Comments on: Alibangbang / Malabar Bauhinia

By: raymond

raymond — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 05:09:14 +0000

tnx sa mga nagpost ng comment..research aoe bwt alibangbang..

..naktulong mga comment nyu guys..ty..

By: millie gayle

millie gayle — Tue, 21 Aug 2007 03:14:17 +0000

As far as i know,the root bark of alibangbang tree can cure liver problem. Anyone knows what should be make in this bark to test it? Is it need to boiled and drink after?

By: izang

izang — Thu, 10 Aug 2006 05:00:48 +0000

i remember my father using a very maasim round fruit for sinigang na baka…i just don’t recall the name, but sounds like it’s the same as what apicio describes….

and grabe…natawa tlga ako s 1st paragraph….lalo n s comments about the nightclubs… favorite place cguro….hehehe

By: millet

millet — Wed, 09 Aug 2006 08:30:51 +0000

this post is getting funnier by the minute, can’t help but keep returning to it just to read everyone’s comments ;->

By: Dodi

Dodi — Wed, 09 Aug 2006 07:26:25 +0000

Hi there! Guys, the name of that cubao cabaret has been changed to BANGBANG ALI! But a lot of guys still go there!

By: Marketman

Marketman — Wed, 09 Aug 2006 00:05:06 +0000

Apicio, that is so cool. Never heard of either. There’s probably enough material for a book just on sinigang with the different souring agents. I hear batwan is also used down south…

By: Apicio

Apicio — Tue, 08 Aug 2006 23:43:32 +0000

I have two other souring agents for you then from our parts when in roughing it out situations; an extremely tart bulbous fruit that closely resembles onions but are actually fruits from a tree called katmon and a plant that grows among ferns along mountain brooks called pingol bato which is actually indiginous decorative begonia.

By: Marketman

Marketman — Tue, 08 Aug 2006 21:09:32 +0000

I don’t think ALL BAUHINIA TREES/LEAVES are EDIBLE and I do not suggest you head out to Forbes and start clipping off leaves. Alibangbang is from one type of Bauhinia tree, of which there are dozens and dozens that all look similar. I would rely more on the expertise of a market vendor that has presumably sold it several times before and knows where the right kind of trees are. Hmmm, have to incorporate alibangbang to my evolving South Forbes Diet…

By: Sandra

Sandra — Tue, 08 Aug 2006 19:17:15 +0000

Alibangbang is an Ilonggo word for butterfly. You can find a lot of bauhinia trees in South Forbes Park. All the streets in Forbes, both South and North, are named after trees — Bauhinia, Mahogany, Pili, Narra, Ipil, Jacaranda, Flame Tree, Tamarind, Balete etc.

I did not know that bauhinia leaves are edible. We only gorge on the tamarind during the season. We hardly see pili nuts.

By: acmr

acmr — Tue, 08 Aug 2006 16:50:20 +0000

Ang galing ni Bubut, what a memory! I could just hum the rest of the lyrics after the first few lines! Thanks!