This is one of our favorite places on Lacson Street to shop for fresh fruits! Lots of varieties here!
The shopping malls have great stores, so modern!
Oil isle lots of Palm, and Coconut oils.
The other day at the store I found some really interesting stuff. It’s really fun to look at different kinds of things you find here in the stores. This is a jelly like stuff… tapioca? It has different colors. There is a dessert called “Halo Halo” which has all kinds of different flavors and textures in the ice cream dish. Maybe this is what they use???
Jack fruit grown is our back yard. People cover these with a bag to keep the ants off them to ripen.
A truck load of Jack Fruit some grow as big as a toddler!
You can even find them bottled in the stores.
Jing, our grounds keeper is cutting us a fresh Coconut right from the back yard!
Fresh soft coconut.
Guyabano; Babana ( Illongo) White inside, Medium size seeds distributed in a watermelon.
It is sweet and sour flavored. Can be made into shakes, from the Meat. Good to fight cancer.
“Atis” eat fresh Just don’t eat the seed!
“Rambutam” eat fresh or a shake. the fleshy meat is around a large seed inside.
Banana Heart (Puso Sang Saging) It is used as a meat filler,
chopped up and made into a meat patty. sometime it is made into adobo.
“Mangosten” fruit is very healthy we are told. The fruit is around the large seed.
The peeling is very thick is dried and boiled in water and is used for Herbal/Medical purposes.
Green Papaya used in soups, pickles (atsara).
Chinese Radish, very hot, gets milder when it is cooked.
“Upo” cooked can make “Upo adobo.” Add to Sardines, cook and serve.
This is also dried and used for a scrubber. It is left to dry on the vine.
This is like Zuchni squash. some people peel, slice. dip in egg and fry.
Bitter Gourd, “Amargoso” Sauté cover with eggs and fry. Cook sliced in tomatoes.
“ Sayote” Tastes a lot like celery, but doesn’t have the strings. Has a solid fleshy substance.
Fresh fish we found in SM the super market.
We see the fishermen on the ocean out side our house
Pork comes, fresh, frozen, and roasted. Sorry, I lost my picture of Lechon. Maybe I can post one later.
Pork… They love their pork. We see the big ones traveling off to market riding in a SeaTac or trickles side car. In the stores it comes, in all cuts. I even found pork chops cut along the grain instead of across. Pork comes fresh, frozen, canned or cooked. Oh, How the Filipinos’ love their pork. Adbo it is one of their nationally acclaimed dishes made with pork. Sometimes it is made with chicken which is their favorite meat Adobo is often cooked in soy sauce, vinegar, and water. It is flavored with onions, garlic and ginger. It is a practical way to preserve without refrigeration.. Sometimes seafood is used. We are told this is the dish they prefer to eat during holidays
Lechon is also one of their favored dishes. The Pig is spit toasted over coals to make it crispy, and a golden brown. It is served liver sauce which is the best part according to any Filipino you ask.
Below we found these items at a school where they taught
food processing, dried fish, pickled vegetables and pineapple jam.
These are a crunchy corn, garlic flavored snack.
“Halo Halo” means mixed in English I am told. It really is a mix! They start with a ground ice base and milk then dried cooked beans, cubed green Jell-O, red, white and green kaong ( it’s like tapioca, some fruit and then to top it off with “Bupu”(sweet jam flavor) made from Taro. Then a rolled cookie is added. It is……..well, let’s say a dining experience!
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