wide variety of range type of foods to offer. From the 100% Pinoy foods; Thai, Mediterranean, Indian, Japanese food; also the fusion of Pinoy-(Insert Country) foods. Diet here is really hard haha! ^___^

My Personal List
Pop Talk Series
Binondo Series
Intramuros Series
NON Filipino Food trip
Tea/Shake/Beverage Series

My List
List of my target Foods/Restaurant/Carenderia I want to try 

1. Crocodile (Davao, Palawan)- done
2. Tamiloc Wood Worm/Mollusk (Palawan)- done
3. Horse (Tagaytay Cavite, Batangas Cavite, Rizal, etc) - done
4. Chicken butt (street food) -done
5. Isaw (street food)- done (just a taste O_o I can't eat it)
6. Kwekkwew/queque/tuknene (street food)-done - one of my top favorite food on Earth!
7. Cow's testicle
8. Chicken Feet (street Food)- done
9. Turtle(Binondo Manila, Cebu China Town)-  not all turtle can be eaten
10. Rabbit
11. Dove
12. Frog ( Binondo Manila, Cebu China Town)
13. Cricket(Thailand)-done
14. Worm/Silk Worm
15. Blowfish - done O_o just a tatse, I don't like the idea that it's a poisonous fish
16. Spider/Tarantula (Ph/Cambodia)

My favorite Pinoy Foods (not in order)

Maja Blanka

Leche Plan

Pancit Palabok

Ice Candy(street food)

Mangga with Bagoong(Manila, best in Cebu or Davao)

Kamote Q

Champurado(chocolate rice Porridge with evaporated milk) with tuyo (fish) -Usually eaten during rainy days

NATIVE FOODS

Bacolod

MY TARGET

Empana Ilocos. When I try to buy this at SM it's always soldout -_-

Cagayan De Oro

BBQ Longannisa Balls

Burger Project. Maginhawa street, QC! Make your own burger!

Pop Talk Series















April 2012

Pop Talk List
1. Kin Thai (Tara Let's Eat), Paranaque

Penang Chicken, Padthai...
2. Shawarma Snack House, Malate
Ox Brain,
3. Suzuki Japanese Carinderia, Tondo Manila
(Edith Toishi-San)

Pop Talk Paluto/Dampa Manila



Pop Talk Newest buffet restos in the Metro

1. Scandinavian smorgasboard ng Vikings Restaurant sa Pasay City 

2. Parañaque City - P280 buffet ng Mongolian Rice Bowls

3. Casa Filipino Restaurant Chef  Rolando at Jackie Laudico.)

Genuine Ilokano food stops

kalding? dinakdakan? kilawen nga kalding? katuray salad? pi-piyan? 

video

Binondo Series


1. Sincerity

2. Big Scoop - a 50 year old ice cream maker
275 Escolta Street, Binondo, Manila, Binondo
or
219 N. Domingo St, San Juan, Metro Manila


Big Scoop Facebook Fan Page

Php125

It was in 1904 when the universe smiled upon us mortals as a young apprentice pharmacist in Pennsylvania invented the banana-based triple ice cream sundae, which eventually evolved to be known as banana split. 

Intramuros Series


SPECIAL
Ilustrado
-sampaguita ice cream, buffet

Barbara's
545 buffet, with traditional Filipino dance show

Starbucks Coffee

A Starbucks with a Spanish twist

Coco Bango Cafe

Buffet 125 + Night band

6am util 11pm


Coco Black Bar & Cafe
dome muralla
-at Magallanes drive

TRY LATER

Andria's Taste

Zucchero Cafe
The Heritage Cafe & Restaurant
Tamayo's Cafe Bar and Restaurant
Marina's
live band

Philippines has a lot of  range of food to offer from Greek to Thai to Mediterranean foods to Japanese... so here's a list of some of restaurant I would to go soon ^_^

NON Filipino Food trip
1. Geisha -  Serving modern Japanese cuisine (Taguig)

SPLURGE

Patio Victoria
Ozeano Fusion Restaurant



Tea/Shake/Beverages Series


List of Green Tea in the Philippines (the so-so , the good and the best tea out there)

     My love of tea started when I tried a milk tea in Ayutthaya, Thailand. Then I tried tea from Korea and Japan. I have no photos since I don't take that much photos before. I love tea now so much so here I go I'll list some of the teas I have tried. Too bad I wasn't been able to list it before. But here's a start ^_^

    Then the love for strawberry shakes started in Japan. When we went to a store where there are about 20 different types of Strawberry Shakes!

1. Scramble - Be proud it's so Pinoy! where? Streets of Philippines/Malls

*****MUST TRY

Pink heaven of sweet beverage! A pinoy shake!

2. Japanese Green Tea - East Cafe, Rustan's Makati

Need something to cleanse your pallet then try this one.

3. Strawberry Big Beer Fresh Brewed - Mr. Rockefeller Greenbelt

NOTE: There's also a banana version

*****MUST TRY

4. Milk Tea, Jatujak- Thai- SM Mall of Asia

5. Razons Halo Halo (2nd best halo halo in the Philippines) Mall of Asia / Other malls

*****MUST TRY

You can even travel for an hour and expect that you can still eat this back at home :)

5. Chowking Halo Halo - Cheaper halo halo Version where: Malls

6. Pistachio Shake - Amaci - Sm Megamall

Amici a restaurant(1994) by Fr. Gianluigi it started as a canteen then it became a restaurant due to demands.

7. Strawberry Shake -Hard Rock Cafe Glorietta

Nothing special. but hey strawberry shake is strawberry shake :p

8. Cup Tea (soon ^_^)

6.  Mine Shine - Milk Tea Drink - 7-11

     No access to Milk Tea? Fear no more you can buy an instant milk tea from 7-11 Wohooo!