Further adventures in Filipino living...
This post will be much less organized than the previous one...there are many reasons for this, but the top two are.
- I've been awake for over 36 hours.
- When I got home from work this morning I decided to sample some of the fine Tanduay Rhum they make here in the Philippines.
Eating:
Since I've been here I've had everything ranging from local Filipino (or Pinoy as they call it) dishes like Adobo (rice with sort of a vinegar-y pork and beef)
...and pansit (glassy rice noodles stir fried with whatever veggies, meat, fish or unlucky tourist they can find)
to Spanish tapas to sushi to Chinese hand-pulled noodles (Note to Steve Hare...this is not what you think it means) to McDonald's (or as they call it McDo's...a note about the rampant popularity of abbreviations in a later post)
Some observations...
Most things taste pretty much the same...which is to say that there seems to be a spice that I have yet to identify (perhaps it's the taste of the aforementioned unlucky tourist) that gets added to everything...the result is that the pizza and hamburgers taste very like the adobo and the pansit....not bad...just not what you'd expect. Here's a picture that supports my theory.
By they way..There isn't an uncooked vegetable to be found in the city. I'm starting to fear contracting whatever would be the veggie equivalent of scurvy.
I don't know what this is but I fear it....
Not everything is unfamiliar....this picture is for Kathy...
Fast food nation...
Fast food abounds...in addition to McDo's there are numerous chains you never heard of which cater to the masses. Goldilocks, Yellowcab, Oodles...there's actually a place called the House that Fried Chicken Built. ..but by far the king is Jollibee. They are everywhere.
Jollibee or J.Lo bee...you be the judge.
These are the components of the outstanding breakfast sandwich I make about every other day. I will hereafter publish the recipe and because I like you, you may feel free to duplicate the sandwich at your leisure without fear of legal reprisal.- Two pieces of white bread (lightly toasted)
- 4 pieces of smoked or cured salmon (lox style is best)
- Cream cheese
- 1 poached egg.
- Capers as large as your head (these capers are so big they could be called "heists"...that was exclusively for Kevin)
Fresh orange juice and fresh pineapple make fine accompanying side dishes.
I think I will go have one now...more later.
Next post...drinking and driving (separate topics I promise)
1 comment:
Choco-Choco-Bang-Bang made me laugh out loud...Like a Filipino man who just heard "Snickers" for the first time.
While I've not yet ventured into it, we in fact have a Jollibee not 4 miles from my home, in the largely Filipino neighborhood of Mira Mesa (or "Manila Mesa" as it is known in less-PC circles). Perhaps it was built through some sort of exchange program with McDo's.
Your breakfast sandwich, while inclusive of both chicken by-products and fish parts is egregiously lacking in pork. I'll give you the benefit of the doubt and attribute it to your lack of sleep...over the past 20 years. A delicious pork sausage patty or a few slices of bacon would certainly put your sandwich over the top. If you think it wouldn't go, remember, pigs eat everything so pork goes with everything. It's a scientific fact. Look it up on Wikipedia.
Now, if you'll excuse me, I need to head to McDo's for some Chick McNugs.
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