The Road To Simplicity This blog is about our transition from city life to a simpler life

Street Food

Just looking at these make me salivate. Kaon na!

Sikwate at Puto

Sikwate at Puto - Typical Cebuano breakfast. It's the counterpart of the Tagalog's champorado.  Unlike champorado, they don't put evaporated milk on top. The usual way to eat this combo is to slowly pour the sikwate or chocolate into the thick "puto" or "malagkit" in Tagalog. The malagkit has ginger which I really find interesting because it gives a spicy flavor which gives the whole thing a kick. The chocolate isn't as thick as champorado but you have to be careful with it because some people get dizzy when they have too much of it. Try it.  I've seen people eat it with omelette, longganiza, and "danggit". Much like champorado when eaten with "tuyo" or dried fish. Oh man! I'm hungry!

Bibingka

Bibingka - This is very far from the bibingka I've eaten as a child after  "simbang gabi" or the early mass.  People say that this type of bibingka can only be found in Dalaguete. I really love it! I think it's made from rice flour because of how the grain looks inside. It's sweet and the burnt top makes the  coconutty flavor stand out.  It's made fresh everyday and you can get them at Dalaguete's poblacion.  You can pair it with coffee or tea but be sure not to put too much sugar in your coffee because you already have a lot of it from the bibingka.

puso

Puso - Not sure if these can only be found in Dalaguete. I can't seem to remember if Cebu City has something like these. Puso are these ready-to-go little packets of rice. The rice inside is soo compact that I think they fit like one and a half cups of rice in that one small thing. I think they have a very good idea with this.  Who says you can't eat rice when you're on the go?! You can have your "puso" in one hand and have your barbecued pork on the other. And now, you'll never be late for that after lunch class or meeting. Just grab and go. I think THIS is the future in pinoy fastfood.

okoy

Okoy - This is deep-fried shrimp coated in batter.  They don't remove the  shrimp's head.  Some people may be squeamish about this but hey the real shrimp flavor is concentrated in this area. Soak this in something simple as red vinegar and garlic, and omg it's heaven.  Or you can dip this in the super sauce where they have everything like chilies, onions, garlic,soy sauce or "toyo", vinegar,pepper corns, and you can have an explosion in your mouth. Aylavet.