Comments on: Pongko Pongko / Cebu Street Food

By: Tristan

Tristan — Fri, 01 May 2009 03:58:10 +0000

@Boy: you’re right, that’s the one in Lahug. But where i go to is the one at Belvic. And yeah, ginabot’s the best.

By: Boy

Boy — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 08:23:20 +0000

I think this is the pongko pongko at Lahug. This is still in operation until now. Others have been relocated, I think you should try the ginabot the next time you visit another pngko pongko.

By: chinkysue

chinkysue — Wed, 06 Jun 2007 22:01:20 +0000

ohhh i really love ur site marketmanila.i always follow and excited whatÂ´s coming up next. by reading ur Pongko2 blog,i miss Cebu more.yeah,i survived eating in Pongko2 for 4 years back in college days together with my siblings,roommates,classmates and friends.

By: richbeat

richbeat — Tue, 05 Jun 2007 23:21:38 +0000

I stumbled into your site by accident as i was searching for chicken inasal recipes. Was a little skeptical about the star margarine but was blown away by the outcome. Read through most of what was written/posted and happy to say, i’m quite hooked on your site. My dad is cebuano and although i grew up in manila, i spent my summers in cebu. Your posts on Mcdo and puto brought back fond memories.

By: peanut

peanut — Tue, 05 Jun 2007 12:26:28 +0000

MM I come from Ormoc City and last time we went home we ate at a Magdoc place.It was lots of fun and brought back fond memories.For those worried about the hygiene,well lets just say we survived a few meals there without any bad consequences.We have been living here in Canberra for the last 20 years but every chance we have we try to eat where we used to eat while we were still living back home.
And I can tell you that the food we used to have still tastes as delicious as before.

By: The Steak Lady

The Steak Lady — Tue, 05 Jun 2007 12:01:09 +0000

I noticed this row of street food vendors lining up across Jy Square in Lahug, i think even some of them relocated from the popular Larsian BBQ in Fuente. My brother loves patronizing this street food and you’re so right.. much to the dismay of my squeamish mother, hahaha. Good food though =)

By: Marketman

Marketman — Tue, 05 Jun 2007 05:07:07 +0000

TOPING, you are of course totally right...I am typing faster than I am thinking. Have changed that... I did a post on puso before, as well for those who are interested. Thanks.

By: TOPING

TOPING — Tue, 05 Jun 2007 04:19:28 +0000

MM, puso is actually rice cooked in young coconut leaves. And you can remove the question mark after hotdogs–they have that too, albeit the kind which I suspect is probably 90% flour, hehe…

lee, McDo is right. Non-Cebuano speakers don’t get the pun, of course.

By: Sister

Sister — Tue, 05 Jun 2007 03:22:28 +0000

“Pungko” refers specifically to squatting on one’s haunches.
I did notice the lines of benches at the corner of the circle up at Lahug, towards the Camp, figured it was a street food operation. Part of the problem with popularizing Filipino food is that it is so varied as to have no quickly discernable specific flavours or intrinsic appeal. Maybe because it really is fusion, thanks to the history of the country.

By: Nikita

Nikita — Tue, 05 Jun 2007 01:27:24 +0000

oh my.. that beats the 5 peso pancit in lucban! hehe Ã¼