Comments on: Marketman’s Unusual Finds at the Arranque Market

By: pantone000

pantone000 — Mon, 11 Nov 2013 01:31:05 +0000

Meron rin daw rabbit meat dyan. Fresh kasi ipapakatay mo muna. Not sure for how much.

By: hechoayer

hechoayer — Thu, 13 Dec 2012 19:54:07 +0000

What an interesting read! I love to cook, and it would be so exciting to work with these ingredients!

By: Nelson O.

Nelson O. — Fri, 13 Jul 2012 07:23:52 +0000

Frog legs cooked in sinigang broth with tamarind leaves for acid was a favorite in the household of my childhood. I haven’t given up hope of someday enjoying a dish I have not had for almost half a century.

By: ka_fredo

ka_fredo — Thu, 12 Jul 2012 18:20:06 +0000

I would love to see some frog legs sold in the wet market nearby. I haven’t had them in years. We used to catch them in the rice fields in my dad’s hometown. I just clean them, sprinkle some salt on them and grill over hot coals.

By the way MM, have you tried making a pinterest account for your site? Your pics all look pinnable.

By: Hiddendragon

Hiddendragon — Wed, 11 Jul 2012 08:54:59 +0000

For trains, take either the LRT1 (Doroteo Jose) or LRT2 (Recto). It’s a short walk, admittedly through a seedy section of a seedy area.
For parking, the area of Manila Grand Opera Hotel has good, safe parking places. Check Google maps.
After doing your marketing, the famous Lido cafe or Ma Mon Luk is just a short walk away. Lido is where Mayor (or soon to be ex-mayor if his deputy would have his way) Lim has his regular coffee.

By: marisse javier

marisse javier — Tue, 10 Jul 2012 01:20:10 +0000

Looks like an interesting market to visit. The foto with woodear mushrooms and dried chilis have lots of condiment bottles in the background. Would love to see what they have. I dont know if it’s still there but I used to see a lot of these stuff also at the Mayon Market in QC. May be because there are a lot of Chinese residents in that area. They would have abalone,fish lips,frogs,etc etc. I used to live near there but have since moved to the East. I would love to visit Arranque. My memories of that market was sooo long ago when I was a small girl with my Mom. Cant even remember why we used to visit since we used to live in farawy Marikina. Thanks MM for that food tour of Arranque…want to visit and explore.

By: Clarissa

Clarissa — Tue, 10 Jul 2012 00:06:29 +0000

I love seeing unusual finds in the market too! I just recently saw fresh lotus roots in Farmer’s Market! It was P200 a kilo. I wasn’t sure if I was being priced too high so I didn’t buy it. I want to make it into the sweetened dessert served in Asian restaurants. :)

Things that I saw that I liked were bignay in Sidcor, and Taro Jam, sea cucumbers, and Pako in the North East Greenhills Market.

Frogs are kind of normal in this household. I rarely see them but my mom loves them, so I buy for her whenever I see some for sale :)

By: millet

millet — Mon, 09 Jul 2012 16:02:08 +0000

PITS, MANILA, the frog skin is edible? REALLY?! I never knew that! I’d probably never try it either, but that’s the first time I heard that.

By: AnnaT

AnnaT — Mon, 09 Jul 2012 14:31:11 +0000

The flowering chives looks more like garlic scapes to me. They are flower stems that grows from hardneck garlic. They are cut to direct the energy of the plant to the bulb instead of the flower. I like it stir fried with pork or fish. It also makes an excellent pesto. It has a very mild garlic taste but the texture is more like sitaw rather chives.

By: EbbaBlue

EbbaBlue — Mon, 09 Jul 2012 12:16:24 +0000

Ms. BettyQ – recipe please for Ginger Sesame Dressing.. or I can concot it myself, pero baka masira…hhihi, mas spoiled ako sa mga creations mo. Thanks in advance.