Blog Posts on exotic food

Turtles on the Dinner Table by fresha-licious on Feb 2, 2012Turtle Adobo - with its meat and eggsWhen traveling to or living in a foreign country, my husband usually finds a way to indulge his obsession of exotic food.  Frederick has no qualms in eating “unusual” and "uncommon" foods that most people...

naganus a bawang by Makan on Jan 31, 2012Naganus a bawang, young garlic (leaves and the bulb) is one superb veggie favored by Ilokanos, especially in the Ilocos provinces (Norte and Sur) where garlic planting is as usual and as essential as growing rice. It can be used in dinengdeng, leaves...

Exotic Food: Weird is Delicious, or Maybe Not! by Personal Encounters on Jan 25, 2012It looks like the long holiday season is finally reaching a wind up with the celebration of the Chinese New Year. Regretfully, I must say, because these long successive celebrations are like a-license-to-indulge in food and drinks without guilt and h...

dinengdeng a.k.a. inabraw by Makan on Jan 23, 2012Dinengdeng, or inabraw if you will, yet again! Yes, I’m forever be a grateful Ilokano because of this thing, the fact that I’m a kind of a vegetarian (but not certainly a vegan, uhuh), courtesy of this truly Ilokano dish authenticated by...

pinapaitan by Makan on Jan 20, 2012Pinapaitan is solely and authentic, even exotic, Ilokano dish. Loved by any true-blue Ilokano there is, specially those bred in the away (farm, country sides) or promdi (from the province) in any Ilocos place, native or (so-called) Ilokanized.  Some...

Unexpected Exotic Food Stop: Mesa Filipino Moderne by Sale. Food. Trips. Reviews. on Jan 10, 2012New Year’s Resolution #2: Eat more exotic dishes! Partly checked.My friend and I met up one Saturday afternoon to pamper ourselves and to simply pig out afterwards. Yes, you could call this one of those blissful moments where you just spend and spe...

The 2012 List by Sale. Food. Trips. Reviews. on Jan 1, 2012Pessimists say that 2012 is the end of the world but optimists like me think that this is the year full of food, laughter, and just about anything that would make you think of double rainbow (remember that YouTube video?).Every year, I plan my New Ye...

ipon by Makan on Dec 29, 2011This is ipon, tiny fish, but this actually fries of the goby fish, or in some instance, that of the anchovy fish. Some non-Ilokano folks mistake it as hipon or small shrimps (aramang, alamang in Tagalog), due to mispronunciation or the way it sounde...

Ai shite iru Wani-sama: A Shiro Shiro Crocodile Meat Love Story by Sale. Food. Trips. Reviews. on Dec 19, 2011Crocodile meat. I was sold with those two words alone. My friend T truly has a way with words… and coupons. Her friend J managed to score some really great coupons from Cash Cash Pinoy. Instead of paying PHP1,240, we get to dine for only PHP250 eac...

Fish Innards in Bitter Sauce by fresha-licious on Dec 9, 2011Fish innards in bitter sauce, in Ilocano pinapaitan nga bagbagis ti lames.  Unlike most people, me included, when we buy fish I have it cleaned by the fish mongers - scaled and gutted by them and not me.  But not our Papa Amb...