Irresistible Asian

In a world of free trade, saying nationalistic as far as food consumption is concerned seems already impossible to me.

I consume Filipino foods and products and of course, food and food-products from other Asian countries as well. 

Here are some products that I use:

Coffee. Kopiko, the 3-in-1 coffee, which taste I like much for having more coffee and using brown sugar, is a product of Indonesia.

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Vitamin. Memo-Plus Gold. I take Memo Plus Gold, not regularly, but from time to time only. Said to be good for the brain memory, Memo Plus Gold is a product of India.

Noodles. Oh! Ricey. I have seen many Korean and Japanese noodles in the market for sometime already but this product is new to me. Oh! Ricey is a rice noodle, product of Vietnam.

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Ice Cream. Melona, ice cream waffle. Who cannot resist a taste of new dessert like an ice cream from Korea? 

We share products and we share the beauty of the tastes of our respective countries without forgetting our own.

Kansi, the Ilonggo Bulalo

Last week, we dropped my boss to the Good Governance Summit in the Philippine International Convention Center in Pasay City. From there we moved to Makati. I had no idea about my companion's statement. He kept on saying kansi. I also kept on asking what is that?

Finally, we reached the place. Our purpose - eat breakfast and lunch at the same time - brunch. Good timing because we were then hungry already.

I use to eat Ilonggo foods. This is because I had two Ilonggo bosses. I also have some Ilonggo office mates. This paved way to my Ilonggo diet from time to time. 

For myself, I was born to coconut milk and sili country. I grew up eating vegetables in coconut milk, fish in coconut milk, chicken in coconut milk - and of course, we sprinkle those foods with hot spice.

Kansi bulalo

This new food encounter of mine is called kansi, the so-called Ilonggo preferred bulalo. I am familiar with eating bulalo but this new noun is unique. Although, I am not good at describing food tastes one from another, kansi soup is so nice that I can't even smell beef in it. We paired the kansi bulalo with rice, pork barbecue and boneless bangus. Taste, of course, will not be enough without kalamansi and sili. Perfect brunch.

Boneless bangus 

More rice and kansi soup

We ended up so full for our breakfast and lunch. We took out kansi soup and lumpiang ubod. Kansi bulalo per serving is just 145 pesos (about 3 dollars). 

By the way, in my short stop in the restaurant, I did not get the entire details, What I can only share is that it is located along Sampaloc Street, Barangay San Antonio, Makati City. The restaurant's ambiance is homey. I learned that its owner is Ilonggo and the restaurant is somewhat an extension of a house.