Comments on: Who Invented the Incendiary BICOL EXPRESS? http://www.marketmanila.com/archives/who-invented-the-incendiary-bicol-express A food blog that talks about food, produce, recipes, ingredients, restaurants and markets here in the Philippines and around the globe. Sun, 12 Feb 2012 09:29:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: gerry http://www.marketmanila.com/archives/who-invented-the-incendiary-bicol-express/comment-page-1#comment-199196 gerry Thu, 06 Aug 2009 09:25:25 +0000 http://www.marketmanila.com/?p=587#comment-199196 i first heard about bicol express at the grove restaurant. it's really good but to me, it is really just a version of the gulay na lada. they probably invented the name and should be credited for it. if you go around bicol, you will be surprised to find out that we have maybe a thousand versions. there is one that uses dilis,pagi, pasa-pasa - instead of meat, sometimes they add "perioles" (a type of beans), and lately, even pineapple. which one is the best? it really depends on one's taste. i first heard about bicol express at the grove restaurant. it’s really good but to me, it is really just a version of the gulay na lada. they probably invented the name and should be credited for it. if you go around bicol, you will be surprised to find out that we have maybe a thousand versions. there is one that uses dilis,pagi, pasa-pasa – instead of meat, sometimes they add “perioles” (a type of beans), and lately, even pineapple. which one is the best? it really depends on one’s taste.

]]> By: RJ http://www.marketmanila.com/archives/who-invented-the-incendiary-bicol-express/comment-page-1#comment-195440 RJ Fri, 24 Jul 2009 10:53:22 +0000 http://www.marketmanila.com/?p=587#comment-195440 wow..this is my favorite dish of all time! I always order this dish in every resto I'm in. I love it so much! wow..this is my favorite dish of all time! I always order this dish in every resto I’m in. I love it so much!

]]> By: monika bianca p. stilton http://www.marketmanila.com/archives/who-invented-the-incendiary-bicol-express/comment-page-1#comment-195292 monika bianca p. stilton Thu, 23 Jul 2009 11:16:13 +0000 http://www.marketmanila.com/?p=587#comment-195292 it's that food delicious??? it’s that food delicious???

]]> By: Meili http://www.marketmanila.com/archives/who-invented-the-incendiary-bicol-express/comment-page-1#comment-188570 Meili Mon, 15 Jun 2009 16:06:28 +0000 http://www.marketmanila.com/?p=587#comment-188570 Well my mom who is from Bicol seems to have the impression (she is not a cook) that Bicol Express is just a "popular" term for pork with chilies and coconut sauce served here in Manila. In Bicol, she says, they would cook just the chilies (the big ones, not the small red ones) and the dish was vegetarian (no pork!). She is referring to Sorsogon here. She makes a mean Bicol Express which she cooks with whatever is available, for example, you can easily make it with chicken, not pork and add vegetables to make it more healthy. Of course, this makes it not "real" Bicol Express but it is still very tasty. Ours is also cooked without bagoong as I am allergic to it. It's hard being allergic to bagoong, most people will chide me and stare in disbelief when I eat kare-kare without the bagoong. Nobody ever believes kare-kare is delicious even without bagoong! *sigh* We also cook pinakbet without bagoong which makes most people laugh... Filipinos love their bagoong. Well my mom who is from Bicol seems to have the impression (she is not a cook) that Bicol Express is just a “popular” term for pork with chilies and coconut sauce served here in Manila. In Bicol, she says, they would cook just the chilies (the big ones, not the small red ones) and the dish was vegetarian (no pork!). She is referring to Sorsogon here.

She makes a mean Bicol Express which she cooks with whatever is available, for example, you can easily make it with chicken, not pork and add vegetables to make it more healthy. Of course, this makes it not “real” Bicol Express but it is still very tasty. Ours is also cooked without bagoong as I am allergic to it.

It’s hard being allergic to bagoong, most people will chide me and stare in disbelief when I eat kare-kare without the bagoong. Nobody ever believes kare-kare is delicious even without bagoong! *sigh* We also cook pinakbet without bagoong which makes most people laugh… Filipinos love their bagoong.

]]> By: ponchit http://www.marketmanila.com/archives/who-invented-the-incendiary-bicol-express/comment-page-1#comment-187118 ponchit Sat, 06 Jun 2009 10:12:29 +0000 http://www.marketmanila.com/?p=587#comment-187118 I remember the grove....they had 40 different dishes in their buffet and it was quite dark...I didn't notice the chiles and I was burning like hell....I really liked it and you were supposed to mix it with your laing or guinataang kuhol...I guess many liked it on it's own....kahit na sino pa man ang nagimbento ng bicol express..... kay tital cely ang pinakamasarap.......para sa akin I remember the grove….they had 40 different dishes in their buffet and it was quite dark…I didn’t notice the chiles and I was burning like hell….I really liked it and you were supposed to mix it with your laing or guinataang kuhol…I guess many liked it on it’s own….kahit na sino pa man ang nagimbento ng bicol express….. kay tital cely ang pinakamasarap…….para sa akin

]]>