River bank food trip ..street foods (*_^)

@jaiho2009 (39141)

• Philippines

12 Jul 11

dear shiby, FUSKA?...what is that?

@jaiho2009 (39141)

• Philippines

12 Jul 11

and so the Indian princes came to rescue her prince

@bhabycatch013 (9150)

• Philippines

12 Jul 11

@ jaiho, fuska is a street snack that originated in Bangladesh by the way it is spicy also wanna try?

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@zia024 (29)

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12 Jul 11

Before I don't eat street foods, i was a little bit picky when it comes to food. However, during my college days. They always say that having a UP life won't be complete if you haven't eaten isaw. So my friends, connives so I could eat isaw and other street foods. Ive tried and love it and to cut the story short, im now eating it as well as fishballs but I haven't tried balot. Not yet. hahahahaha!!!!

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@jaiho2009 (39141)

• Philippines

12 Jul 11

hello zia, That was odd also,because I am too conscious or "maarte" when it comes to street foods during younger days esp school days I don't eat those foods. Even my kids don't eat street foods...but now I am the one who is convincing them to try and eat street foods (hahaha) Balut...no no...hehehe. thanks for your response and welcome to mylot

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secretbear

@secretbear (19448)

• Philippines

12 Jul 11

Hi jaiho! Wow, you got to meet another myLotter? That's great! The Riverbanks you're talking about is the one in Marikina, right? I've been there before. The food is really great there. I think even if they were considered street foods, I think it's still safe there to eat. And I think the seafoods there are fresh from the market and then cooked upon order. I eat street foods like fish ball. But I make sure that they are fried in boiling cooking oil when I buy them. I have also eaten three times in a row in a span of one hour. Like during festivals.

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secretbear

@secretbear (19448)

• Philippines

13 Jul 11

I would love to meet you! But I don't work anymore in Manila. I work now here in Laguna. I'm too far.

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@jaiho2009 (39141)

• Philippines

12 Jul 11

hello secret, I've been there to Marikina,that's really awesome place esp at night with all the lights on huh...(that was 2 years ago i guess hehehe) No,it's not along Marikina my friend..it's along Pasig

So i guess we can have a good company when it comes to food trip. Let's try it..wanna met us?

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@jaiho2009 (39141)

• Philippines

13 Jul 11

Laguna,that's not too far ,besides we can make arrangement

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jazel_juan

@jazel_juan (15746)

• Philippines

13 Jul 11

you bet jai! I also eat street foods.. well i do not let my children eat street food..some example hahaha.. oh well we have satti here which is served in "carenderia" and well it is popular here. I have tried eating simultaneously hahaha.. and forgot what diet means.

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@jaiho2009 (39141)

• Philippines

13 Jul 11

What is that "satti" jazel? I haven't heard of it,or maybe there is another name for that. Now i can enjoy those fishball,kikiam at malls as there are lots of food stall that sell street foods ...

jazel_juan

@jazel_juan (15746)

• Philippines

14 Jul 11

ooh i believe it is served only here in Zamboanga.. but my friends say that is also available in Quiapo!

It is a muslim food jai but i tell you it is very delicious! Do you eat spicy food? because it is THAT spicy. If you come here i will treat you for that. i attached a picture of it.

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@jaiho2009 (39141)

• Philippines

14 Jul 11

uh uh...i don't eat too spicy foods

but i would love to try that "satti"

ddaguno

@ddaguno (3107)

• Philippines

12 Jul 11

I miss street food

I know it is frowned upon by many because of the questionable cleanliness but i cant help it... whenever i see isaw and barbecue vendors my tummy goes crumbling. you might not recognize these since you dont eat street foods --- my favorites are kwek kwek (quail eggs deep fried with flour) proven (chicken gizzard also deep fried in flour) inihaw na tenga ng baboy (roasted pig ears) and of course... balot!

I miss the Philippines!!!

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@jaiho2009 (39141)

• Philippines

12 Jul 11

oh my dearest...(^_^) Don't you worry just tell us when you are coming home and we will be at the airport with all these foods that you've wrote here (hahaha) kwek kwek...i admit,i become ignorant with that food. When a friend told me do you eat kwek kwek...i look at her and said ...ha?

what's kwek kwek...eh...i looks so dumb!!! (huhuhuhu) then she show'd me and i can't help laughing because of my dumbness (gosh) I've eaten that,and do you know that there are lot's of stall in malls that are selling those ones. I like squid rings...kikiam,chicken balls, with vinegar uhmnn,,, balut...no please (hehehe)

@jaiho2009 (39141)

• Philippines

12 Jul 11

a kwak kwak baby...kwek kwek

@bhabycatch013 (9150)

• Philippines

12 Jul 11

hahaha!jaiho doesn't know the kwek-kwek it's related to kwak-kwak

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@bhabycatch013 (9150)

• Philippines

12 Jul 11

hi jaiho, Uuhhmmm.....whose on diet?

It was yummy fun eating night really I rarely eat street foods unless I saw and know how they cooked it Oh well it was served hot and newly cooked

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@jaiho2009 (39141)

• Philippines

12 Jul 11

oh yeah..and the lumpia is nice huh. and...did the beans sprout comes out from your nose and ears?

@bhabycatch013 (9150)

• Philippines

12 Jul 11

I think there is no bean sprout only carrots and potato or sweet potato whatever I enjoyed that food trip

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@jaiho2009 (39141)

• Philippines

12 Jul 11

yah,that was really tasty and so cheap huh? we can eat there again

sudiptacallingu

@sudiptacallingu (10879)

• India

12 Jul 11

What’s wrong with street food? In most places, its not only fresh & cheap but hygienic and nutritious. It’s a symbiotic relation really…the food vendors know that they have to maintain a certain standard otherwise people wont flock to them and the people know that the food vendors are their only source of cheap filling food on the go. Also, eating street food improves the immunity of the stomach LOL

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sudiptacallingu

@sudiptacallingu (10879)

• India

13 Jul 11

No, no, I’m definitely not getting you wrong…not everybody is comfortable with street food. Even I don’t take street food anywhere and everywhere… there are shacks which I wouldn’t ever think of entering! However, there are standard established rows of stalls at specific places in every city (specially the office areas and shopping areas) and I’ve found that food served there is really fresh, cheap and no hassles. I’m glad you enjoyed your outing last night…do be careful in choosing the right kind of food stall and enjoy yourself more often.

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@jaiho2009 (39141)

• Philippines

13 Jul 11

@jaiho2009 (39141)

• Philippines

12 Jul 11

hell sudiptacallingu , There are many cases of food poisoning,amoeba from street foods,we are aware of that. That's one reason why i don't eat those kind. But like what I've wrote in my introduction...don't get me wrong okay. Now,i know some street vendors are trying their best to maintain the hygiene and cleanliness to reach/met customer's standards. But not every one is doing that (i am sure you know that too) Ok,I've tried some providing I see how it is being cooked and check few things. That's another reason too...I don't have a jungle stomach like one mylotters says (hehehe) So,i need to take care with what i eat,or else i will end up looking for "john"

Last night was real fun,and I am sure i will eat and try again more street foods

Always smiling

@allknowing (138314)

• India

16 Jul 11

Although it is not a regular thing for so many including me to eat street food as you call it but under certain circumstances as the one you have mentioned the food will taste wonderful and no one will remember how unhygienically it is prepared!

I had a get together of classmates, recently and boy oh boy we did worse things!

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@jaiho2009 (39141)

• Philippines

16 Jul 11

hello ak, I want to try some changes anyway. maybe because i haven't tried when i am younger,and i don't want to miss some fun (hehehe) hope i am not too old to make up with the losses

and what worse thing you ever did with your classmates?

have a great weekend

@jaiho2009 (39141)

• Philippines

16 Jul 11

that's really great.. thanks for sharing and enjoy more....

Professor2010

@Professor2010 (20162)

• India

18 Jul 11

Jai beta

I always avoid street foods, even food from hotels and restaurants, just can't digest the spices and the oil,

i eat always at home, more over i am not a rich person like you.

Sometimes my friends in vite me to eat in a road side 'dhaba', near river mahanadi, i do go there, we eat and drink.... Mango juice or grape juice only.. Thanks for sharing Have a nice day ahead. Professor ‘@Bhuwan @’. .

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@jaiho2009 (39141)

• Philippines

18 Jul 11

dear dada, What?..me? rich?

i don't have cents right now in my pocket or in my wallet

Come here and we will eat with street foods and enjoy the cheap foods as well

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@jaiho2009 (39141)

• Philippines

19 Jul 11

oh...yah,it's worth more than a million

Professor2010

@Professor2010 (20162)

• India

19 Jul 11

You have some thing in your wallet, that makes you rich.

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CTHanum

@CTHanum (8234)

• Malaysia

19 Jul 11

Hello sis! We rarely eat street foods because we used to have the homemade one. It is not because of the cleanliness as not all the street stalls are dirty. They have delicious local foods and whenever I have chance to eat there I will choose ABC as my dessert and chicken rice is my favorite menu!(^^)

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@jaiho2009 (39141)

• Philippines

20 Jul 11

yummmyyyy... we call it halo-halo in here dear sis...

i like it with ice cream on top

i am sure we can both enjoy this dessert

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@jaiho2009 (39141)

• Philippines

22 Jul 11

Then we can have feast with ABC- Halo halo..whatever hehehee

CTHanum

@CTHanum (8234)

• Malaysia

21 Jul 11

ABC is the acronym of its real name and halo-halo sounds really cute~(^^) Me too..We love to add an ice cream on top of that..sprinkle with red beans and jelly... and enjoy!! You can eat three times in a row just in one night? Wow!!aaaa9660

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rebel_woman06

@SIMPLYD (90721)

• Philippines

12 Jul 11

OMG , where in your stomach did you put all those foods in just one hour interval?!

When friends gathers we always have food trips. And yes, we would eat those street foods with gusto. I specially liked the isaw dipped in a spicy dip. Yes, i like the congee too, with ox tripes and boiled egg. It's a good thing i have a "jungle stomach". They don't ruin my stomach.

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@jaiho2009 (39141)

• Philippines

12 Jul 11

dear simplyD, Honestly we don't know where those foods goes

That's good for you my dear,having a jungle stomach. (hehehe) I think this one mylottters also has same stomach like yours.. the only difference is..she has acid instead of saliva,she can eat a whole cow in one sitting

hahahahaaha....you will find it once you met us in person

rebel_woman06

@SIMPLYD (90721)

• Philippines

12 Jul 11

Someday my friends, when i go to Manila, i will PM you all. We will meet and eat non-stop. I go to Riverbanks too, whenever i stay for a vacation for a day or two at my sister's in Antipolo. So,it would be easy meeting you my friends. You will test my jungle stomach, that can withstand any type of food.

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@bhabycatch013 (9150)

• Philippines

12 Jul 11

@ jaiho, Your friend must be a monster she can eat a whole cow

@ simplyd, Yeah meet us if you have a chance we will eat at buffet with halo-halo

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investor211

@investor211 (474)

• Mexico

12 Jul 11

hi there, i havent try to eat 3 times in a row, i have tried the street food, specially from the philippines, i like most of the food there, i dont remember the names of each plate i try in the philippines when i was there, i just remeber the taste and a lot of rice heheh, right there is where i learn to eat rice on every meal, even i try balot of something like that, leshon baboy, and chicken from penongs restaurant in davao city, and of course the bbq stick in the local market mmmm smell so goood hehehe i like it!!!!.

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@jaiho2009 (39141)

• Philippines

12 Jul 11

hello investor, Wow,that's good to know that you appreciate our native foods. Yes,rice is the common food serves every meal. Lechon baboy,that's nice and balut...really you did tried it? I don't eat balut...heheeh.. thanks for your response and wish to see you again here in my country

investor211

@investor211 (474)

• Mexico

13 Jul 11

yes, i did try balut, two times i guess, you know since i was young i was with a dream to travel and visit asian countries, i find your culture and your places very nice to go around, in the philippines i visit may places from north to south right there i mindanao, i miss cebu and borakay and many other places i wish to visit again...

Ram Bansal

@rambansal (574)

• India

13 Jul 11

Whenever I visit a new place, I look for ethnic things there particularly the food and that I get in streets only. To know a people is to know their food. Out of the context : once I begged a loaf of 'mandua' a local food-grain of hills which I had not tasted that far, from a farmer. In exchange, I gave him a lot of urban eatables I had with me as my travel kit. No doubt, I enjoyed the 'mandua' loaf with 'gud' - indigenous brown sugar, which the farmer provided along with the loaf.

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@jaiho2009 (39141)

• Philippines

13 Jul 11

hello sir, I also taste food for each places that i visited. but not exotic :( i haven't tried. So,the mandua is some kind of bread? I guess it's a rare one..or else you can buy it from the store rather than having it traded with something

Ram Bansal

@rambansal (574)

• India

13 Jul 11

@jaiho, Mandua is a foodgrain, loves are made of its flour. The place I exchanged it had no market, but an isolated hilly village. I don't think it is available in any market. It is a food of the poor. @reallysuny, yes, you are right. The original taste is there only at local small shops/vendors. Tasting local foods gives an idea of the people there and their ways of living.

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donatello123

@donatello123 (326)

• Philippines

31 Mar 13

It seemed that you really had a good time at that night. My husband and I go to riverbank once in a while and I really enjoy eating street foods there. I eat street foods even though my mom do not allow me to do so. Eating street foods is fun for me but eating there everyday is unhealthy.

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@jaiho2009 (39141)

• Philippines

1 Apr 13

hello donatello, I have learned to eat some street friends with my friends. I don't eat those kinds of food during my younger days. It's really worth trying and fun to do with friends. Thanks and have a good day

xtedaxcvg

@xtedaxcvg (3189)

• Philippines

12 Jul 11

I've been enjoying street foods since I was little. But ever since my trip to the hospital due to typhoid fever, which we suspect was because of street food, I stayed away from them up to now. I miss eating street foods however I really need to watch out or I might end up in the hospital again.

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@jaiho2009 (39141)

• Philippines

12 Jul 11

hello xtedaxcvg , That's one reason...the hygiene. We are not sure how clean those street foods are. Not to mention all the dust,smoke and everything since it's on the streets. I tried it last night and enjoyed...i am sure i will try it again (hehhe) thanks for your response and be careful always when trying street foods

Sreekala

@Sreekala (34312)

• India

12 Jul 11

Hello dear sister,

Street food is not good for health but once in a while it is ok dear. Nothing will harm so just enjoy the tasty food. We do eat from these street dhabas while on shopping that also if our kids are with us. They are gong out for eating something from outside

, even though they ate full at home, the hungry will starts once we reach the market

. But we just allow them to taste those food too as we are going for a shopping with them once in a year or two. So let them too enjoy it. But eating on one hour interval, not possible (lol)

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@jaiho2009 (39141)

• Philippines

12 Jul 11

dear sis

, I don't know where did we put all those foods. maybe laughters help us digest the foods easily and that made us hungry again and again

Patsie Hatley

@Hatley (163776)

• Garden Grove, California

12 Jul 11

hi jaiho I realize you are probably only talking to Filipinos but since its free for anyone to respond I am responding as I am inquisitive and hungry too. so what is

cooked congee and lumpia you make them sound so delicious?WE have food stall in some of our larger malls and its fun occasionally to get Mexican food or Japanese food or Chinese food. I used to do it quite often before I fell and injured my knee. just occasionally mind you as I am a diabetic but just for fun with friends. I am about to go down for dinner here at Gold Crest 4 pm is an ungodly hour to eat then I am hungry by nine p.m,. lol. I love it that I get to learn so much from my fellow mylotters from various countries .traveling by key board.lol hugs from hatley.

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sounds like fun

@jaiho2009 (39141)

• Philippines

13 Jul 11

dear Hatley, No dear..this is for everyone

I wish you can will some Filipino cuisine,I am sure you will like them

We have a lot of street foods here dear,but now those foods are not considered only as street foods which is commonly known only for poor ones. These street foods are now in food cart/stall inside malls...so everyone can taste and appreciate how does it tastes and...i am one of those ignorant who doesn't know the names of those once so-called street foods (heheheh) It's nice remembering those sweet memories

louievill

@louievill (28851)

• Philippines

12 Jul 11

I use to eat a lot of street food when I was young but I'm just a little bit more health conscious now LOL, we were not allowed to buy from vendors in our school so that made me more curious especially when I was in high school, to name a few balot, lumpia gulay ( vegetable spring rolls), quail eggs, corn on the cob, dirty ice cream, egg wrapped in flour, goto(porridge), pares( soup or rice toppings), banana q(bar-b-q banana), so many others whose names I cannot remember cause when I travel to different regions of our country, I always see to it and try what is different that cannot be found in Metro Manila, oh just do not forget to bring medicine for your stomach just in case

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@jaiho2009 (39141)

• Philippines

12 Jul 11

hello louie, Actually i don't know names of those street foods also that is why my friends are laughing at me esp that egg wrapped in flour with yellow color..that one is called "kwek-kwek"

My goodness,i will never forget that kwek-kwek..that really gives me a good laugh and make me looks dumb (wahhhhhhhhh) thanks for your response and have a good day always

bouncybug

@bouncybug (614)

• South Africa

12 Jul 11

When I am travelling, I quite like to try out the street food to see how the people in that country or city are most likely to eat - also being a student I don't have much money and street food is usually the tastiest! Yes, sometimes you need to be careful about how the food was cooked, but most of the times that I have eaten street food I have found it to be really delicious and definitely worth trying!!

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