Comments on: A Pungent & Heavy Load…

By: marissewalangkaparis

marissewalangkaparis — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 12:10:56 +0000

A wonderful creation of God..the langka. So “thorny” on the outside…then so nice,soft and delicious on the inside. A smell all it’s own.
Cooked with turon…or just plain …really delish…….

By: EbbaMyra

EbbaMyra — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 02:20:09 +0000

With a side car (making it a tricycle), on my last trip to Quezon Province, there were 10 of us (including driver) in 1 tricycle – 1 hour drive trip to hilly resort.

Paano nag-kasya, it still boggles my mind.

At another trip, there were 7 of us (with a bamboo folding chair, and baskets) loaded on the rooftop.

Pinoy innovations – original talaga!

By: Jenny

Jenny — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 03:08:19 +0000

yum yum! for halo-halo? turon? i like langka but i prefer the marang fruit. haven’t seen marang in MM though.. only in mindanao!

By: Maria Clara

Maria Clara — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 16:34:24 +0000

As the wise men said necessity is the mother of invention!

By: maricar

maricar — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 13:37:56 +0000

hahaha!!!! as they say…onli in the philippines……i love langka……its summer and its great for halo halo……yummy!!!

By: tinybelle

tinybelle — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 12:29:45 +0000

i love jackfruit! i remember back in the day, my mom would buy a whole fruit and we either eat it fresh or made into sweet desserts. Don’t forget the humongous seeds…we boil them until tender and eat it as another merienda.

By: risa

risa — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 07:58:24 +0000

The habal-habal has to be experienced to be believed!

On an Southern Vis/Northern Mindanao island hopping trip, I road a habal-habal with friends on dirt road around Siargao. I joked with my Fil-Canadian friend that he may get an email from me in about 3 months if I get a positive pregnancy test result.

By: sonnysj

sonnysj — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 06:17:49 +0000

Rhea, been there, done that. we were in an adventure trip in samar a couple of years back and access to some areas required trip via habal-habal. we were 5 people on the motorcycle plus the backpacks and other baggage, travelling down on about 40 deg incline of mountain trail! it was fun, but thinking of it now, parang hindi ko na gagawin uli.

By: Rhea

Rhea — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 03:10:43 +0000

3 langka is nothing compared to the habal-habal I saw in Bohol: 4-6 people crammed into a motorcyle, the last two sitting on a wooden plank added to the rear of the bike as extension…

By: VickieB

VickieB — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 02:49:32 +0000

Speaking of loading up motorcycles…on a trip to Samal Island in Davao, I saw a motorcycle carrying a full-grown cow slung across the seat! Only in the Philippines!