Fooods I Miss From the Phils
Post created on October 30, 2008 by Reesie under Blogger Posts
Oh boy, I was so excited when these came to my door. Straight from the Phils? These are the fruits that I truly missed. Rambotan, atis, lansones, santol and of course my favorite, kangkong. And the onions? Never mind them, they’re just there as “extras.” They are all frozen that’s why some of them are dark after unfreezing them; but they are still good though.
Look what we have here! Iba or sour cucumber or something. I remember I used to gather them from the wild and my mom would yell at me for they are too soury and are not good for me. These odd looking fruits can be used to make sinigang or inun-unan. Hmmmm.. Can’t wait!
Horseradish leaves? Is that how you call malunggay in English? I don’t think there is an English equivalent of it. Well, I just look it up in wikepdia and this horseradish is different from the real horseradish. Anyhoo, I just love these. Can’t wait to make “utan” out of it with kalabasa, gabi, ukra and all. Of couse, utan is nothing without “buwad”(dried fish).
And oh by the way, these golden leaves are expensive – they’re like $3.00 for one bag – and they are frozen, of course.
Budbod or suman in Tagalog. I am not really a fan. My sister and Jaime love them.
Red Ribbon ensaymada! Love these bread. Oh how I miss them. 
And of course, the top my list — Jollibee, sarap to the bones!! I miss them so much that the moment I saw them I hugged them very tight. Lol. I grabbed one and ate the whole chicken joy all at once! Haha. And I shouted, “Isa pa, isa pa”, with my two hands with chicken joy-swinging up and down. LOL. Jollibe has distinct delicous taste that you can’t find in any other buttered chicken. They’re incomparable.
Of course, these two buddies cannot be absent in times like this!
I lied, these are not straight from the Phils. We got them from Seafood City in Las Vegas. They have a grocery full of Filipino foods. Jollibee, Chowking and Red Ribbon are some of the stores inside Seafood City. It feels like home when you’re there.
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