Weird Filipino Food Combinations
By thebassdude
@thebassdude (342)
Philippines
October 24, 2010 10:12am CST
Do you have any weird combinations when eating Filipino food?
My wife loves to eat tinola with banana catsup. She wants me to try it, but I never dared. :p
6 responses
@portisray (503)
• Philippines
25 Oct 10
I don't know if this is weird... Putting toyo in Pakbet? Which is like a Adobong Pakbet? or how about Kinilaw na Ampalaya (raw Ampalaya that is soak in salt and a little vinegar and tomato)?
Or how about steamed broccoli with an instant Lucky Me Pancit canton?
I think its already common to use corned beef instead of using ground pork in Spaghetti, isn't?
@portisray (503)
• Philippines
25 Oct 10
Well, then you try that....If you like vegetables specially broccoli.... I thought at first it is not a right food combination but when I taste, I liked it!
And also have you tried putting Ampalaya in a Pork or Chicken spicy Adobo? just a little bitter and spicy....
@thebassdude (342)
• Philippines
25 Oct 10
We do that! :) We sometimes use corned beef in spaghetti and it's delish! :) Steamed broccoli with instant pancit canton? that's a new one dude! :p I must try that! :)
@chemhakz1025 (29)
• Philippines
2 Nov 10
weird food combinations?hmmm..when i was a kid i used to drink royal mixed and stirred with one raw egg and evaporated milk..then there was the time i tried eating rice with peanut butter as viand..but nothing beats my grandma..she likes to drink extra strong coffee(around 3-5 sachets for one cup) mixed with sprite..
a weird food combo i have tried recently is eating sweet corn with peanut butter..tasted kinda weird but it was good..hehehehehe..
@thebassdude (342)
• Philippines
2 Nov 10
I love how adventurous you are with food. :) the royal mixed with raw egg and evap sounds kinda good. I'm assuming it kinda tasted like milkshake huh? I might try that someday. :)
@Bluerain25 (812)
• Philippines
24 Oct 10
I respect other's opinion regarding how we combine our food :) As i have my own combination. It is just our own preferences. We like this with that thing. I'm sure other's too have their own unique preferences when it comes to food.
@odelone27 (38)
• Philippines
26 Oct 10
ha ha that's weird. . but lets all respect that. we all entitled to eat what we want with any food combination of course. Let me try that tinola with catsup! delicioso! hahaha
@thebassdude (342)
• Philippines
26 Oct 10
My wife swears it's delicious! :) I don't usually use catsup or any type of sauce for that matter... I like eating food and savoring it's natural flavor. :) I guess that's why I never really actually tried it. But one of these days I definitely will. :)
@eurekafemme (5877)
• Philippines
24 Oct 10
Weird in what sense, dear? Maybe, what you really want to know are the uncommon combination. As for your wife, I did that when I was a kid. Not just with tinola but with also pork sinigang and nilagang baka. And you know what, it tastes yummy. :)I don't do that anymore, though.
I love to eat french fries with ice cream. Is it weird? I don't think so...How about champorado and tuyo? For the tagalogs, this isn't weird but the best combination but for the visayans like me, it is uncommon and funny combination.I guess,weirdness depends on where you are from. :)
@thebassdude (342)
• Philippines
24 Oct 10
Oh I didn't mean weird in a negative way. I mean weird in a cool way. The way I think I'm weird for wearing chucks and a mohawk on my wedding day. haha. :p
Fries and ice cream... kinda like the McDonald's commercial. :)
As for ketchup with Tinola, I haven't tried it yet, but my wife swears it's delicious. I trust her anyways so I don't need to. :p hehe.
@hippiemomdiaries (815)
• Philippines
25 Oct 10
My weird Filipino food combination is the Bicol version of laing locally known as "pinangat" (gabi leaves cooked in rich coconut milk, with a lot of pepper) -- I combine it with bacon, and eat it over a bowl of hot rice, and a I use my hands when eating, to boot! Perfect comfort , guilty pleasure food trip for me...Another combination that I really love, I'm not sure if this is weird -- I love pouring hot chocolate tablea into rice or fried rice then eat it with dried fish (mainly tuyo) or Bicol's guinobatan longganisa (a local version of chorizo). And as for my grandmother, she eats Bicol's laing pinangat tucked in a pandesal sandwich. I haven't tried the latter because I think it's too weird for me already :-)
@thebassdude (342)
• Philippines
25 Oct 10
ok... now I'm hungry and craving for everything you said even though I haven't tried any of them yet. :p But the way you described it... I could imagine just how good those are. :)
hmmmm... that's the second time someone has mentioned laing sandwich filling. I really should try that sometime. Speaking of laing, my lola make super delicious laing. Sadly she hass passed away already... she never got to pass on her recipe. :( But it's ok... everytime I try laing though, deep inside I'm thinking, "My lola's laing will kick this laing's behind anytime of day!" hehehehe... believe me, it's really that good. :) Not too spicy, just right. I remember her telling me that the secret is letting the leaves dry properly. I never tried making laing, maybe someday I will. :)
