Lol they have been waiting weeks for you, they know your training schedule better than you do before you got off the plane. I traded a few goods in Thailand, they were like cookie monsters for American made knives, I traded a Kershaw leek for a khukri that was almost definitely melted Pepsi cans but it is still worth it
In all fairness, I do like hotdogs.
Anon is a complete fucking idiot for not simply walking into a random Filipinoâs house and politely asking for some homemade Filipino food. Idiot anon goes to the McDâs of the Philippines, and calls it a day. Filipinos have many insanely tasty dishes, and dumbfuck anon chooses garbage. Dinuguan (AKA chocolate meat) is my absolute favorite.
IUm, dinuguan is blood soup (root word is literally blood). I like it, but it has a pretty niche appeal, and youâll be hard pressed to find someone thatâll serve it to a westerner.
But yeah, do yourself a favor and find a âcarinderiaâ (or karinderya, depending on region) which roughly translates to âcafeteriaâ but is usually run by a sweet lady making as close as youâll get to homemade cooking. Some dishes to try:
- bicol express - spicy dish with coconut and pork
- tokwaât baboy - literally tofu and pork
- adobo - classic chicken dish
Or branch out! It works kind of like Panda Express where you point to the dish(es) you want (called ulam) and theyâll add rice (I recommend asking for extra). Itâs cheaper than any fast food chain and way better.
find a âcarinderiaâ (or karinderya, depending on region) which roughly translates to âcafeteriaâ but is usually run by a sweet lady making as close as youâll get to homemade cooking.
This sounds awesome! Wish we had places like this in the States
Yup. Itâs like people who go to Starbucks when they tour Asia. removed, youâre on vacation, go see something new.
âBitchâ, I assume. Fits the context, and I think itâs on lemmy.mlâs forbidden word list.
Lemmy has certain words that are hard-censored. Like hard-coded into the actual code base. I think both the r and f slurs are among them.
Nah, itâs definitely valid to get fast food abroad, even if you have it at home. Sometimes they have wildly different things that you canât get at home, or in the case of Jollibee, itâs straight up not available at home (unless home is LA). You should probably sample the more wholesome local cuisine too of course, but itâs perfectly alright stop at a Burger King in Tokyo to try the new Garlic Hokkaido burger or whatever, if thatâs your jam. Let people enjoy things.
Do this and get what looks like boiled eggs, crack open and itâs an aborted bird inside.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balut_(food)
Run screaming in terror to Jollibee :) get spaghetti with so mich sugar you gag and canât get it down.
Go back to Australia next day because hungry af, get a box of Tim Tams and vow to never travel again.
Hard pass, balut is goat. Sorry, mate, I eat balut every day they come by, just like taho in the mornings. It helps if you have locals teach you how to eat balut, but some canât deal.
And hey, all aussies love marmite, yeah? No true aussie hates the taste of a bit of marmite and buttah on toast, right?
Taho in the mornings and balut in the evenings makes the world go round. ;-)
If youâre ordering burgers in the Philippines, youâre doing life wrong. If you must go to Jollybee or McDonaldâs there, order fried chicken and thank me later.
Better yet, donât go there and instead find a carinderia. They often look sketchy, but itâs as close to home cooking as youâll get and way cheaper than fast food. Nobody can afford fast food there, so all the locals eat at these little âcafeteriasâ and the food is fantastic.