Throughout the trip, we ate, ate again, snacked and then at ate some more. The Filipino term for a mid-day snack is Merienda. Well, it seems to me like they “snack” a lot. They aren’t big people, so I don’t know how they can do all this eating without being really overweight. We passed countless [...]
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Merienda
Posted in Philippines on February 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Fork and Spoon
Posted in Philippines on February 25, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I had a lot of assumptions about Asian people before my brother married Filipina. I’ll admit now that I assumed all Asians ate with chopsticks. OK it’s not like I actually put that much thought into it, but in the back of my mind that is what I assumed. When Marie’s family first visited us [...]
Bohol Sightseeing
Posted in Philippines, Travel on February 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
We hired a mini-van for a one day tour around the island. There is essentially a circuit the tour buses run, but it is a good one. First – we drove up to the “Chocolate Hills.” There are 1200 of these cone-shaped hills spread over one section of the island. They got their name because [...]
Fish for Breakfast
Posted in Fish, Philippines, Travel on February 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I’ve been trying to eat local as much as possible, but somehow fish for breakfast just doesn’t agree with me. Sure it’s tasty, but for even for Scandinavian girl it just doesn’t taste all that good first thing in the morning. Some of the breakfast buffets have had various sauteed or deep fried fish. One [...]
