Skinless spicy peanuts or mani, one shot glass is P5.00 (US $0.11)

Camote cue or sweet potato fritter, one stick is P12.00 (US $0.27)

Potato fritter in a cup, P10.00 (US $0.22)

Cooking camote cue

Sliced banana wrapped in lumpia wrapper or turon, P10.00 (US $0.22). The best turon is the one with a slice of jackfruit or langka inside the wrapper.

Banana fritter, one stick is P12.00 (0.27) and kwek-kwek or quail eggs in batter fried to look like golden eggs, 5 pieces cost P15.00 (US $0.33)

Kwek-kwek. If you have to say it twice, it must be nice

Fried vegetable roll or lumpiang gulay, this usually goes with vinegar. One piece is P7.00 (US $0.16)

Green mango with shrimp paste or manggang hilaw at bagoong, P20.00 (US $0.44)

Pineapple with and without its outer layer, P25.00 (US $0.56)

Buttered sweet corn, P25.00 (US $0.56) for a small cup and P48.00 (US $1.07) for a big cup. Thank you, Mr. Vendor for posing.

Dirty ice cream or homemade ice cream that comes in three flavors, cookies and cream, mango and cheese. Several scoops of ice cream with sugar cone cost P30.00 (US $0.67). The ice cream seems like a good idea in the middle of a sweltering Manila day, but it will make you thirsty. You need to buy a drink.

Drinks options, from mineral water to soda

One of my childhood favorites, cotton candy, P10.00 (US $0.22)

The machine that weaves every child’s dream

Pig’s laman, marinated then grilled over charcoal and eaten with vinegar-based sauce (sweet, spicy, sweet and spicy). It can be eaten with rice and call it dinner. One stick is P12.00 (US $0.27)

To-be-grilled pig ears or tenga ng baboy. Also known as Walkman. One stick is P7.00 (US $0.16)

Grilled chicken gizzard or balun-balunan, one stick is P10.00 (US $0.22)

Pig intestine or isaw ng baboy, one stick is P6.00 (US $0.13)

Chicken intestine or isaw ng manok, one stick is P3.00 (US $0.07) and congealed pig’s blood shaped like a box marinated and grilled. It is called Betamax, one stick is P2.00 (US $0.04)

Choose your poison and the vendor will grill it in front of you. Just do not stay too close to the grill because the grilled food has a certain distinct smell that stays with sticks to your hair and clothes.

Cooked isaw ng manok

Cooked laman and Betamax

If you want something with the stamp of approval, you can buy chips.

Sari-sari store, a common sight in Philippine streets. They sell everything but the kitchen sink.