Category: Food around the world

Bibingka from The Philippines Bibingka is simply a rice flour cake found everywhere in The Philippines. This particular one is street made and baked in a local oven on the side of the road. I’ve seen it in bakery shops too, but its not the same there. The road side bakery uses traditional banana leaf …

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Bull testicles Well, nearly every country has them. The Philippines is no exception when it comes to eating testicles. In this case, testicles of the bull or Itlog sa Baka. I will admit here, that I really don’t have a passion for eating internal organs. Just not my thing. I’ll also spare as many male genitalia …

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Ube ice cream in The Philippines There are many multicolored food stuff’s in The Philippines. In fact, the nation seems to have no regard for the dangers of artificial colorings and additives whatsoever. However, there is one natural color that keeps popping up everywhere. Including in food. And, that’s the color purple. Most of this comes from …

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The day workers night time street food Local street food stalls are certainly good to try out when traveling. There are usually two types: 1) The one locals regularly go to 2) The one setup for the tourist trade. This one often brings in locals looking for a night out too. But, there is a hidden third …

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Banana Honey I like honey. It tastes good, and is packed with goodness. But as I travel it’s rare that I would actually buy a jar of honey. It’s not so easy to carry around, and it’s not the sort of thing you can eat a lot of, quickly. The only time I’ve bought it …

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Delicious Mangosteens from The Philippines From the outside the mangosteen fruit looks like a slightly mutated purple tomato. But, like many good fruits inside lies a very special treat. Indeed today the mangosteen flavor is so popular it’s found in jam, juice and tea. Once someone makes mangosteen ice cream call chocolate, because it might just …

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Rambutan Fruit in The Philippines Rambutan is one of the most popular fruits in South East Asia, including The Philippines. It’s not hard to see why either. As a tasty sweet snack it’s one of the best little fruits you can find on the side of many a road. How to eat rambutan fruit? Outside …

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