ILOILO (gastronomically speaking)

You first taste the food with your eyes more than any other of your senses. 

Presenting some of my favorite hunger busters in Iloilo.

 Seafoods' fare @ Tatoy's ( 5 minutes away from Iloilo Airport)

Halo-halo, Korean style. An iceless bed of diced ripe mango, pineapple and strawberry topped with a generous serving of ice cream, wafer stick and biscuit.

@ Ice Spot, Robinson's Mall

Korean waffle with chopped pecan nuts, blueberries and strawberries 

served with tangy yogurt (Ice Spot, Robinson's Mall)

 Fruity Croinuts (that's what the bakeshop calls it). A double-decker of croissant and donut filled with pineapple, mango or strawberry jam. Warning: this is not for the weak of heart. It is sugary-sweet and with a quarter of a piece, you get a taste of heaven without entering the gates of hell (JD Bakery)

 

Molo soup with chicken meat. Ultimate comfort food even during summer. Brings back happy memories of childhood, The aroma alone is to die for. Hands down, my favorite of 'em all

'There is one thing more exasperating 

than a wife who can cook and won't, 

and that's a wife who can't cook and will'

~Robert Frost

 
 

PRUTASARAPSA

Mahilig akong kumain. Sino ba ang hindi? Mahilig din akong magluto at mag-imbento ng kung anu-anong recipe  para sa sariling panlasa, at minsan, panlasa ng iba.

May mga prutas na mura at kung saan-saan lang makikita. Ngunit mayroon ding mga prutas na di karaniwang mabibili sa mga palengke at  fruit stand sa tabi-tabi ng kalsada. May mga prutas din na mahal, di ‘keri’ ng bulsa ng mga nagba-badyet na ina.

Isang araw sa Divisoria, may nakita akong isang aleng nagtutulak ng kariton ng prutas. Tumpok-tumpok ang bentahan (mas mura kaysa por kilo, patok na patok sa bulsa).

P100 lang ang isang tumpok ng Dragon fruit ( 3 piraso) at P50 naman ang isang tumpok ng Strawberry.

HETO ANG RESULTA:

  

PAANO GAWIN:

-balatan ang Dragon fruit at tilarin ang laman nito sa laki o liit na gusto mo. 
-hatiin ang Strawberry  (o buo. Depende sa tipo mo)

-paghaluin ang Dragon fruit at Strawberry sa isang bowl

-budburan ng konting asin at konting putting asukal

-lagyan ng all-purpuse cream (na tipo mo at swak sa iyong panlasa)

-palamigin bago kainin.