Pinoy Food Cravings

Yesterday at Costco I treated myself to a bag of dried mangoes approximately 800g. I've been wanting to try other dried fruits in the supermarket mainly because I want to bring some when it's Lance's special day in school. There's a huge selection at Superstore but I haven't been brave enough to try other dried fruits since I have high expectations, I want them to taste as good as our dried mangoes back home and I'm afraid that they are not going to taste like that and that it would be such a waste of money.

Anyway, I have been munching those dried mangoes since yesterday, kind of satisfying my mango cravings for awhile. Oh how I miss the ripe mangoes back home, among other Pinoy food, who doesn't? Especially when you are living abroad. Thank God for Asian supermarkets, seeing familiar brands and some of our food brings back memories and makes you feel that you are in the Philippines even for just a minute. I would be happier though if there were some Purefoods hotdog on the freezers!

After the dried mango cravings, I decided to make Embutido which in my opinion is more delicious than it's abroad version which is meatloaf. You just pop it in the refrigerator when it has cooled down and just heat it up or fry before serving. They say it gets more delicious as days go by unless you eat them all up in one sitting. I made 5 rolls and would reserve them for days when I'm too lazy to cook.

Last week a friend of mine made Taho and posted a picture on Facebook. According to her just buy extra soft tofu and make arnibal. She made it sound so simple I actually didn't believe her so I searched the internet and yeah, it's that simple. So yesterday we bought smooth tofu and around late in the afternoon I made Taho.  Lance consumed 2 cups and 1 more cup before sleeping. It was delicious just like I remembered, better than the chilled ones back home, almost as good as the one being sold on the street.


Eating sweet taho made me crave for something salty, so we munched on some Fritos Hoops afterwards which tasted a whole lot like our red Chippy! What's next on my menu? Puto and Turon...and yes, we have some Yakult in the refrigerator, different brand though but tastes just the same.