This is lunch today. Looks like a plate of golden fossilized decepticons but tastes mighty fine. These are lightly battered mini crabs: crispy, crunchy, salty, and possibly sky high in cholesterol, but of the best possible sort.
As you can see, the shell of the crab is removed and everything goes in. Yes, all eight feet. It sounds alarming in theory but extremely delicious in practice.
I also had a bowl of piping hot nilaga. This is pork nilaga with peppercorns, potatoes, corn, and pechay, a bok choy variant. It can also be made with beef and marrow.
The broth can calm even a newly baptized cat. It has a rounded yet subtle flavor. This is the kind of food you want when you are ill and craving the comforts of home.
I do not know if you can get these couple of dishes anywhere else. Maybe they are uniquely Filipino. Come to think of it, the food we have here has yet to explode globally.
It is very common for me to read daily of travelers food tripping across South East Asia but somehow The Philippines get bypassed. Shame, because we eat damn fabulous here.
Wow you really will eat them despite being allergic alright! *fist bump* I love yummy broths too :9
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death by crabs. totally worth it. you can have your fill in a few months.
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btw fossilized decepticons lol! nice 😉
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now imagine how crunchy these are!
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Absolutely! so, Does that make me the autobot then? I’ll be coming over in a few months to try some! 😆
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you can pick your team, up to you!
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Whichever gets to eat your delicious creation 😉
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LOL at “It sounds alarming in theory but extremely delicious in practice.”. But isn’t it true for most foods? I realized everything that tastes delicious are either salty, sweet or fried- not exactly good for our health 😀
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these look intimidating. like you will choke on them. or that they will put up a fight in your mouth.
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Oh I see what you meant there. I thought you are metaphorically speaking when you said alarming. It’s the literal kind of alarming pala. I haven’t thought of small crabs that way but now that you’ve mentioned it…
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tiny fossilized decepticons, i tell you. hey, if ever you are in makati let is have a meal together? would you like that?
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I’d love that. I haven’t explored the food scene in Makati except for the mainstream restaurants in Glorietta and Greenbelt. Sounds exciting!
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there are new shops, all lovely of course. just let me know!
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How do we contact each other then? You may e-mail me at micahthemissus@gmail.com 😀
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i will save it and send you an email. two micahs on a food trip!
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Going to have to get me some of those crabs. If I’m nice our Filipino teachers might make them for me.
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of course. good food is always worth the extra effort.
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You are always the first to ‘like’ my post….haha…and I must give Filipino cuisine a shot then, after having read what you have just said.
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i am your number one. yes, have a go. you might get a heart attack from all our food but hey, we all die some time.
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I love crabs too. Pretty abundant in my hometown, Bacolod.
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hello, that is great. but bacolod, i have never been! what can a traveler see in your hometown?
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October is Masskara festival. Then there are beaches around the province. There is Kanlaon volcano to climb. The 7 falls of Mambucal. And bowls too many of batchoy as well as countless sticks of chicken inasal.
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wow, bacolod sounds amazing. when in october is masskara?
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Masskara Festival 2015 Schedule of Activities
October 16, 2015 (Friday) – MassKara Love DanceOctober 17, 2015 (Saturday) – MassKara Street Dancing (Barangay Category) and Charter Day CountdownOctober 18, 2015 (Sunday) – Electric MassKara
Note: The schedule above was based from previous year’s timeline of activities. The actual schedule will be updated once released by the festival organizers.
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thank you for this information. will try to be in bacolod for masskara festival. see you then!
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