Comments on: Batuan / Batwan

By: Candy

Candy — Sun, 24 May 2009 05:35:41 +0000

@kurvz the English name of bangkiling is Indian gooseberry

By: kurvz

kurvz — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 06:51:51 +0000

what is rhe englidh nme of bangkiling

By: tristan

tristan — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 12:33:34 +0000

hi marghi! is the bangkiling tree at your house in cubao still alive? di pa ako nakakita niyan. gusto ko sana makita lalo na yung fruit pag meron. please inform me naman at tristanasuncion@yahoo.com……….thanks!

By: Tixqs

Tixqs — Sat, 27 Dec 2008 20:25:16 +0000

I came from de Leon St. in Iloilo city. There used to be a “PAKHA chinese woman, with small feet” her store was below the chiang kai shek high school, who sells pickled batwan 3 pieces for 5 cents, and I buy a glass of “SANSAW – gulaman drink in tagalog for another 5 cents to compliment the sweet and sour taste. That was 40 years ago.
Ga tubod ang laway ko just thinking about this, let alone those tasty dishes you mentioned above, and while eating you sweat as large as the bangkiling as they say from the sarap.
Yes there is bat wan tree in the forest!

By: Janet

Janet — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 15:39:31 +0000

Yup, there’s plenty of this fruit in Panay. I haven’t heard of sampaloc being used by anyone in the island as their souring agent. Its always the good old batwan. In fact, I wonder what sinigang sa sampaloc tastes like.