The trip to Calapan introduced Mifu & me to authentic Filipino cuisine. Breakfast at both the resorts where we had stayed consisted of a choice between hot fluffy pancakes served with honey & butter or the local favorite, Daing na Bangus. The second option is a typical Filipino breakfast meal that has garlic rice, a fried bangus (sea fish) and a poached egg. It is quite filling and we that was our breakfast for most of the days. Of course, the pancakes were yummy as well!
Though I’m known for my dislike of fish back home, yet I relished most of the fish preparations which I tasted at Calapan. Maybe the taste of the sea fish made all the difference! The Tilapia (another sea fish) was a popular one among the team members. It’s usually fried whole & garnished with stir fried vegetables.
While dining at a local eating joint in Calapan, I got adventurous and tried crispy squid rings which weren’t bad. Having caught a glimpse of squids at a supermarket in Makati (they look like tiny octopuses!) I tried not to think of them as it would have certainly spoiled my dinner.
Garlic rice is a hot favorite of the Filipino people. After tasting it, both I & Mifu began to relish it. So it’s always garlic rice that we order whenever we eat out! An interesting Pinoy delicacy is the Balut. It is basically boiled duck egg with a half developed embryo inside. The locals say that the embryo made the egg all the tastier!! Except Chola, Hafeez and the two of us, the rest of the gang relished the Balut at the resort.
We also tasted Bibingka which is a local rice cake baked with milk and topped with butter & grated coconut. Sweet banana chips are another popular snack & Calapan produces a lot of these. When we returned, all of us brought back many packets of the chips made in Calapan.
While Mifu & I experimented with the various Pinoy delicacies, Raheel, as always, stuck to his rice, bread & Maggie noodles menu!!
Though I’m known for my dislike of fish back home, yet I relished most of the fish preparations which I tasted at Calapan. Maybe the taste of the sea fish made all the difference! The Tilapia (another sea fish) was a popular one among the team members. It’s usually fried whole & garnished with stir fried vegetables.
While dining at a local eating joint in Calapan, I got adventurous and tried crispy squid rings which weren’t bad. Having caught a glimpse of squids at a supermarket in Makati (they look like tiny octopuses!) I tried not to think of them as it would have certainly spoiled my dinner.
Garlic rice is a hot favorite of the Filipino people. After tasting it, both I & Mifu began to relish it. So it’s always garlic rice that we order whenever we eat out! An interesting Pinoy delicacy is the Balut. It is basically boiled duck egg with a half developed embryo inside. The locals say that the embryo made the egg all the tastier!! Except Chola, Hafeez and the two of us, the rest of the gang relished the Balut at the resort.
We also tasted Bibingka which is a local rice cake baked with milk and topped with butter & grated coconut. Sweet banana chips are another popular snack & Calapan produces a lot of these. When we returned, all of us brought back many packets of the chips made in Calapan.
While Mifu & I experimented with the various Pinoy delicacies, Raheel, as always, stuck to his rice, bread & Maggie noodles menu!!
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