Hi guyyyyyyyyyssss!!! It's April already!!! Sorry for updating so late, I've been and still on a food coma. For the past few weeks, I've been exploring the indoor markets of the bigger department stores here in Manila. My grand father dragged me to SM Makati grocery center and saw some good deals of fresh food. Surprisingly THEY'VE Got sh*tload of everything! We're in lent season here in the Philippines and we've been fasting and eating seafood for the past month. SM Makati has a lot of this and that to offer, I even bought some Fresh Mackerels which I first tasted raw in Spain. HEAVEN! I need to go to a food rehabilitation center. If you don't want to go to the rugged wet traditional market like Dampa (which I will feature later), then shopping mall markets are for you. Market! Market! Manila doesn't carry much selection for their seafood.
Fresh Tawilis or Sardinella, Dilis etc...
These are Pusit Bisaya a smaller variety of the regular squid
Tilapia
Bangus or Milkfish
Tanigue
Hi there
of course they have chicken
sardines of different brands. I think Philippines has more 100 brands of sardines
canned produce
BINONDO
So next thing is Binondo. Binondo is an enclave in Manila primarily populated by ethnic Chinese living in the Philippines. Chinatown, Manila (Binondo)) is the oldest Chinatown in the world, established in 1594. LOL that's from Wikipedia. But generally Binondo is where most of the Chinese (Hokien descent) community reside. It's the most populous Chinese community in the Philippines. It's also a community for bargaining, with businesses of about ANYTHING. Home and Deco, Car Parts, Food, ..EVERYTHING.
Binondo Church built in 1596!
ceiling
ugh. i feel so holy. lol
of course if you're in Binondo, you wouldn't miss Eng Bee Tin's PURPLE fire trucks
Binondo food alley
Eng Bee Tin Hopia or Moon Cakes
Eng Bee Tin's Hopias are very famous in the Philippines
Gate
ENDLESS DUMPLING WHICH YOU SHOULD NEVER MISS!!!
sharksfin
japanese dumplings
pork meatballs (fasting? lol)
Beef with Bitter Gourd
fish with bean curd
shrimp poppers
DAMPA
Also! If you're in Manila, try not to miss DAMPA. It's this famous wet market in Manila, wherein you buy a bunch of fresh seafood from the market outside of the area, and then you give it to a restaurant of your choice (there are lots in the area btw) and they will cook it, the way you want it. There are tons of choices. TONS! And this is Philippines, everything comes in cheap!
crab
fishy fish
tiger prawns
lol
freshwater crab
lobster!
big lapu lapu
so we ordered squid in its own ink
sweet prawns
fish in miso
tempura
black bean sauce
baked scallops
my pig plate
WESTERN FOOD! WE LOVE ARMY NAVY! I visit Army Navy say like, five times a month. And order the Carnitas Burrito. Starving Sailor or the Double Burger. I just love army navyyyyyy!
their sesame seeded bun is good
bite into goodness
Banana Leaf. I don't know if this is associated with the Banana Leaf that I used to eat in Bangkok.
wooden chorva
MOO YANG!!! This one is 240php. And I used to eat this outside my street for 40 BAHT! or freaking 50php. or 1.50$
and I bought a new book too. This is so useful. I'll be curing meats for this year.
Pink Lady Halo Halo from Kabisera by Dencios
Mercato
Mercato is an evening place for foodies like me. Well except for the fact that there a lot of people that come here and don't even understand what they're eating. lol. It runs from 10pm till 3am during fridays. 7am till 2pm on Saturdays and resumes by 10pm till 3am. Then on Sundays? I don't know. lol. ALRIGHT! Come late during weekends, seats are packed from 10 to 11.
deep dish. which is... blah.
And have you guys seen SUCKER PUNCH???. I watched it with Cath. She didn't like it. I LIKED IT. I think it's weird, girly, hot and confusing. The kinds that I like. It's just so weird that I never saw her dance. The weirdness of it is soooo confusing that your head veins are having tremors. I liked it. she's HAWT and she kinda looks like Diana Agron. watchutink? baby doll, sweet pea, amber, blondie and rocket. I love them!
oh btw. I have an internship interview with a celebrity couple this coming week. lol. Wish me luck!!! i'll update if I get it. If I don't, then life goes on. :))))))))
xoxo
BABINELLA
