Being The Street Food Guy means that I often try truly weird food, from bugs, to spiders and even baby bee, but when it comes to gross out food, perhaps nothing can take on Pag Pag. This dish is most famous for being a staple of the poor in the Smokey Mountain slum area of…
If you don’t know the Philippines while being very lovely also has some of the worst income inequality in the world. This means that there are some rather infamous slums, chief among them being Smokey Mountain, or as it is sometimes known Paradise Heights. Now I could write forever about why there are slums quite…
What is the Batac Empanada? For the uninitiated Batac is a town in Ilocos Norte that has found fame due to one of its sons, namely Ferdinand Marcos, the former doctor of the Philippines. The town now calls itself the home of great leaders, and for whatever reason they also have a great street food…
As well as putting a whole new meaning to “getting nailed in the Philippines”, the Cutud Lenten Rites Festival is also one of the most hyped and media attended religious ceremonies on earth. Aside from the hype though, how good is it and how do you attend this legendary Pampanga festival? Well the overall good…
