Comments on: Lechon, Round 2… https://www.marketmanila.com/archives/lechon-round-2 A food blog that talks about food, produce, recipes, ingredients, restaurants and markets here in the Philippines and around the globe. Sun, 29 Jun 2008 23:49:43 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Marketman https://www.marketmanila.com/archives/lechon-round-2#comment-115818 Sun, 29 Jun 2008 23:49:43 +0000 http://www.marketmanila.com/archives/lechon-round-2#comment-115818 littlewoman, yes, lemongrass or tanglad is a common addition to the stuffing in Cebu, however, this particular lechonero felt it made the final product too “common” like lechon manok. So his version didn’t have it. If you checked the earlier version 1, or other posts on lechon in the archives, they do mention the lemongrass… I’m sure there are brilliant lechons cooked all over the Philippine archipelago, and I think the key is eating it witin 30 minutes of its coming off the fire, because longer than that the quality degrades quickly in my opinion…

]]> By: littlewoman https://www.marketmanila.com/archives/lechon-round-2#comment-115806 Sun, 29 Jun 2008 21:25:10 +0000 http://www.marketmanila.com/archives/lechon-round-2#comment-115806 hi! just a friendly tip. you can add lemongrass for stuffing in the lechon. Oh and by the way, the best lechon i’ve tasted so far is not from cebu. its from this small city in mindanao called ozamiz.

]]> By: Craig https://www.marketmanila.com/archives/lechon-round-2#comment-115721 Sun, 29 Jun 2008 04:09:42 +0000 http://www.marketmanila.com/archives/lechon-round-2#comment-115721 Wish I was back in the P.I. I ordered one from local restaraunt here in San Diego. It will not be like the ones back in the P.I. Last time I was in Cebu we ate about 8 Lechon’s in 14 days.

]]> By: zena https://www.marketmanila.com/archives/lechon-round-2#comment-115495 Fri, 27 Jun 2008 01:59:08 +0000 http://www.marketmanila.com/archives/lechon-round-2#comment-115495 thanks, navyGolf. =)

]]> By: navyGOLF https://www.marketmanila.com/archives/lechon-round-2#comment-115471 Thu, 26 Jun 2008 23:18:53 +0000 http://www.marketmanila.com/archives/lechon-round-2#comment-115471 zena, we usually order from CNT, its very popular in Cebu. There’s also one along Mango drive before you hit Fuente Osmena, sorry forgot the name. Enjoy!

]]> By: Candygirl https://www.marketmanila.com/archives/lechon-round-2#comment-115345 Thu, 26 Jun 2008 01:56:55 +0000 http://www.marketmanila.com/archives/lechon-round-2#comment-115345 Wow, didn’t think making lechon would be so toxic. In Manila we get our ‘cebu’ style lechon from Hecky’s.

]]> By: dhayL https://www.marketmanila.com/archives/lechon-round-2#comment-115332 Wed, 25 Jun 2008 23:46:16 +0000 http://www.marketmanila.com/archives/lechon-round-2#comment-115332 I love lechon skin, balat pa lang ulam na! The other day i made some lechon kawali, I got home just before 12 midnight from work, I was hungry and my daughter is still awake, she got curious to what mommy was eating, so i gave her some and she only wanted the skin, she liked it so much and almost finished the whole thing herself!

]]> By: eva https://www.marketmanila.com/archives/lechon-round-2#comment-115306 Wed, 25 Jun 2008 18:03:07 +0000 http://www.marketmanila.com/archives/lechon-round-2#comment-115306 Hi MM,
I’ve been reading your blog for a couple of months now. Please keep up with the great posts! I stopped eating meat quite some time ago, but your posts on lechon bring back great childhood memories.

Also, if you haven’t read the frugaltraveler series of articles on the nytimes website yet, check out the latest one entitled “Wandering Beyond Classic Rome” (https://frugaltraveler.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/06/18/wandering-beyond-classic-rome). It reminds me of your posts on your trip to Greece.

]]> By: Cumin https://www.marketmanila.com/archives/lechon-round-2#comment-115108 Tue, 24 Jun 2008 12:15:13 +0000 http://www.marketmanila.com/archives/lechon-round-2#comment-115108 Like B, I too don’t eat meat but I still have fun reading MM’s meat recipes. Last year a lechon was in the boot of the car for the 2.5 hour drive to the beach. The aroma of garlic, lemongrass, and star anise drove me crazy, I came very close to succumbing! Thanks, MM, for sharing all these culinary experiments and travel posts.

]]> By: clomper https://www.marketmanila.com/archives/lechon-round-2#comment-115066 Tue, 24 Jun 2008 07:48:53 +0000 http://www.marketmanila.com/archives/lechon-round-2#comment-115066 Grabe.. kakagutom.. nakaka-miss din ang lechon! You eat some and then lechon paksiw ni lola.. *sigh* hanggang Beijing Duck lang ako dito!

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