Carmina is traveling to the United States to spend time with her family. My dad planned a family gathering for Mother's Day at their favorite Pinoy restaurant . Since reservations aren’t possible, we arrived an hour early to ensure we could get a table for twelve before everyone else showed up. As my dad approached Isla Grand , the branch we visited in Pleasant Hills, California , the host at the door said they could prepare a table for twelve at five o'clock. Later, the server called my dad's name and guided us to our table. The place was bustling with people enjoying meals and celebrating Mother's Day. On our first visit to Isla Grand, I was captivated by the décor, noticing many native items that gave the place a fancy yet authentic Filipino feel. They usually have a live band, but unfortunately, there was no entertainment the night we went. My family had spoken highly of Isla Grand and encouraged us to try the Filipino dishes we’ve been missing from back home. Lech...
In the Philippines people eat merienda (snack) and buy food from the street. There are vendors on the street all sorts of food to choose from. Everything is all cash basis. The common street food in the Philippines are the following:
Prito (Fried) Merienda (Snack):
Prito (Fried) Merienda (Snack):
- Turon (banana lumpia with jack fruit)
- Banana Cue (banana cooked in brown sugar)
- Kamote Cue (sweet potato cooked in brown sugar)
- Maruya (banana fritters)
- Fish Ball
- Squid Ball
- Kikiam (mixed pork and shrimp wrapped in bean cured)
- Probem (chicken proventriculus)
- Kwek Kwek (duck egg)
- Chicken Empanda
- Beef Empanda
Inhaw (Grilled) Merienda (Snack):
- Pork Barbecue on a stick
- Isaw (chicken intestine) on a stick
- Betamax (dried pork or chicken blood) on a stick
- Adidas (chicken feet) on a stick
- Helmet (chicken head) on a stick
- Pig skin on a stick
Other Merienda are bought in a Filipino restaurant or cooked at home:
Sabaw (Soup):
- Sopas (chicken noodle soup)
- Mami (noodle soup) eaten with asado (pork bun) or bola bola sipao (pork bun with hard boiled egg)
- Goto Lugaw (rice porridge cooked with ginger and beef tripe)
- Arroz Caldo (rice porridge cooked with ginger and chicken)
Pancit (Noodles):
- Spaghetti
- Pancit Bihon
- Palabok
- Carbonara
- Pancit Canton
Dare to try and explore:
- Dinuguan (diced pork, pork blood cooked with spices) served with puto
- Sisig (pig head with chicken liver season with calamansi, cooked with onion and chili pepper)
Fresh Fruits:
- Fresh buko (coconut) drink with a straw
- Pakwan (watermelon)
- Pina (pineapple)
- Manggang Hilaw (unripe green mango with bagoong (shrimp paste) or salt)
Dessert:
- Bibingka (baked rice cake with salted egg in butter, shredded coconut and sugar)
- Puto Bumbong (purple rice cake dip in brown sugar and shredded coconut)
- Cheese Puto (steam rice cake with cheese on top)
- Pandan Puto (steam rice cake with pandan flavoring)
- Ube Puto (steam rice cake with purple yam flavoring)
- Pilataw (steam glutinous rice coated with sugar, sesame seed and shredded coconut)
- Ginatan (cooked in gata (coconut milk), glutinous rice balls, purple kamote (yam), saba (banana), langka (jack fruit) and sago balls (tapioca).
- Ensaymada (bread baked in butter, sugar and grated cheese)
- Taho (cured tofu top with brown sugar and sago (tapioca)
- Champorado (sweet rice cooked with chocolate, gata (coconut milk) served with fried tuyo (fish)
- Ginataang Mais (sweet gulintious and corn)
- Ginataang Munggo (mung bean rice pudding)
- Suman (wrapped in banana leaf with glulintious rice with coconut and sugar)
- Biko (sweet sticky rice cooked in gata (coconut milk and sugar) served with latik (coconut jam)
- Halo Halo (shaved ice topped with ice cream, sweet beans, langka (jack fruit) sweeten banana, ube halayan (purple yam), nata de coco, garbanzo beans, macapuno (sweeten shredded coconut), sago (tapioca), gulaman (jello), leche flan (custard) and evaporated milk
- Sorbetes (dirty ice cream sold in a cart outside in the street)
Sandwich:
- Chicken Spread in tasty bread
- Pimento Spread in tasty bread
- Club Sandwich
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