I mentioned in a previous entry about Filipino Street Food that Filipinos are experimental when it comes to culinary activities. The wide array of street food options, that may or may not cause stomachache and other things, is a testament of our love for risky business.
Here are more ubiquitous food options found in the cities of Quezon and Manila:
Balut or fertilized duck egg is one of the infamous Filipino street foods. It has been featured in Survivor US and Fear Factor. One balut costs P15.00 (US $0.34). This photo was taken near the MRT North Avenue Station. People flock to the balut vendor (and other street food vendor) after a stressful day of work or school capped by a stressful train ride.
Close-up of the young duck in balut. Balut goes well with salt and vinegar and it is best to eat when it is warm.
Sinugbang bangus (roasted milkfish), P120.00 (US $2.69). Toyo (soy sauce) with chopped chili is the perfect dipping sauce for the bangus.
Chicharon (fired pork rinds) with laman (flesh), P220.00 (US $4.92) for a 100-gram pack. Chicharon is perfect with vinegar.
Dynamite, siling mahaba (long chili) filled with cheese and meat and wrapped in lumpia wrapper. Three dynamites cost P25.00 (US $0.56). I bought 30 dynamites and ate 25 of them. 🙂
Lugaw (porridge) has malagkit (sticky rice) as its base, with sliced saba (banana), camote (sweet potato) and malagkit balls, among other things. One small bowl is P20.00 (US $0.45)
Puto (steamed rice cake) wrapped in banana leaves, just like how they sell it in Iloilo. A pack of 3 costs P20.00 (US $0.45).
One of the best turons I have tasted. Its filling is sugared bananas and jackfruit. One turon costs P15.00 (US $0.34)
The most infamous one is the dynamite lumpia. hehe! Pero in fairness masarap sya. 😀
Yes, dynamite will be remembered years after its demise. Masarap ang turon, salamat kay SPRDC. 🙂