Comments on: Halo-halo

by: chick

Thu, 16 Aug 2007 07:09:32 +0000

i want it w/ lots of saba, ube, leche flan, nata de coco & pinipig!! :D

by: kang_kong

Tue, 22 Aug 2006 21:54:44 +0000

Wow! Impressive ang photos ng favourite ko—halo-halo! Yep, the kaong, macapuno and beans sometimes are so hard, it turns me off. ‘Yang mga imports from P.I., if not a good brand, matitigas talaga. Dito sa Canada it’s hard to find a good eatery that sells good halo-halo (peborit ko w/ halaya, leche flan, pinipig, mangga and jackfruit). MIss ko na ‘pinas!

by: Bay_leaf

Mon, 31 Jul 2006 14:13:10 +0000

kalami!!!!!!

by: NYCMama

Mon, 31 Jul 2006 13:59:50 +0000

Just last weekend, we attended a make-your-own halo halo event at the Filipino restaurant in Soho. They set up a bar where you could ladle your own ingredients, and then they just put the ice, milk, ice cream, pinipig, and leche flan for you. It was interesting to see how we all differed in what ingredients each one got the most or the least of! My halo halo memories from childhood back home involves the vendor ladling the ingredients into the glass, then uncovering the block of ice, which was covered in “sako”, when sacks of rice were still made of natural fabric and not plastic, and the ice still had bits of rice husk sticking to it, again rice husks used to stop the ice from melting too quickly. Then the ice scraper was this gray metal thing that looked like a plane to sand down wood. We would bring our own glasses and not use the vendors glasses. I consider myself lucky that my parents let us eat street food, and my palate is all the more richer for it! I also remember someone telling me halo halo was brought by the japanese, (and since they have red bean ice cream, that made sense to me!)

by: millet

Mon, 31 Jul 2006 10:37:12 +0000

yup, just send me an e-mail. durian sans rival,durian cheesecake,and all the eats this town has to offer. although it looks like the peak of the fruit harvests may be later than the festival…i hope not!